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331366PD: D.H. Aitken, Commissioner for Main Roads (left) and Ross Hutchinson Minister for Works, 12 December1966
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331367PD: : D.H. Aitken, Commissioner for Main Roads (left) and Ross Hutchinson Minister for Works, 12 December1966
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331368PD: Ross Hutchinson Minister for Works, 12 December1966
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331369PD: Aircraft on tarmac, 12 December 1966
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331370PD: Ross Hutchinson (left) and D.H. Aitken, 12 December 1966
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331371PD: : Ross Hutchinson (left) and D.H. Aitken, 12 December 1966
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331372PD: Aircraft on tarmac, 12 December 1966
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331373PD: Men inspecting ground, 12 December 1966
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331374PD: Men standing outside, 12 December 1966
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331375PD: Workmen on earthmoving machine, 12 December 1966
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331376PD: Standing at waters edge, 12 December 1966
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331377PD: : Standing at waters edge, 12 December 1966
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331378PD: Examining the soil, 12 December 1966
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331379PD: Earthmoving machinery, 12 December 1966
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341827PD: Cutting the ribbon, the official opening of Nanutarra Bridge, 12 December 1966
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341828PD: L-R: B Lyons, F Parrick, M. Clifton, E. Barrett-Lennard, G. Marsh, D. Forrest, E. Parsons, F. Barrett-Lennard, D. Haldane, Ross Hutchinson, D. Aitken, R. Shaw, 12 December 1966
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341829PD: : Cutting the ribbon, the official opening of Nanutarra Bridge, 12 December 1966
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341830PD: Children in the river near Nanutarra Bridge, 12 December 1966
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Summary
The Nanutarra Bridge is located 100km east of Onslow on the North West Coastal Highway, in WA, and spans the Ashburton River. In 1997 severe weather caused water to flow across the top of the bridge at Nanutarra. The bridge was single lane and has been upgraded in 2003-04. 341828PD & 341840PD show the official party: Left to right: B. Lyons (Shire Clerk), F. Parrick (Sec. Main Roads), M. Clifton (Main Roads Engineer), E. Barrett-Lennard (Mt Stuart), G. Marsh (designer engineer, Main Roads), D. Forrest (Shire President), E. Parsons, F. Barrett-Lennard (Nanutarra Councillor), D. Haldane, Ross Hutchinson (Minister for Works), D. Aitken (Commissioner for Main Roads), R. Shaw (Main Roads engineer for Carnarvon Division) - Information supplied Sept. 2015.
Warnings and disclaimer
This image has been preserved and made available by the Historical Records Rescue Consortium (HRRC) Project supported by Lotterywest. Title supplied by cataloguer. Written on negative: MRD Namutara (sic) Bridge Op, Dec 1966.
Subjects
- Airplanes -- Western Australia -- Photographs.
- Bridge construction -- Western Australia -- Photographs.
- Children, Aboriginal Australian -- Western Australia -- Photographs.
- View more on SLWA catalogue
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