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Idriess, Ion L. (Ion Llewellyn), 1890-1979

Part of collection: Ion Idriess glass plate negative collection.; Title from caption in: The silver city.; Upper left image of a group of three (PIC/8807/55-PIC/8807/57) on a single plate.; On plate with: The big mine -- The big fire of 1888 nearly wipes out the silver city.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn3298854; Published in: The silver city / by Ion L. Idriess. Sydney : Angus and Robertson, 1956, p. 102. "Barrier Stationers - Dust storm, Broken Hill"--text on lower edge of image.Image also published in Ion Idriess's 'Greatest stories' with the caption "Until the development of the green belt in the 1940s, wind blown sand threatened to engulf Broken Hill and summer dust-storms were frequent. Even the green belt could not tame 'a real Terror', which, as the picture shows, could blot out the sun in mid-afternoon".

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Source The dust-storm is coming, early Broken Hill [New South Wales]
Author National Library of Australia from Canberra, Australia
Camera location31° 57′ 30.06″ S, 141° 27′ 55.8″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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