Proteus Bluebird, pictorial material, 1963
Proteus Bluebird, pictorial material, 1963
About this item
Full title
Date
1963
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Formats
Pictures, Photographs and Clippings
Physical Description
Contents
1 box (1 album - photographs; clippings) : ;
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Copyright status : In copyright - created after 1955
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
Blue photographic album 'The Royal visit 1963' on cover. Photographs of children, Glen and Wendy Hughes, camera crew, Lake Eyre in rain, Bluebird. Images show racing site, buildings and shed and racing crews.
Photographs also include the weapons research team and building at Woomera, and the Bloodhound Bristol rocket.
'Modern Motor',...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Proteus Bluebird, pictorial material, 1963
Contextual Information
Administrative / Biographical history
Bluebird CN7 was shipped to Australia for a new attempt at Lake Eyre in 1963. The Lake Eyre location was chosen as it offered 450 square miles (1,170 km2) of dried salt lake, where rain had not fallen in the previous 20 years, and the surface of the 20 miles (32 km) long track was as hard as concrete. As Campbell arrived in late March, with a view...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Record Identifier
9NaA7kjY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9NaA7kjY
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Reference code
1128267
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