Norwest Australia 1967

Norwest Australia 1967

Travel back in time to 1967 when MMA aircraft graced our skies, Dampier was a new port in the northwest, the Diversion Dam for the Ord River Irrigation Project was recently completed, cotton growing was in its infancy, tourists could still visit the town of Wittenoom, and visit Darwin before the tragedy of Cyclone Tracy. These images are scans from Slides taken by my Father during an organised tour of the area over 40 years ago.

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001 Brochure	002 Itinerary for Tour	003 Information about the area as it was in 1967	004 Ord River Irrigation Project Diversion Dam Photo scanned from Brochure.
005 Mac.Robertson Miller Airlines MMA aircraft regularly serviced the northwest of the State and all flights on this tour were on a chartered MMA aircraft.	006 Coastal scene through the Window	007 Flying over Carnarvon Irrigation Crops	008 Carnarvon Irrigation Crops along the Gascoyne River
009 Gascoyne River Crops at Carnarvon	010 Patterns of a River Delta	011 New Port of Dampier Built for export of iron ore from Mt Tom Price.	012 Coastline
013 Airport in the northwest	014 Inspecting a Helicopter	015 Artesian Bore in front of a House at Broome	016 Japanese Cemetery at Broome
017 Bougainvillea in flower	018 African Tulip Tree	019 Roebuck Bay at Broome	020 Yampi Sound Flying over BHP's iron ore developments at Koolan and Cockatoo Islands.
021 Yampi Sound Flying over BHP's iron ore developments at Koolan and Cockatoo Islands.	022 Building (possibly at Kununurra)	023 Hotel Kununurra Overnight accommodation here.	024 Hotel Kununurra
025 Government Buildings	026 Bridge reflections in River	027 Ord Irrigation Project This tablet commemorates the opening by The Prime Minister of Australia, the Rt Hon Sir Robert Menzies, on 20th July 1963.	028 Ord Irrigation Project The first stage of the Ord Irrigation Project comprising a Diversion Dam, 30,000 acres of irrigation and access road to the Port of Wyndham.
029 Ord Irrigation Project Diversion Dam	030 Top of Diversion Dam Wall	031 Catamaran Cruise on Ord River Twenty five miles upstream.	032 Catamaran Cruise on Ord River
033 Catamaran Cruise on Ord River	034 Catamaran Cruise on Ord River	035 Catamaran Cruise on Ord River An opportunity to swim or climb the rocks.	036 Catamaran Cruise on Ord River Cattle on the river bank.
037 Catamaran Cruise on Ord River Cattle on the river bank.	038 Catamaran Cruise on Ord River	039 Catamaran Cruise on Ord River	040 Catamaran Cruise on Ord River