• Title
  Snowmobile, Mt Kosciusko
• Call number
  Government Printing Office 1 - 43935, Original negative held by State Archives & Records Authority of New South Wales.
  
• Level of description
  series
• Date
  
  7/1947
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Photographs
• Reference code
  215974
• Physical Description
  Photographs - Film. 4.25 x 3.25 in. L.
  
• Copying Conditions
  Copyright restrictions may apply: Photographs in this collection fall under Crown Copyright - Date made plus 50 years. Please direct all copyright enquiries to State Archives & Records Authority of New South Wales
• Original held by
  Government Printing Office original negative archive is held at State Archives & Records Authority of New South Wales as NRS 21689 Images [Government Printing Office] & NRS 4481 Glass Negatives. State Library NSW holds a low resolution copy image only. Please direct all enquiries, including image orders from the original negative, to State Archives & Records Authority of New South Wales.
• General note
  
  GPO original locations or series - St30391
  From NSW Govt Printer series - Mt Kosciusko
  Digital order no:d1_43935
  Studebaker M29 Weasel - http://cas.awm.gov.au/photograph/P05457.009
• Attributions / conjectures
  
  Studebaker M29 Weasel, early T24 designation with narrow tracks.
  One of two that the Australian Army had during WW2 for trialling late 1944 to mid-1945 at Bandiana / Monegeeta, Victoria, where they were found to be unsuitable for Australian conditions. Australian Army Registration Number is 139999.
  The NSW Govt Tourist Bureau purchased the two Weasels in 1946 for ski chalet transportation.
  The vehicle shown is the only known survivor of the two; its remains were recovered and it is currently being restored by a private collector.
  
  Reference:
  Information supplied by Jenny Fawbert, September 2010
• Topic
  mountains
  skiing
  snow
  snowmobiles
  
• Place
  Kosciuszko, Mount (N.S.W.)
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE2006485

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