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Darwin Overland Road Authorities Transport Service

Details:

Title

Darwin Overland Road Authorities Transport Service,

Collection

WWII Military Units, HistoryNT, Second World War, 1939-1945,

Date

0000-00-00,

Nation of service

Australia,

Service

Civil,

Unit

Darwin Overland Road Authorities Transport Service,

Alternative unit name

DORATS,

Date arrived in NT

1942,

History

The Darwin Overland Road Authorities Transport Service (DORATS) was formed in 1942 by state transport authorities of Victoria, South Australia and New South Wales to transport materials used in the construction of the Stuart Highway from the then railhead at Alice Springs.,

Notes

Metadata: Attribution International 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0,

Language

English,

Subject

World War II, 1939-1945, Civilian service, Road maintenance, Transport, Darwin Overland Road Authorities Transport Service, DORATS,

File type

image/jpeg,

Use

No known copyright,

Copyright owner

Australian War Memorial,

License

https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/pubic-domain/pdm,

Related links

https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C26959 [Australian War Memorial : Photograph 005109 by Reg G Pearse, Second World War, 1939-1945], http://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/placenames/view.jsp?id=5914 [Place names register: Dorat Road], https://trove.nla.gov.au/list/33390 [Darwin Overland Road Authorities Transport Service],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843040,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843040

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https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843053,