The National Motor Museum in Birdwood SA, will launch a new permanent exhibition on 31 May 2013.
The new exhibition is entitled Sunburnt Country – Icons of Australian Motoring and brings together a variety of vehicles with stories significant to the first fifty years of motoring in Australia. They will also be accompanied by photographs, film, soundscapes and objects. The exhibition is sponsored by Holden and supported by RAA.
Examples of the exhibits include ‘The Shearer’, a horseless steam-driven carriage made in Mannum in 1899; the 1934 Ford Coupe Ute, a sedan and light truck hybrid shown in an un-restored, gracefully aged condition; the famous 1936 Leyland Badger, along with a feature video that includes footage from the 1954 film ‘The Back of Beyond’; and the 1948 Holden, the earliest known surviving example of the 48-215 in South Australia.
1934 Ford Coupe Utility in central Australia. Three children are seated on the tray. The ute was owned by Birdsville Track mail contractor Harry Ding.
Henry Dutton with ‘474’. The 1908 Talbot car, driven by Murray Aunger and Henry Dutton, was the first to complete to bisect the continent of Australia by motor car.