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Tea and Sugar Train

1954

Tea and Sugar Train

1954

  • NFSA IDFRDQ1MAZ
  • TypeFilm
  • MediumMoving Image
  • FormDocumentary
  • Year1954

Once a week the Tea and Sugar Train leaves Port Augusta and heads west along the Nullarbor with all the supplies needed by the track maintenance workers and their families that live along the route. Everything from a needle to a radiogram from a broom to health services comes on the train they call the Tea and Sugar.

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The Commonwealth Film Unit

Once a week the Tea and Sugar Train leaves Port Augusta and heads west along the Nullarbor with all the supplies needed by the track maintenance workers and their families that live along the route. Everything from a needle to a radiogram from a broom to health services comes on the train they call the Tea and Sugar.

Courtesy of
The Commonwealth Film Unit
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