Images Dated 18th October 2011

German Rumpler-Taube plane, WW1

A German Rumpler-Taube two-seater plane during the First World War. A crew member can be seen in the gunner's seat, holding a rifle. Date: 1917-1918

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German Fokker D VII fighter plane, WW1

A German Fokker D VII fighter plane on an airfield towards the end of the First World War. It had a 180 hp Mercedes engine, and was a single-seat fighter plane. Damage by machine gun bullets can be seen on the radiator. Date: circa 1918

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Abandoned vehicle and beyond, an old garage wall decorated with number plates, in a ghost town

Abandoned vehicle and beyond, an old garage wall decorated with number plates, in a ghost town. Gwalia was a gold-mining town. Underground mining began in 1897 at the Sons of Gwalia mine that became the largest and deepest in Australia. The mine closed in 1963 and the population disappeared almost overnight. Gwalia, near Leonora, Goldfields region, Great Victorian Desert, Western Australia