Re: SER1 Series One's in Australia.

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Thank you for that info...

I would say that judging by the red dust that was found in every inch of the 
vehicle before it's restoration it may have been a survey and Mapping 
vehicle. It also had a large number 7 in a circle on the bonnet.

Alister (the other half) has always been frustrated by the lack of previous 
history he has on his vehicles. Another vehicle he has, was bought in to the 
country and landed at the docks but went missing from there. The dealer that 
bought it in has no record of what happened to it after it hit the wharf.

Frustrating!

Cheers and thanks
Rebekah
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eighty Inch" <eightyinch@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xx>
To: <series1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 12:28 AM
Subject: Re: SER1 Series One's in Australia.


> Rebekah
>
> Department of the Interior1939 - 1972
>
> Established in April 1939, the Department of the Interior was responsible
> for functions such as agriculture, citizenship, conservation, defence
> coordination, earth sciences, electoral matters, forestry regulations,
> government media, indigenous affairs, land transport, meteorology,
> migration, passports, resources, sea transport, space science, survey and
> mapping, war memorials and works. The functions of the Department of the
> Interior were distributed between nine department, after it was abolished 
> in
> December 1972.
>
> Try this Uni of Melbourne site.
>
> http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/asaw/biogs/A001617b.htm
>
> EIR
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Rebekah Lee" <rjlee@xxxxxxx.xxx.xx>
> To: <series1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
> Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 7:31 AM
> Subject: SER1 Series One's in Australia.
>
>
>> Hi Allan and everyone else,
>>
>> I was wondering if any of our Aussie members might be able to help out
> with
>> this. My other half has a Series one that was owned by the Department of
>> Interior in Australia.
>>
>> Does anyone know what this group did and whether there are any records
>> aroundm, about the vehicles that went to this department.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Rebekah Lee
>> 2x Series One 1951 ex SMA
>> 2x 1969 Series Two A's
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Allan Harding" <Allan.Harding@xxx.xxx.xx>
>> To: <series1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 3:38 PM
>> Subject: Re: SER1 Snowy Mountains
>>
>>
>> >    G'Day Mark,
>> >    Same colours as for normal buyers, ie. bronze green (except for a
>> > possible couple of '49s which of course would have been sage green) and
>> > later long wheelbase models were grey. all had the SMA logo on the 
>> > door,
>> > there were a number of variations to the logo over the years.
>> >    Of interest, the Bureau of Mineral Recources (BMR), nowadays
> Geoscience
>> > Australia had Land Rovers form the beginning and I have pictures of an
>> > early one in the Northern Territory in sage green. After that they were
>> > painted orange and by late in the Series I era, a bright yellow. I do
> not
>> > know at what stage they were painted, ie. by the state
>> > importer/distributors or when acquired by the BMR. Certainly later
> models
>> > (Series II onwards) were painted yellow at manufacture in Sydney.
>> >    Incidentally, if any of the Australians on the list know of the
>> > whearabouts of an ex BMR Series II or IIa, one of the Land Rover club
>> > members here would be happy to know about it. He used to work for the
> BMR
>> > and did a lot of field work in these vehicles.
>> >    Cheers
>> >    Allan
>> >    Canberra, Australia
>> >
>> >
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