Off the Beaten Track: A Journey Across the Nation

Off the Beaten Track: a journey across the nation was a travelling exhibition developed by the National Motor Museum to celebrate the centenary anniversary of the first trip by motor car between Adelaide and Darwin. In 1908 Murray Aunger and Harry Dutton completed their historic trip in a Talbot car, with Telegraph operator Ernest Allchurch accompanying them from Alice Springs to Darwin. The Talbot car, part of the National Motor Museum collection, re-traced the tracks of the original expedition as a travelliong exhibition.

The Museum produced a publication documenting the original 1908 expedition, featuring some short essays about the colonisation of Central Australia, motorised travel in the hostile Australian Outback and the journey completed by Dutton and Aunger. This is accompanied by a a series of incredible images of the Talbot car traversing the inhospitable and dramatic landscape in 1908.

Celebrates the centenary of the journey made by Harry Dutton and Murrey Aunger in 1908, the drive from Adelaide to Darwin in their brand new 25 hp Talbot. pp. 90 Illustrated #150116 Motorcars Transport Adventure