Crossword puzzle

The answers to each of the clues can be found in the accompanying images (which are from the online exhibition On Track: Curtin's railway journeys). First print out the crossword and then use the images to fill in each answer. Clicking on each thumbnail image will take you to a larger image with more information.

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Clues: Across

 

1. What was used to cool the saloon in the railway carriage used by John Curtin when he was prime minister? [3]

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2. What type of wagon, not usually used for human transport were converted into troop carriages during WW2? [6]
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4. The Prince of Wales carriage, built in 1920 was also known as ______ Car No 1. [7]
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6. When this photo was taken Curtin was doing which job in parliament? [6,2,3,10]
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8. This nick-name was given to trains with side door carriages that operated on Perth suburban railways when John Curtin used them. [3-5]
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11. This name was given to the express train from Perth to Kalgoorlie that linked with the Trans train. [8]
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13. After a chance meeting between the PM and this soldier on the Trans train, John and Elsie Curtin attended what ceremony involving them? [7]
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16. John Curtin is buried at this cemetery in WA (it is adjacent to the Perth to Fremantle railway line). [10]
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17. The Prince of Wales carriage had its regular maintenance at which South Australian port? (This is where it was originally built.) [7]
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20. John Curtin kept in contact with his government as he travelled by using this type of message. [11]
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21. A special train carriage was built in 1920 for the visit to Australia of which important person? [6,2,5]
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22. The special carriage built in 1920 can be identified by which letters and numbers in its 'number plate'? [5]
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Clues: Down

 

1. How many years did it take to build the Trans-Australia railway line between Port Augusta and Kalgoorlie? [4]

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2. During WW2 when troop trains crossing the Nullabor in opposite directions happen to meet by chance at the same rest stop, what game would the
troops sometimes play? [7]

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3. What type of panelling was used in the state room of the Prince of Wales carriage? [5]
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4. By what means were trains powered at the time that Curtin was prime minister? [5]
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5. What clever pull down fitting was installed in the main bedroom of the Prince of Wales carriage? [8]
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7. John Curtin had his photo taken around 1930 with a group of men at this siding on the Trans line on the Nullabor. [6]
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9. One of the single bedrooms on the Prince of Wales carriage could be converted to what other type of room? [7]
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10. At this stop on the Trans line, the locomotive could fill up with water and passengers could get out to stretch their legs. [7]
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12. The Prince of Wales carriage can be identified in photos by looking for a door located where on the carriage? [6]
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14. John Curtin travelled by train to the east as a member of this Commission during the 1930s. [6]
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15. It took more than this number of days and several changes of train to get to Melbourne from Perth in 1917. [5]
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18. This word is used instead of car to describe a dining carriage on a train. [6]
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19. What important cargo was carried to and from both the east and west on the Trans line during WW2? [6]
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Now that you have completed the crossword, you can check the solution. Good luck!
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