Logo identification

[peterg1001]

Can anybody help with identification of the logo in the attached photo? It's on the door of my recently acquired SIIa, under some bog, exposed with a Gurni and sandpaper.

The name around the outside is Department of the Interior. Word of mouth says the vehicle was used in the Snowy scheme. If I use my imagination, above and below the words in the middle might be a representation of mountains.

The chassis number is 34707603G. This makes the vehicle a Series IIa, around 1969-70. The PMC body number is LRC 24025, and the serial number is 10924025.

Diana has tracked it as being allocated to Department of Supply (so Commonwealth Government) but no end user department.

Any help appreciated.

Thanks, Peter

[isuzutoo-eh]

Hi Peter,
The obvious question: Is there a matching logo on the other door? If the logo you found was on the passenger door, then it is likely there is a matching one on the driver's door. If you found it on the driver's door, slimmer chance of finding one on the passenger door.
Do you think the lockers have anything to do with its government service life? Are there any other mods that may have been factory or at least government workshop fitted? For Snowy Mountains work one could expect it to have a heater and windscreen demisters fitted, seatbelts definately, though it is pretty late in the Hydro Electric Scheme era.
HD springs or standard? Lockable doors? Any other distinguishing modifications/accessories?

It doesn't look like it has ever had a winch fitted so its unlikely to have been in forestry; lack of dual fuel tanks might indicate its not a desert vehicle or if it was, it would have been well supported so not mining exploration. Or are those hatches for jerry cans?

Woomera rocket range operations were winding up in 1968/69, but a space tracking station was built around that time in much the same area, which along with the Parkes radio telescope was used for the moon landing mission. This would have been a well supported venture so fuel quantity issues are reduced.

The vehicle doesn't have the mods that Len Beadell's survey Landies had (I realise they were S1) or the army topo survey 2as, they all had rather obvious scrub defeating framework. This could potentially rule out mapping/surveying.


Some basic details for the Commonwealth Department of the interior can be seen here
Department of the Interior [II], Central Office - Corporate entry - Encyclopedia of Australian Science (http://www.eoas.info/biogs/A001617b.htm)
which describes their area of operations. If the department was closed in 1972 then it didn't wear the logo long! (This might also mean it was transferred to another of the 9 child departments)


Series3/Sam's late 2a SWB has a similar shaped but very different proportioned logo on the driver's side door only.

[peterg1001]

Hi Mark, the photo is of a logo on the passenger door. There is a matching logo on the driver's door, but it has been rubbed away when the vehicle was bogged up, and I can only just see the shadow of a few letters.

The lockers are a poor home made job, put together with bits of scrap timber and hinges out the bottom of a junk box.

It has seatbelts installed, and a Smiths heater with demisters.

There's a second tank, but it looks like a homemade job, consistent with the quality of the lockers.

I already found the site you posted, but can't see anything on there that matches the few letters I can see on the logo. I've just been out to have another look, and it's a mystery.

I'm hoping someone who can remember 1970 might remember the logo. If there's no response, I'll give up or try the NLA, depending on my motivation on the day.

Peter

[series3]

Hi Peter,

Interesting late 2a you have. I have a 11/71 2a with some sort of faint logo on the door, and have done a little bit of research to no avail. My next step was also NLA, but only got as far as registering... have to get around to that.

I would be really interested to see what you come up with. I also only have ideas about it's previous life, but I am keen to find out more.

I think seatbelts became compulsory by the time late 2a's came in (depending on what state).

Sam

[Landy Smurf]

all i can see is that the top word is department