The 1979 Round Australia Trial, officially the

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Reliability Trial was the twelfth running of the Round Australia Trial. The rally took place between 5 and 19 August 1979. It was won by

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, Matt Philip and Noel Richards, driving a

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Route

The 19,000 kilometre rally commenced at the

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, circumnavigating Australia in an anti-clockwise direction. Of the 167 entrants, 92 finished. Two competitors were killed after their car rolled near Kununurra.Rally drivers die in crash
''Canberra Times'' 14 August 1979 page 9

Results

References

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