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Negative - Hunter, Victoria, 1928
Reg. No: MM 003686
- Description Of Content:
- Men unloading bags of wheat from horse-drawn vehicles onto a storage platform at Hunter Railway Station. The station sign and a goods truck can be seen behind the wheatstack. Handling wheat in this way was replaced by bulk handling when the Hunter wheat silo was erected in the 1940s.
- Acquisition Information:
- Copied from Mrs A Neale, 1987
- Acknowledgement:
- The Biggest Family Album of Australia, Museum Victoria
| Discipline: | Technology |
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| Tagged with: | agricultural produce, cereal crops, horsedrawn vehicles, horses, railway stations, railway wagons, sacks, workers |
| Themes this item is part of: | Images & Image Making Collection, Sustainable Futures Collection, Transport Collection, The Biggest Family Album in Australia Collection |
| Primary Classification: | RAIL TRANSPORT |
| Secondary Classification: | Railway Operations - Freight Handling |
| Organisations Depicted: | Hunter Railway Station |
| Format: | Negative: Black & White; 35 mm |
| Place & Date Depicted: | Hunter, Victoria, Australia, 1928 |
| Creator: | Mrs Neale, 1928 |
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