Series 162: Sheep and Wool

PXE 731/1219-1225

series

1950s

Graphic Materials, Photographs

412257

7 photographic prints - silver gelatin - 21 x 26 cm or smaller

1219. A 2.5 years old merino ram bred at the Wanganella Stud, Deniliquin, New South Wales
1220. Flock of sheep at Riverstone, New South Wales
1221. Shearing time in Australia. After the sheep are shorn they are 'dipped'. This kills any parasitic insect pests on the sheep. Every sheep is completely immersed as it swims through the dip
1222. A settler takes the slack out of one of his fence wires
1223. Rabbit proof fence. On the open side the earth has been stripped bare of its natural grass, on the other side is ample fodder for stock
1224. Wool at Pyrmont, Darling Harbour
1225. C.S.I.R. (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) F.D. McMaster Animal Health Laboratory, a research school at Sydney University

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Titled from accompanying envelope.

'N.S.W. Education Department Visual Education Centre Library' stamped on reverse of most images. 'News & Information Bureau Dept. of the Interior' stamped on reverse at PXE 731/1219, PXE 731/1222 and PXE 731/1223. 'Department of Railways, NSW Photographic Section, Railway House' stamped on reverse at PXE 731/1224. 'Australian official photograph by W. Brindle' stamped on reverse at PXE 731/1222.

Tear in top left corner at PXE 731/1225.