Series 198: Australian rice harvest

PXE 731/1978-1988

series

1950s

Graphic Materials, Photographs

412598

11 photographic prints - silver gelatin - 17 x 22 cm

1978. Partially drained canal about 12 miles upstream from Griffith, which delivers water for rice growers on the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area
1979. Home of N.H. Simpson, rice farmer of Griffith, in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area
1980. Sowing rice on the farm of Norman Simpson at Yendah
1981. The homestead of Mr R.J. Hutchins on his 1,284 acre farm near Griffith, on the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area
1982. Rice harvesting operations on the farm of Mr R.J. Hutchins, Benerembah, about 12 miles from Griffith, New South Wales
1983. Paddy rice arriving at the mill of Australian Rice Ltd, Griffith, New South Wales
1984. Trailers stacked with paddy rice lined up near the mill of Australian Rice Ltd, at Griffith, New South Wales
1985. At the rail-head at Griffith, bags of Paddy rice are loaded on railway trucks for despatch to rice mills in Sydney and Melbourne
1986. A paddy separator in the rice mill at Griffith, which separates the husks from the grain and leans away dust
1987. Australian-made paddy separators in Australian Rice Ltd's mill at Griffith
1988. The last process before polished rice leaves the mill for marketing. The filled bags are automatically weighed and sealed by machine-sewing

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Impact: a changing land - State Library of New South Wales (1988)