Series 1: Duxton Nuts walnut harvest, Yanco, New South Wales, 2023, photographs by Darren Clark

series

2023

Graphic Materials, Photographs

9677550

21 photographs - digital, TIFF, camera raw, colour

21 digital photographs of the 2023 walnut harvest at Duxton Nuts walnut farm, Yanco, in south-western New South Wales.

The images document harvesting, grafting, various budding methods, pruning, shelling, and bagging walnuts for market. They depict seasonal workers from Vanuatu employed for the annual harvest, including their family dynamics, workday, accommodation, and leisure time.

Item 01: Mark Renniken removing a section of bark from a Wingnut walnut tree with a double-bladed knife in preparation for a patch bud to be grafted to it, Duxton Nuts, Yanco, New South Wales, 2023 / photograph by Darren Clark

Item 02: Mark Renniken demonstrating his newly learnt skill at placing patch buds onto rootstock, Duxton Nuts, Yanco, New South Wales, 2023 / photograph by Darren Clark

Item 03: The Vanuatu seasonal workers look after each other and love working with their family members, Duxton Nuts, Yanco, New South Wales, 2023 / photograph by Darren Clark

Item 04: Brandon Kasten standing on a tractor, Duxton Nuts, Yanco, New South Wales, 2023 / photograph by Darren Clark

Item 05: Seasonal workers spend long, hot days harvesting, Duxton Nuts, Yanco, New South Wales, 2023 / photograph by Darren Clark

Item 06: Farm Manager Shane Young giving Massing Batick a demonstration in tree pruning, Duxton Nuts, Yanco, New South Wales, 2023 / photograph by Darren Clark

Item 07: Jack Garae enjoys working with family members from Vanuatu, Duxton Nuts, Yanco, New South Wales, 2023 / photograph by Darren Clark

Item 08: Seasonal workers from Vanuatu, Duxton Nuts, Yanco, New South Wales, 2023 / photograph by Darren Clark

Item 09: Shane Young standing next to a three-year-old Wingnut tree at the Murrami Walnut Groves, Duxton Nuts, Murrami, New South Wales, 2023 / photograph by Darren Clark

Item 10: Seasonal workers, Duxton Nuts, Yanco, New South Wales, 2023 / photograph by Darren Clark

Item 11: Harvesting machine, Duxton Nuts, Yanco, New South Wales, 2023 / photograph by Darren Clark

Item 12: Surface capillary irrigation system, Duxton Nuts, Yanco, New South Wales, 2023 / photograph by Darren Clark

Item 13: Seasonal workers from Vanuatu turned up for work each morning with white plastic bags filled with food and water which they placed onto a bank, Duxton Nuts, Yanco, New South Wales, 2023 / photograph by Darren Clark

Item 14: The house where Duxton Nuts seasonal workers Massing Batick and his nephew Carl Willie live, Yanco, New South Wales, 2023 / photograph by Darren Clark

Item 15: Duxton Nuts seasonal workers in the kitchen at Massing Batick's house preparing their evening dinner, Yanco, New South Wales, 2023 / photograph by Darren Clark

Item 16: Carl Willie and Simeon Dari mixing up a fresh batch of Kava, Yanco, New South Wales, 2023 / photograph by Darren Clark

Item 17: Seasonal workers sort walnuts into bags ready for the local Leeton markets, Duxton Nuts, Yanco, New South Wales, 2023 / photograph by Darren Clark

Item 18: Workers de-shelling walnuts with an old nutcracking machine to cryovac the kernels which are sold in health shops, Duxton Nuts, Yanco, New South Wales, 2023 / photograph by Darren Clark

Item 19: When it rains, the sticky red dirt prevents farm vehicles from moving around the property, and even walking in a pair of rubber boots is hard work, Duxton Nuts, Yanco, New South Wales, 2023 / photograph by Darren Clark

Item 20: Peter Herrmann and two of his six sons, Stanley and Indigo, Duxton Nuts, Yanco, New South Wales, 2023 / photograph by Darren Clark

Item 21: Jimmy Peter showing the power tools he bought in Griffith, Duxton Nuts, Yanco, New South Wales, 2023 / photograph by Darren Clark

In copyright:
Copyright holder:: Darren Clark
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy Darren Clark

Titles devised by cataloguer based on information supplied by the photographer.
Additional information supplied by the photographer.

The Duxton Nuts walnut farm in Yanco NSW has 135,000 trees spread across 580 hectares. It is expected to yield 3,000 tonnes annually when in full production, making it the second-largest walnut orchard in Australia. Peter and Katherine Herrmann are one of many Australian farming families that have faced considerable economic hardship in recent years. They have diversified their business model and implemented sustainable practices to continue providing locally grown Australian produce.