Title |
Agriculture - Bulk handling equipment has replaced bags on most Australian wheat farms - Combined tractor-drawn units harvest the grain and load it from a grain-box into waiting trucks through pipes - Screw augers inside the pipes force the wheat up from the boxes and pour it into the truck - It is then transported to bulk handling silos for railing to terminals at shipment ports - This photograph was taken in 1953 during harvesting in the Wimmera wheat belt of north western Victoria, one of the major wheat producing States CATEGORY: photograph PRINCIPAL CREDIT: photographer Neil Murray FORMAT: b&w negative TYPE: cellulose acetate STATUS: preservation material |
Contents date range |
1959 - 1959 |
Series number |
A1200
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Control symbol |
L30089 |
Citation |
NAA: A1200, L30089 |
Item ID |
11377732 |
Location |
Canberra |
Access status |
Open |
Date of decision |
07 Sep 2004 |
Physical format |
PHOTOGRAPHS (allocated at series level) |
Visibility and availability indicators |
76. Item charge: Photographic
32. Not to be issued (reference copy available)
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Records authority class number |
1012942 |
Date registered |
14 Jan 1998 |
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