NAA: A1200, L30089


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 range
1959 - 1959
Series number
A1200
Control symbol
L30089
Access status
Open
Item ID
11377732
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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 - Page 1 of 1