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Burning cane before harvesting, Gordonvale
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Owing to the labour shortage in the cane fields during the war, practically all ripened cane was first fired to remove superfluous leaves and trash and so make cutting easier. Cane cutting follows wit...ART25652
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Canegrower's landscape
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Linking sugar farms to mills is a network of tram lines along which miniature locomotives fussily haul out the ripened cane. Here and there is a strip of primitive jungle swamp in which rank and beaut...ART25655
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Loaded cane trucks emptying at hopper, Hambledon Mill
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Loaded cane trucks emptying at a hopper, Hambledon Mill, North Queensland.ART25653
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Loading raw sugar, Mourilyan Harbour
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
One of the most beautiful small harbours of North Queensland, it is approached through a very narrow entrance between jungle green cliffs. A few miles west is the prosperous sugar growing centre of In...ART25654
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Mechanical cane cutter at work
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
The inventor of this simple harvester was a Queenslander, Larry Moloney of Mackay. It has proved a valuable aid in the quick harvesting of cane during the war period, when; on most farms, there was a ...ART25656
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Mulgrave sugar mill in its coat of camouflage
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Drawing of Mulgrave Sugar Mill in its coat of camouflage, North Queensland. The National Bank of Queensland building is visible in the right side of the picture. The artist described the camouflaged c...ART25657
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Weeding new cane
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
A Queenslander sugar farmer cultivating his young crop of cane, North Queensland.ART25659