| Accession Number | P02751.065 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Bean, Charles Edwin Woodrow (C E W) |
| Place made | Australia: New South Wales |
| Date made | c 1908 |
| Conflict |
Period 1900-1909 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Four large, unshorn sheep standing in a fenced padock with several gum trees in the background. ...
Description
Four large, unshorn sheep standing in a fenced padock with several gum trees in the background. Bean's note on reverse of photograph reads "Five lbs was a big fleece in 1802. There are 40 lb fleeces on record today". One of a series of photographs taken by C. E. W. Bean during two trips he made in 1908 and 1909 to regional NSW as a journalist for the Sydney Morning Herald. The purpose of these trips was to research the wool industry of western NSW and the transportation and railway possibilities of the Darling River region. Photographs from the private collection of C. E. W. Bean held at AWM38 3DRL 6673.