farming

Junior farmers of Mount Mee, 1947. They showed intelligent interest in both the lecture and the practical demonstration. Queensland agricultural journal, 1947. Collection of the Fryer Library, University of Queensland

Collection of the Fryer Library, University of Queensland

Local farmers and others present at the McCormick-Deering Tractor School, held recently at Millmerran. Queensland agricultural journal, 1927. Collection of the Fryer Library, University of Queensland

Collection of the Fryer Library, University of Queensland

Junior farmer visit to Cherbourg, c1957. Slide by John Thun, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

John Nicholson's daughter with part of their pineapple crop at Grovely, Brisbane, Queensland, 1864. 'Grovely is situated in the valley between the Taylor Range and Arana Hills.

Collection of John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland image 189935

Mrs E Buikstra checks slices of pineapple for faults, Northgate cannery, 1959. 'Immigrants, particularly married women, rush the huge Northgate pineapple cannery, Brisbane, QLD, for seasonal work at the height of the summer pineapple crop. They work long hours but each week collect pay envelops fattened by penalty rates. Unskilled men get up to £31 a week and unskilled women, up to £21. The cannery processes up to 600 000 pineapples a day and employs up to 1600 workers. Last year more than half the 64 million cans processed were exported to Europe.

Collection of the National Archives of Australia