AML&F ram sale at Bulimba, 1925. Collection of the John Oxley Library, Brisbane, negative number 187044

Collection of the John Oxley Library, Brisbane

Financial companies exerted a profound impact on the land, transforming the land itself, creating built landmarks like wool stores, and changing ownership, boundaries and the development of the lan

Machine shears

Wool was a central colonial economy for Queensland and the basis for European expansion and settlement. The arrival of large numbers of sheep transformed the physical landscape.

Location

Australia
Queensland Museum
23 November 2010
Copyright © Queensland Museum, 2010, H19798
Australia
Dimensions
92mm
470mm
65mm

Baling the wool clip at Logan Downs Shearing Shed, 1890s. Collection of Central Queensland University

Collection of Central Queensland University

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