Horse drawn wool teams on the road to Bathurst, New South Wales

Unrecorded1920-1935

University of Sydney Library
Camperdown, Australia

View of two "wool teams" on the road to Bathurst in New South Wales. A wool team refers to a cart drawn by horses or bullocks, which were used to pull carts with bales of wool from the station or farm to be sold.

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Title: Horse drawn wool teams on the road to Bathurst, New South Wales
Creator: Unrecorded
Date Created: 1920-1935
Location Created: Bathurst, New South Wales
Original Language: English
Provenance: Formerly owned by Colin Berckelman (1907-1965). Berckelman was a passionate collector of books, manuscripts and bookplates. He was an active member of the Society of Australian Genealogists, the Royal Australian Historical Society, and a founding member of the Book Collectors' Society of Australia. Following Berckelman's death, his collection was purchased by the Library in 1966/67. Most of the collection was dispersed throughout the University's libraries but the rare and significant works, manuscripts, personal archive, photographs, printing blocks, and his collection of bookplates remain in Rare Books and Special Collections.
Subject Keywords: Farming, Australia
Transcript:
Wool teams on road to Bathurst NSW
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Type: Glass lantern slide
Original Source: University of Sydney Library, Berckelman glass plate negatives Box 16, no. 1-no. 10
External Link: View this page in the digitised version

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