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Shire of Toodyay > Records

FRED CHITTY'S RAMS

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1924

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Agriculture/horticulture

Overview

Black and white photograph:
One man: Mick Chitty, and a boy; Alex Chitty, aged 10, with five rams standing in front of a fence with scrub and bush in the background.

Historical information

This photograph reproduced in 'Toodyay - The Good Old Days' by Wally Chitty on p.11
Captioned: 'Mick and Alex Chitty in 1924 with merino rams that were typical of the flocks around Toodyay. The rams were reared in jarrah forest.'

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cwa-org-37-2001.1550

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Material

Photographic Paper

Width

80 mm

Height or length

125 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Written on reverse: " 'The Pride of the Flock.' Fred Chitty's rams about 1924. Sons, Mick and Alex keeping them in line. Their scruffy appearance is because they had been shepherded in forest country about 12 miles S W of Toodyay. The prickly scrub helps to give them an untidy look. W G C."
Stamped on reverse: "Dawn Ray Prints"

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