BRANDING IRON
c. 1880 - 1930Iron Rod with a ring at one end and the other end forms into three branches with letters of the alphabet. The letters are [JIA] in reverse as shown in the marks field.
The brand was used on a farm to brand livestock in the Kelmscott / Roleystone area sometime between the late 1800s and early 1900s. Livestock was branded to prove a farmers ownership.
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This object is part of a significant collection that represents the important role agriculture, farming and horticulture have played in the development of the City of Armadale. For tens of thousands of years Noongar people have moved through the district harvesting food and game from the forests, waterways and plains. In 1830 British migrants established the town of Kelmscott and started farming the land and establishing the districts first orchards.
