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PHOTOGRAPH: LOG HAULING AT WHITTAKER'S, NORTH DANDALUP MILLS BUSH

c. 1900
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Photographs
Overview

Black and white photograph.
Image: Log hauling with whim and horse team'. Features two workers with a team of six horses attached to the whim, pulling the huge log. Further logs can be seen in the background
Reverse: Handwritten on back 'North Dandalup Bush, early 1900's.

Historical information

Whittakers Timber Merchants had established their headquarters in Hay Street (then known as Broome St.) Subiaco in 1896, and were a large source of employment in the district.

Historically, timber whims were used in the south west to transport large logs from the forest to the wagon or rail head that would deliver the logs to the mill. They were made of timber, pulled through the forest by teams of bullocks or horses and were made in a range of sizes to cater for varying log sizes, the larger the wheel diameter the larger the log it could carry.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-43-1985.300
Item type
Photographs
Material
Chemicals
Photographic Materials
Width
205 mm
Height or length
150 mm
Inscriptions and markings

H. Hebb, Midland

Keywords
Workers
Countryside
Transport
Whittakers
Year
c. 1900
Statement of significance

Local and regional, shows timber workers at Whittakers North Dandalup Mill
Historic: Social: Rarity:

Primary significance criteria
Historic significance
Social or spiritual significance
Comparative significance criteria
Rare or representative
Last modified
Sunday, 22 June, 2025
Completeness
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