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1902

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2019 Calendar Images

Overview

A black and white safety film image depicting a man, two children and a goat cart.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-11-EG-N-054-033A-P

Item type

Negatives

Photographs

Themes

Material

Cellulose Acetate

Width

35 mm

Height or length

25 mm

Keywords

Children

Man

Goat

Transport

Entertainment

1902

Eastern Goldfields, Western Australia

Place made

Western Australia, Australia

Year

Last modified

Friday, 5 March, 2021

Eastern Goldfields Historical Society

Eastern Goldfields Historical Society

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A young girl sits on a goat cart, holding the reigns. An holder girl holds the goat's harness and a man stands behind them, leaning on the doorway of a wooden building.

Goats (and rabbits) arrived in Australia with the First Fleet in 1788 and spread with settlers throughout the country. The original goats were a varied and hardy herd capable of utilising harsh Australian pastures to produce milk and meat, and as in this image, to be childhood companions.

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