HAY FIELD; CULHAM, SHAW'S HILL

The physical and visual attributes of this photo point specifically to the turn of the 20th century:
• Photographic Medium: The format is a silver-gelatin or similar monochrome print mounted on a dark, heavy cardboard frame with decorative scalloped inner borders. This specific card-mounting style was highly popular for professional and amateur view photography between the late 1890s and the pre-WWI era.
• Labor Methods: The scene highlights entirely manual "stooking" (stacking sheaves by hand) alongside a horse-drawn timber dray. While these traditional manual methods persisted on smaller Australian paddocks for a long time, the introduction of mechanical binders in WA throughout the 1890s and the eventual transition toward motorized tractors in the 1920s puts this depiction right at peak late-colonial or early-Federation farming eras.