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Eastern Goldfields Historical Society > Records

The Original Road Train: Donkeys Carting Mining Equipment

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c. 1898

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Overview

A safety film negative depicting a donkey wagon carting Hoskings & Co. equipment.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-11-EG-N-097-019-P

Item type

Negatives

Photographs

Themes

Mining and Resources

Material

Cellulose Acetate

Width

35 mm

Height or length

25 mm

Keywords

donkeys

Eastern Goldfields, Western Australia

Hoskins & Co. Ltd

Transport

Place made

Western Australia, Australia

Year

Last modified

Monday, 15 March, 2021

Eastern Goldfields Historical Society

Eastern Goldfields Historical Society

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Approximately fifteen pairs of donkeys harnessed to a wagon pull a large metal cylinder marked 'Hoskins & Co. Ltd Makers Perth' over stony ground. Five men look on.

Mining equipment was often carted using donkeys to remote mining communities. Once the destination was reached the donkeys were then enrolled in mining duties, carting ore from the underground workings to the mill for processing.

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