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The Original Road Train: Donkeys Carting Mining Equipment

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
Nature
People
Social History
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
c. 1898
Last modified
Monday, 15 March, 2021
Completeness
88
Eastern Goldfields Historical Society

Eastern Goldfields Historical Society

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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