PROPERTY; MANMANNING WHEATBELT, OWNED BY PETER SALVAIRE

The same image has also been reproduced in another photograph held in the Shire of Toodyay collection under accession number 2001.1675
This photograph is estimated to have been taken around the late 1920s to early 1930s.
This timeframe is supported by a few key visual and historical clues:
• The Vehicle: The flatbed truck parked near the shed features high wooden-spoke wheels, a separate exposed chassis, and an early angular cabin typical of 1920s commercial trucks (such as an early Ford Model T/TT, Chevrolet, or Morris commercial truck converted for farm work).
• The Settlement History: The pioneer-style thatch hut and temporary corrugated iron structures are highly characteristic of a newly established block during this late-1920s selection boom.
• The Grain Sacks: The large stack of stitched grain bags represents the manual handling era of the Australian wheatbelt before bulk handling silos completely took over in the mid-to-late 1930s.