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PROPERTY; MANMANNING WHEATBELT, OWNED BY PETER SALVAIRE

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Agriculture/horticulture
Buildings / Structures
Overview

A black & white photo of "Manmanning" hay/bagged wheat shed.
A thatched peaked roof enclosed bough shed in between which, in the background, is a sloped roof (?)
Corrugated iron building of two sections, to the left of which is a water tank and small tree.
A water tank is also to the left of hay shed and a very old flat top truck with metal wheels is parked near by.
No information on make of truck. Foreground is bare, open ground.

Historical information

Manmanning is a small Wheatbelt town in Western Australia in the Shire of Dowerin. It is located 170km north east of Perth, 27km east north east of Wongan Hills and 39km north of Dowerin.
The name of the town first appeared on charts drawn in 1907, and was the Indigenous Australian name of a soak located close to the townsite.
The townsite was originally a railway siding on the Ejanding North line and land was set aside for settlers in 1927. The townsite was gazetted in 1929

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-37-2001.1252
Item type
Photographs
Material
Photographic Paper
Width
13.9000 cm
Height or length
8.8000 cm
Contextual Information

The same image has also been reproduced in another photograph held in the Shire of Toodyay collection under accession number 2001.1675

Keywords
SALVAIRE, Peter
Links to additional resources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manmanning,_Western_Australia

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