TREE REMOVAL; HORSE AND CART

Overview

Black and white print of horse and two wheeled cart. Horse head not in frame. Wooden cart with rubber tyres on axle. Rope attached between rear of cart and tree.

Historical information

Possibly sandalwood harvesting, unknown date.
"In the period 1844 to 1929, Western Australia was a dominant exporter of sandalwood, which was purchased mainly by Chinese merchants in Singapore and Shanghai to be powdered for incense.
Even the butt and roots of the sandalwood tree were valuable for incense, and so trees were later "pulled" out by horse or camel and chains, rather than felled as they had been in the early years."
http://www.wasandalwoodnuts.com.au/js/tiny_mce/plugins/filemanager/files/The_Sandalwood_Industry_in_Australia_-_A_History.pdf

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-37-2000.56
Item type
Contextual Information

The negative for this photograph is held in the Shire of Toodyay collection 2016.32a

Statement of significance

Historic:

Primary significance criteria
Historic significance
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