Product label in tones of red, green, yellow and white showing printed text and a graphic of a woman, lion, ship, wool bale, shield and pitch fork. front: [printed] ALBION MILLS, GEELONG / THE GEELONG / PURE WOOL RUG / MANUFACTURED BY / THE ALBION WOOLLEN MILL CO. / GEELONG, VICTORIA. / No. / WEIGHT / SIZEalbion mills, archives, wool industry, blankets, rugs, products, advertising, geelong, packaging, label, graphic design

Hay bale saws were a common agricultural tool. Ed Nolt, a Dutch resident of Pennsylvania, USA, invented the prototype for the small square baler back in the 1930s. His patent was purchased and mass produced during the 1940s. These balers quickly spread throughout the world and became a common agricultural machine. The hale bale saw was used to cut up the bales when distributing feed to livestock. As modern agricultural production has turned more to the use of large round bales, these small saws have become obsolete. This saw was used by a farmer in North Barnawatha approximately 18 kilometres from Wodonga, Victoria.This saw is representative of the agricultural tools in the mid to late 20th century.A metal saw with 2 wooden handles. The saw has a very coarse serrated edge. One of the handles is parallel to the blade, and the other handle is perpendicular to the blade.agricultural tools, hay bale saws, north east victoria

Part of the "Squatter Game" collection.Bales of wool going from Loch Station from /Coorumbene. Pat holding her Grandfather McCabe's hand. /Approx 1927/28sheep stations - history wool - transportation, lloyd, mr robert, coorumbene via loch, sheep stations - history, wool - transportation

Black and white copy of original photograph of an open shearing shed with four shearers and two men to the side of the shed leaning on a bale of wool. A dog supervising the scene.sam knight, jack francis, jim francis, wool bale, dog

UnknownReproduction of original photograph depicting four men standing in doorway of a woolshed. Man in centre is standing on a pile of sacking, a man in front of him is leaning against a barrel and two men are standing to the left and the right of a wooden plough.Front: (no inscriptions) Back: First Plough in Portland, First Wool, First Cooper, First Blacksmith, First Bales of Wool (black type on label)plough, industry, rural, farming, wool bales

The paddle steamer 'Alfred" pulls the barge 'Uranus' loaded with bales of wool at Wilcannia on the River Darling. The Wilcannia Bridge can be seen behind the barge, and a horse drawn vehicle is on the bridge.wilcannia, paddle ship, paddle steamer, wilcannia bridge, barge uranus, paddle steamer alfred, wool bales, darling river

Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photograph collection dating from the nineteenth century.Colour photograph of a group of children walking in pairs in a circle, primarily wearing historical dress, while a group of adults watch assembled around hay bales in front of Rogers Cottagescatalogue number on reverse in pencilchurchill island, photograph

The glazed, framed and mounted photograph hung at Elders Pastoral, Lara.( see worksheet)Photograph of Dennys Lascelles Ltd Main Show Floor Area 1 acre showing 7,700 bales. The Main Show Floor is the top floor of the 'Bowstring Tress' Wool store.wool sales, dennys, lascelles limited

Colour photograph Tambo Bluff Landcare Group members Luke Bale, Cheryl Maynard, Tim Zander, David Hardiman, and Joan Kinnon at working bee. Lakes Entrance Victorialandcare, volunteering

33 page booklet with hand written and printed text. Booklet is bound with three metal butterfly pins. Dennys, Lascelles Limited / WILL OFFER BY AUCTION ON / WEDNESDAY, 19th DECEMBER, 1928 / In THE WOOL EXCHANGE, Corio Street, Geelong, at 3 pm / 4800 BALES WOOLwool auction, catalogue, wool bales, sale, wool growing, agriculture, industry, geelong, woolbrokers, dennys lascelles

These presses were used in shearing sheds around the country to create bales of wool by hand in preparation for transport to the wool markets for purchase and distribution. Bales have been used to store and were a standard trading unit for wool for centuries. A standard wool bale holds about 60 compressed wool fleeces and weighs a minimum of 120 kgs. The square shape and weight enabled them to be stacked on wagons or in warehouses, and a large pack horse could carry one on each side. With technological advances, the bales are now formed in electrical and hydraulic presses.All metal wool press, unpainted, surface rustfarm machinery, wool, wool press, hand operated, shearing

Sarah Coventry Pty. Ltd. was a North American jewellery company that was established in 1949 by the Stuart family as part of Emmons Jewelry, Inc. It began operations in England and Australia in 1968, and in Australia it moved from Carlton in Melbourne to Wodonga in 1969. The premises were originally on High St. in Wodonga, but a new warehouse was built in Melbourne Rd. later in 1969. It was a direct selling jewellery business using a party-plan model similar to Tupperware and Avon. The sales reps or 'Hostesses' were provided with jewellery samples in demonstration kits, which they displayed at jewellery parties in their homes. The designs for jewellery such as brooches, necklaces, earrings, chokers and bracelets were purchased from freelance designers and jewellery manufacturers rather than in-house designers. In 1979 Sarah Coventry Pty. Ltd. in Wodonga was bought by three Australian businessmen, including Wodonga local Jim Sawyer, and continued to sell jewellery under the name "Sargem Pty. Ltd”, for several more years in the 1980s.As part of the Sarah Coventry collection, the brooch has local significance with the decentralised commercial development of regional centres such as Wodonga in NE Victoria, as well as national and international significance from the perspective of social and economic developments for women after World War II. The direct selling party-plan business model Sarah Coventry was based on is also considered the first of its kind for jewellery.Large Sarah Coventry brooch featuring faux turquoise cabochons and pear shaped rhinestones intermingled with faux pearls. It can be a brooch , but is also convertible to a pendant as it houses a bale on the underside of the piece.sarah coventry, jewellery, wodonga, costume jewellery, vintage fashion jewellery, brooch, brooches, sawyer

Wooden handled iron bale hook.wool bales

Wooden handled iron bale hook.wool bales

Wooden handled iron bale hook.wool bales

Double pointed steel wool bale hook.

Tobacco farming began circa 1960 in the Kiewa Valley and consequently became one of its major industries. Many of the Italian families were involved in tobacco farming.Historical: This equipment was used on one of the first tobacco farms in the Kiewa Valley at Mongans Bridge. Provenance: This tobacco farmer came from Italy and was sponsored to visit a tobacco farmer in Myrtleford to learn how to grow tobacco so that he could transfer those skills to his own farm in the Kiewa Valley.2 different sized iron needles curved and pointed at 1 end and opening at the other. Twine: like soft string - 35 lengths tied together. Used for hand closure of tobacco bales.tobacco. kiewa valley. mongans bridge. twine. sewing needle. rossaro.

Original photograph held by J.Norris, Butcher Street Echuca. Thought to be approximately 1910.Photograph shows very low river level. Barge is loaded with wool bales moored at closest river bank. Barge could be in the process of loading. Barge is between bank and the paddle steamer. Deck hand can be seen in fore ground holding a long pole. Steering wheel is visible on the barge.Black & white photograph which shows 2 paddle steamers & a barge rounding a bend in the Darling River. Barge is loaded with wool bales. Water level is not high: bank slopes clearly visible.On back of photograph is written "Jane(?) in Darling River. Norris collection."darling river; paddle steamers; river trade; wool production on darling river; river transport; barges; low river;

Wool bale from the last of the wool stockpile. The wool stockpile accumulated when the price of wool fell - growers were protected by a reserve price scheme (first established in 1974) which meant that the former Australian Wool Corporation purchased wool that did not meet the reserve price. The wool was kept until the prices rose. Unfortunately the stockpiled wool accumulated until the reserve price scheme collapsed in 1991. At its peak the wool stock pile reached 4.7 million bales. This particular bale is one of the last from the stockpile which has gradually diminished since 1991. This bale was part of a nine-bale lot from the clip of Richard Froomes (Seaspray, Gippsland) and was purchased by the Australian Wool Corporation from Brian Rodwell and Co. Pty Ltd's (stock and station agents) November 1989 catalogue. It is marked as bale no. 2 and carries Richard Froomes' 'Kullingral' brand, and is classed at AAAFM (best wool) and is 21.1 microns (see AWTA certificate in supp. file). The 'Kullingral' branded bales were from a 3500 head fine wool flock, based on Merryville and The Fringe bloodlines. Richard Froomes moved out of wool production in 1996.TA PACK / BATCH NO T-291 M8754 KULLINGRAL / AAAFM / 2 KULLINGRAL / PI / BI / 651390 / AAAFM / 2 / BR / WIwool sales - reserve price plan wool stockpile textile mills textile mills, wool sales - reserve price plan, wool stockpile, textile mills

Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photograph collection.Colour photograph of a small line of market stalls with green marquee roof, with a group of people in a blend of contemporary and historic dress assembled to the left of the frame and a small tree surrounded by four hay bales in the foreground.KODAK PROCESSING/JAN.82 [stamped in middle on reverse] Catalogue number written on reverse in pencil churchill island, photograph

Hay Baling Thornton-Kanya. Two Black and White Photographs.

Used by Mitchell family for wool bale weighing until 1988.

Hi-density dumped wool bales - Jumbo and Tri-Pak.JUMBO / TRI-PAKwool bales, wool bales high density, jumbo bales, tri-pak bales, wool bales - high density

Hi-density dumped wool bales - Jumbo and Tri-Pak.JUMBO / TRI-PAKwool bales, wool bales high density, jumbo bales, tri-pak bales, wool bales - high density