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Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Tool - Tiller
... Churchill Island VIC phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast Unusual ...Unusual objectHand pushed two drum tiller, unpainted wooden handle, metal drumsfarm machinery, soil cultivation, hand tiller, hand operated -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Machine - Shearing machine
... Churchill Island VIC phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast farm ...Single stand shearing machine on unpainted wooden stand. Painted blue/green with red discfarm machinery, wool, shearing, machine operated -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Machine - Wool press
... Churchill Island VIC phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast These presses ...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, blackfarm machinery, wool, shearing, wool press, hand operated, churchill island -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Machine - Wool press
... Churchill Island VIC phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast These presses ...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.Wooden wool press with metal frame and mechanismfarm machinery, wool, shearing, wool press, hand operated -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Machine - Stationary baler, H.V. McKay Massey Harris
... Churchill Island VIC phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast The H.V ...The H.V. McKay Massey Harris Hay Press was used on small farms around Victoria in the 1940's. These machines would be brought into the field after the hay had been cut and gathered into large piles. The farmers would load the hay into the machine and the engine would press them into bales to be tied off. This hay press could produce over 50 bales of hay per hour. Stationary baler red, attached to green engine, white wheels"H.V. McKay, Massey Harvester, Sunshine" in white paint, white scroll markfarm machinery, hay, chaff, baler, horse drawn, machine driven -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Seed drill, 1930s
... Churchill Island VIC phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast farm ...Burgundy seed drill with cream wheels converted to tractor towing with blue metal towbarfarm machinery, planting, seed drill, horse drawn, converted to tractor towed -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Functional object - Wheat wagon, 1925
... Churchill Island VIC phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast Typical heavy ...Typical heavy settler's wagon Blue wagon with red wheels with bag lifter operated from side of wagon with one horsefarm machinery, wheat, horse drawn vehicles, wagon -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Functional object - Furphy Water Cart, 1929
... Churchill Island VIC phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast The family ...The family-owned Furphy company has been manufacturing agricultural equipment in Kyneton and then Shepparton in Victoria from the 1860s to the present day. In the late 1800s the company developed the Furphy Water Cart to help farmers transport water to and from and around their properties - especially in time of drought. At the beginning of World War One, the carts were used to distribute water amongst the thousands of soldiers completing their basic training at Broadmeadows. They were also used for the same purpose in the camps and battlefields overseas. As the soldiers gathered around the water carts they would often chat, share information and gossip amongst themselves. These practices resulted in the term Furphy evolving in to the Australian vernacular as meaning a statement or fact that isn’t quite true or a little bit dubious.Furphy water cart, unpainted with traces of red on embossed endOn side of tank in black paint "CHURCHILL ISLAND" Embossed on end: Furphy water cart; makers Furphy & Sons, Shepparton and other inscriptions.farm machinery, water, furphy cart, horse drawn, furphy, churchill island, shepparton, kyneton -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Tool - Winnower
... Churchill Island VIC phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast Winnowers ...Winnowers were used in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. Winnowing is a process by which chaff is separated from the wheat grains. A separate machine called the “stripper” would cut and thresh the grain which would then be dumped into piles ready to go into the winnower. Some years later these two machines would be combined into what became known as a “combined” or “stripper harvester”Hand operated winnower with handle and hopper unpaintedfarm machinery, winnower, hand operated -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Functional object - Shave plough
... Churchill Island VIC phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast farm ...Horse-drawn shave plough, green structure, yellow wheeels. One disc removedfarm machinery, soil cultivation, shave plough, horse drawn -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Vehicle - Wagonette, approx 1900
... Churchill Island VIC phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast farm ...Black four wheeled carriage, with a front facing seat for the driver, and two side facing seats. farm machinery, horse drawn vehicles, wagonette -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Functional object - Single furrow mould board plough
... Churchill Island VIC phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast Ploughing ...Ploughing is a major part of soil conservation, and until 1945, it was mainly done with the aid of horses. The plough cuts into the soil with a coulter, and is followed by the share. The latter digs deeper and pushes up the soil which is then turned over by the mould board. This buries weeds, and exposes the soil to the elements whilst creating a furrow. Green framework, single front wheelfarm machinery, soil cultivation, mouldboard plough, horse drawn -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Functional object - Double furrow mould board plough
... Churchill Island VIC phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast Ploughing ...Ploughing is a major part of soil conservation, and until 1945, it was mainly done with the aid of horses. The plough cuts into the soil with a coulter, and is followed by the share. The latter digs deeper and pushes up the soil which is then turned over by the mould board. This buries weeds, and exposes the soil to the elements whilst creating a furrow. A double furrow mould board plough makes two trenches, and although it does twice the work, it requires more power to pull than the single furrow design. Green framework, yellow mouldboards and wheelsfarm machinery, soil cultivation, mouldboard plough, horse drawn -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Functional object - Horse drawn sled
... Churchill Island VIC phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast farm ...Fourteen unpainted boards, metal ends; swingle trace on galvanised chainfarm machinery, historic, sled, horse drawn -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Tool - Tiller
... Churchill Island VIC phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast The tynes ...The tynes on this horse-drawn machine would dig into the ground to break up and aerate the soil in preparation to plant crop.Burgundy structure with cream wheels seat and white hand brake. Single long unpainted polehistoric farm machinery, tiller, cultivation, horse drawn -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Functional object - Butter worker
... Churchill Island VIC phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast farm ...Belt driven wheel, timber, blue metal trims and circumference bandThe Alexandra. Maker T.Robinson & Co Ltd, Spotiswoodefarm machinery, dairy equipment, butter, butter worker, machine driven -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Tool - Super spreader
... Churchill Island VIC phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast farm ...Horse drawn, burgundy and white hopper, unpainted shafts, rubber wheelsfarm, machinery, fertilizer, super spreader, horse drawn, churchill island -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Buck rake
... Churchill Island VIC phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast farm ...Timber buck rake, 6 prongs, metal fittingsfarm machinery, hay, chaff, buck rake, horse drawn -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Functional object - Swingle tree and jinker pole
... Churchill Island VIC phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast farm ...Black pole, double black swingle trees. farm machinery, swingle tree, horse drawn, churchill island -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Functional object - Set of swingle trees
... Churchill Island VIC phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast farm ...Five swingle trees hinged together. Straight lengths of wood of varying lengths attached to each other through U-shaped metal fittings. Top piece of wood is the longest, and connects to shorter lengths at the distal edges, with the attachment point on the latter being in the centre. Unpainted and unfinished with flecks of white paint. farm machinery, swingle tree, horse drawn, churchill island -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Footwear - Swingle trees
... Churchill Island VIC phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast swingle ...Two horse swingle trees hinged either end of one long swingle tree. Straight lengths of wood attached to one another through elongated metal fittings to form a diverging shape. Primary 'swingle' has a U-shaped piece of metal in the middle, and connected to two smaller swingles through circular attachments at either end. Unpainted.swingle, swingletrees, swingletree, horse drawn, churchill island, farm -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Functional object - Pole and swingle tree
... Churchill Island VIC phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast farm ...Unpainted timber pole; single metal swingle tree, surface rustfarm machinery, swingle tree, horse drawn -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Stationary baler
... Churchill Island VIC phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast ...The stationary hay baler was introduced to farms around 1930's. Prior to this hay was collected and stored in the barn to be distributed later. From the mid 1800's some farms used balers in the barn which dropped weights onto the hay for compacting but this required many trips back and forth to collect and store hay. This hay baler could be towed to each paddock by horse or tractor. Grasses would be forked into the chute by two workers. The engine would force the hay into bales and feed it out onto the parallel shelves seen in the photo.They would be hand tied by two other workers .The baler saved time and labour. The manufacturer cannot be identified, but this baler is similar to the H.V. McKay Massey Harris Hay Presses built in Sunshine Vic. and operating in farms around the 1940's.Unpainted, rusted, stationary balerfarm, machinery, hay, chaff, baler, horse drawn, machine driven, churchill island -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Functional object - Stationary engine
... Churchill Island VIC phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast This engine ...This engine has a blue green casing and has been made portable as it is mounted on a tray supported by four red metal wheels. It could be moved around the paddocks or sheds pulled by horses or oxen. There is no identification plate on the engine and there are no maker’s stamps or marks therefore it is difficult to name the company responsible for its manufacture. Engines like this were invaluable on farms to operate threshing and milling machines, pumps, saw benches, hay balers and chaffcutters, among other things. This engine is currently attached to a chaff cutter. The value is also in the fact that it has two belt drive wheels so could be used to perform two different operations simultaneously depending on available horsepower.Blue green casing; two belt drive wheels; red wheels. Attached to green chaff cutterchurchill island, farm machinery, stationary engine, belt driven -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Tool - Dump hay rake
... Churchill Island VIC phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast Horse-drawn ...Horse-drawn dump hay rakes were used by farmers to collect cut hay and place it into piles. Metal ‘teeth’ were mounted on two wheels and dragged along the ground to collect the hay. Operated from the seat, the lever to the right of the seat was used to lift the teeth from the ground when dumping a pile of hay onto the ground. Horse-drawn dump hay rakes were used until around the mid-twentieth century.Red dump hay rake, white wheels, single horse, single row of rakesfarm machinery, hay, chaff, hay rake, horse drawn -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Tool - Potato digger, Martin & Co, 1911
... Churchill Island VIC phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast This digger ...This digger is a more sophisticated model than the single row digger. It is dated 1911. It features a seat and footrest for more comfortable work. The digging blade is followed by spinning tynes which separate soil from crop and flip the potatoes into lines for manual collection. Martin’s Cultivator Company in Stamford U.K was founded by William Martin. He invented prize winning agricultural machinery and later a water and froth fire engine. Typical of machines used in GippslandPotato digger, ground drive, single rowPatent potato digger, winner of the first prize of 20. Martin's Cultivator Co, Stamfordfarm machinery, digging, harvesting, potatoes, prize, horse drawn -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Hay rake
... Churchill Island VIC phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast More modern ...More modern than other rake in collectionBurgundy hay rake, yellow wheels, double row of rakes. farm machinery, hay, chaff, hay rake, horse drawn -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Chaff cutter
... Churchill Island VIC phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast churchill ...Hand operated chaff cutter, painted green with white scrolling; red cogschurchill island, farm machinery, hay, chaff, chaff cutter, hand operated -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Functional object - Single furrow mould board plough
... Churchill Island VIC phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast This type ...This type of plough was used to turn the soil for planting. In Australia, the horse was the chief source of power till the 1930's so in this case it would be hitched to the front of the plough and the farmer would hold the plough handles at the rear. As the horse pulled the plough along, the soil would be turned over and a single furrow created. The farmer, as he followed, would throw the seed or potatoes into the furrow.Single furrow mould board plough, green metal, unpainted woodchurchill island, farm machinery, soil cultivation, mouldboard plough, horse drawn -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Functional object - Bag hanger
... Churchill Island VIC phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast Good example ...Good example of farm improvisationHoome made unpainted metal bag hanger with shearer plough wheels base. Ring to hold bag stored separatelyfarm machinery, bag hanger, improvisation, hand made, churchill island