Ballarat University College is a predecessor institution of Federation University Australia.ballarat university college, university of ballarat establishment, w.j. pryor, bill pryor, john sharpham, food technology centre, ballarat institute for sports and human performance, kathy watt, food crop development centre, donations, appeal, development appeal, ballarat university college development appeal

Circa late 1800s early 1900s a horse-drawn plough, potato digger, is one example of the implements that were widely used by early market gardeners in the Shire of Moorabbin. The flat plate, seen to the right of the photo, dug down into the ground below the potatoes and "scooped" them up. Behind the plate, two driving chains on cogs, (these chains are missing from our exhibit), then "rocked' the dug potatoes to loosen the soil from the "spuds". The potatoes were then harvested by hand. Very large tracts of land in the Shire of Moorabbin were planted with potatoes. Harvesting commenced in October, into November and on into December. Potatoes were a necessary food staple. The market gardeners were always in a rush to be first to get their potatoes to market, and hence the best price. Some market gardeners were so keen to be the first to market, (and get the most money), that they dug their potatoes "green" (or new). The only downside of this practice was that these early potatoes had to be handled with extreme care as their skins were very loose, and came off easily - so decreasing their profits.As well as taking their produce to the Melbourne and St Kilda markets, they also sent produce off to Sydney markets. It is interesting to note that a group of Chinese market gardeners were the first to access the Sydney market. .Following the 'Dendy's Special Survey' 1841 and the Crown Land Sale of 1852, land allotments were sold to pioneer settlers who established market gardens in the area of Moorabbin Shire. During the 1850s gold-rush population boom the number of market gardeners increased significantly spreading throughout the Moorabbin Shire. Potatoes were considered a staple foodstuff, so crops were regularly sown throughout the whole Moorabbin area. Circa late 1800s early 1900s. A horse-drawn plough potato digger is an example of the machines used by early market gardeners in Moorabbin Shiremelbourne, sydney, markets, vegetables, potato, dendy henry, st kilda, market gardeners, gold rush, moorabin, chinese gardeners, ploughs

Mouat Collection - Farming in the Wimmera. Markings; Bulk Wheat being unloaded into silo. C1960s - 70s. Used as a teaching aid.kodakagriculture, farm, crop transport

Mouat Collection - Farming in the Wimmera. Silos situated along side the road. Markings; West Silos Litchfield. MAR 63. Used as a teaching aid.kodakagriculture, farm, crop storage

Mouat Collection - Farming in the Wimmera. Markings; Bulk wheat trucks waiting to be weighed. 6 SEP 64M. Used as a teaching aid.Kodakagriculture, farm, crop transport

Mouat Collection - Farming in the Wimmera. Slide is out of focus. Markings; Stripping Oats. Used as a teaching aid.Kodakagriculture, farm, crop

Mouat Collection - Farming in the Wimmera. Markings; Filling bags from the stripper. Used as a teaching aid.Kodakagriculture, farm, crop

Mouat Collection - Farming in the Wimmera. 14 Silos togeter with office. Markings Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne. Used as a teaching aid.Kodakagriculture, farm, crop

Mouat Collection - Farming in the Wimmera. Markings; Max Rees Ploughing. Used as a teaching aid. Used as a teaching aid.Kodakagriculture, farm, crop

Black and white photo of young man dressed in tramways uniform, with ID disk on left breast, ticket punch hanging around neck on leather strap. Possibly Basil Miller but not named on portrait.person, individual, basil miller

This photograph is from the Max Harris Collection held by the Ballaraat Mechanics' Institute. Please contact BMI for all print and usage inquiries.ballarat, burkes, hotel, pub, doveton st, 1872, crop?

This photograph is from the Max Harris Collection held by the Ballaraat Mechanics' Institute. Please contact BMI for all print and usage inquiries.ballarat, edinburgh castle, hotel, dana, armstrong st sth, pub, crop?

This photograph is from the Max Harris Collection held by the Ballaraat Mechanics' Institute. Please contact BMI for all print and usage inquiries.ballarat, east, black hill, 1887

The John Bovaird Collection : Commonwealth of Australia Wheat Bounty Act 1934 State of Victoria Claim for Payment. By Errol Balfour Bovaird of May Reef PO via Avonmore. Regarding 150 bushels delivered for sale to John T Stewart of Lockington. Wheat produced on 50 acres : Allotment 25 Parish of Pannoo Bamawm. Dated 13/4/1935. Pink paper.agriculture, farm, wheat crop

The John Bovaird Collection. Commonwealth of Australia Wheat Bounty Act 1934 State of Victoria Claim for Payment. By Errol Balfour Bovaird of May Reef PO via Avonmore. Regarding 96 bushels delivered for sale to R. Anderson of Lockington. Wheat produced on 50 acres : Allotment 25 Parish of Pannoo Bamawm. Dated 13/4/1935. Pink paper.agriculture, farm, wheat crop

The John Bovaird Collection. Commonwealth of Australia Wheat Bounty Act 1934 State of Victoria Claim for Payment. By Errol Balfour Bovaird of May Reef PO via Avonmore. Regarding 96 bushels delivered for sale to R. G. Anderson of Lockington. Wheat produced on 50 acres : Allotment 25 Parish of Pannoo Bamawm. Dated 13/4/1935. Pink paper.agriculture, farm, wheat crop

The John Bovaird Collection. Commonwealth of Australia Wheat Bounty Act 1934 State of Victoria Claim for Payment. By Errol Balfour Bovaird of May Reef PO via Avonmore. Regarding 96 bushels delivered for sale to Henry Jackson of Lockington. Wheat produced on 50 acres : Allotment 25 Parish of Pannoo Bamawm. Dated 13/4/1935. Pink paper.agriculture, farm, wheat crop

One of the struggles between East and West is taking place in South Vietnam, an area whose culture has been virtually unknown to scholars. The author has used the small village of Khanh Hau, in the Mekong River delta southwest of Saigon, as a microcosm for the study of the rural physical setting, the beliefs and customs of the several religions that exist here side by side, the kinship and family pattern, the crops and agricultural methods, the economic, administrative, the legal systems, and the socioeconomic structure and mobility.ethnology -- vietnam, anthropology, cultural, mekong river, khanh hau