One of fifty one photographs originally in a photo album found in the National Wool Museum’s office. The album was water damaged and the images were removed for conservation. The images follow the process of wool. Beginning in a sheep paddock and finishing as a folded fabric. It includes all the steps in between in this process, including shearing, transporting, selling, washing and the many different steps in the process of turning a single thread of wool into fabric.Black and white image showing a man standing in front of a truck loaded with wool bales. The bales are being transported from Boorowa to Sydney.AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL PUBLICITY / ASSOCIATION / FLINDERS STREET RAILWAY BUILDING, / MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA / W40. Seventy bales of Wool going by motor vehicle from Boorowa to / Sydney.wool industry, working life, women, boonoke station, farming, sheep farming, agriculture, sheep stations, transport, wool processing, shearing, textile industry, wool

This stencil was used as a symbol stamp for the transportation of wool bales.Wool bale exportation stamp - circlewool export, wool transportation, wool sales

This stencil was used to mark the mass measurement of wool bales.Wool bale export stencil - MASSMASSwool - transportation, wool sales, wool class, wool classers

This stencil was used to mark the mass measurement of wool bales.Wool bale export stencil - ARDLEENARDLEENwool - transportation, wool sales, wool class, wool classers

This stencil was used as a location stamp for the transportation of wool bales. Happy Valley is a town located in Golden Plains Shire, south-west of Ballarat, Victoria. Wool bales marked HAPPY VALLEY would have been transported to or from Happy Valley.Wool bale stencil - HAPPY VALLEY HAPPY VALLEY wool sales, wool transportation, wool export

This stencil was used as a location stamp for the transportation of wool bales. Le Havre is a major port in Northern France. Wool bales marked LE HAVRE would have been transported to France by sea.Wool bale export stencil - LE HAVRELE HAVREwool - transportation, wool sales, wool class, wool classers

This stencil was used as a wool classification stamp for the transportation of wool bales. Classification stamps like these had to be approved by a Wool Classier and described the quality of wool inside the bale.Wool bale export stencil - PB G LXBPB G LXBwool transportation, wool sales, wool export

This stencil was used as a wool classification stamp for the transportation of wool bales. Classification stamps like these had to be approved by a Wool Classier and described the quality of wool inside the bale.Wool bale export stencil - B MER FLCB MER FLCwool - transportation, wool sales, wool class, wool classers

This stencil was used as a location stamp for the transportation of wool bales. Leningrad, now Saint Petersburg is a Russian port city on the Baltic Sea. Wool bales marked LENINGRAD would have been transported to Russia by sea.Wool bale export stencil - LENINGRAD CARBONISEDLENINGRAD CARBONISEDwool - transportation, wool sales, wool class, wool classers

This stencil was used as a ship identifier stamp for the transportation of wool bales. Plassy was a troopship in the Boer and then the Indian Garrison rotation run. During WWI the Plassy was converted into a Grand Fleet hospital ship serving in European waters. All wool bales stamped with PLASSY would be transported on the Plassy ship.Wool bale export stencil - PLASSYPLASSYwool transportation, wool export, wool sales

This stencil was used as a ship identifier stamp for the transportation of wool bales. Kathlamba was a steel screw steamship owned by Ellerman Bucknall Steam Ship Company Limited and launched in 1913. It was built by W Gray & Co at Hartlepool, Britain. All wool bales stamped with KATHLAMBA would be transported on the Kathlamba ship.Wool bale exportation stencil - KATHLAMBAKATHLAMBAwool transportation, wool export

This stencil was used as a property name for the transportation of wool bales.Wool bale export stencil - R CARNR CARNwool sales, wool transport, wool export

This stencil was used as a symbol stamp for the transportation of wool bales.Heart shaped wool bale export stencilwool - transportation, wool sales

This stencil was used as a symbol stamp for the transportation of wool bales.Diamond shaped wool bale export stencilwool - transportation, wool sales

This stencil was used to stamp wool bales before they were transported to another location. INTERCO is the shortened version of intercompany, a term used to describe activities that are conducted between two or more affiliates or business units of the same parent company. Wool bales marked INTERCO would have been bought by two or businesses. Wool bale export stencil - INTERCOINTERCOwool - transportation, wool sales, wool class, wool classers

This stencil was used as a location stamp for the transportation of wool bales. Le Verdon-sur-Mer is a port city located in south-western France. Wool bales marked LE VERDON would have been transported to Le Verdon-sur-Mer by sea.Wool bale export stencil - LE VERDONLE VERDON

This stencil was used to cover up other stencils on wool bales.Rectangular shaped wool bale export stencilwool - transportation, wool sales

This stencil was used as a location stamp for the transportation of wool bales. B'FORD L'POOL is the abbreviation of Bradford Liverpool. Bradford and Liverpool are two cities located in the United Kingdom. Wool bales marked B'FORD L'POOL would have been transported to either English cities by sea.Wool bale export stencil - B'FORD L'POOLB'FORD L'POOLwool - transportation, wool sales, wool class, wool classers

One of fifty one photographs originally in a photo album found in the National Wool Museum’s office. The album was water damaged and the images were removed for conservation. The images follow the process of wool. Beginning in a sheep paddock and finishing as a folded fabric. It includes all the steps in between in this process, including shearing, transporting, selling, washing and the many different steps in the process of turning a single thread of wool into fabric.Black and white image showing a wool bale in a Robinson Bro dumping machine.AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL PUBLICITY / ASSOCIATION / FLINDERS STREET RAILWAY BUILDING, / MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA / W7 / W 7. Bale dumped and strapped.wool industry, working life, women, boonoke station, farming, sheep farming, agriculture, sheep stations, transport, wool processing, shearing, textile industry, wool

This stencil was used to identify the destination of wool bales. The PORT stencil would be used as a prefix to the destination name.Wool bale export stencil - PORTPORTwool - transportation, wool sales, wool class, wool classers

This stencil was used to stamp wool bales before they were transported to another location. The meaning of EXLON is unknown. Wool bale export stencil - EXLONEXLONwool - transportation, wool sales, wool class, wool classers

This stencil was used to stamp wool bales before they were transported to another location. The meaning of PTYSON is unknown. Wool bale export stencil - PTYSONPTYSONwool - transportation, wool sales, wool class, wool classers

This stencil was used to stamp wool bales before they were transported to another location. The meaning of DILTEX is unknown. Wool bale export stencil - DILTEXDILTEXwool - transportation, wool sales, wool class, wool classers

This stencil was used to stamp wool bales before they were transported to another location. The meaning of SENWA is unknown. Wool bale export stencil - SENWASENWAwool - transportation, wool sales, wool class, wool classers

This stencil was used as a ship identifier stamp for the transportation of wool bales. Ascanius was a steam passenger ship that was commanded to be one of the first ships to transport Australian Expeditionary Forces overseas in November 1914. It was returned to its owner after the war in 1920, where it continued to transport general cargo. All wool bales stamped with ASCANIUS would be transported on the Ascanius ship.Wool bale export stencil - ASCANIUSASCANIUSwool transportation, wool export, wool sales

This stencil was used as a location stamp for the transportation of wool bales. The United Socialist Soviet Republic, or U.S.S.R., was made up of 15 soviet republics: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. Wool bales marked USSR would have been transported to the Soviet Union by sea.Wool bale export stencil - USSRUSSRwool - transportation, wool sales, wool class, wool classers

This stencil was used as a wool classification stamp for the transportation of wool bales. Classification stamps like these had to be approved by a Wool Classier and described the quality of wool inside the bale. LMS is describing Lambs Fleece, LKS is describing Locks and CRS is unknown.Wool bale export stencil - LMS LKS CRSLMS LKS CRSwool - transportation, wool sales, wool class, wool classers

This stencil was used as a symbol stamp for the transportation of wool bales.Mitsubishi logo shaped wool bale export stencilwool - transportation, wool sales

This stencil was used as a sheep station identification stamp for the transportation of wool bales. Coliban Park is a homestead located in Elphinstone, Mount Alexander Shire, Victoria. The wool bale marked COLIBAN PARK Z would have been produced at Coliban Park.Wool bale export stencil - COLIBAN PARK ZCOLIBAN PARK Zwool - transportation, wool sales

This stencil was used as a wool classification stamp for the transportation of wool bales. YAPAK TIFTIK is the Turkish words for describing differing types of wool. Yapak means sheep wool, Tiftik means goat wool. Classification stamps like these had to be approved by a Wool Classier and described the quality and contents of wool inside the bale.Wool bale export stencil - YAPAK TIFTIKYAPAK TIFTIKwool - transportation, wool sales, wool class, wool classers