Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photograph collection dating from the nineteenth century. Photograph of a horse hitched to a hay raker gathering hay in a paddock.Catalogue number written on reverse in pencil Written in pen on reverse 'Young horse pulling C.I. hay rake Churchill Island Easter Festival 30/3/2013'churchill island, photograph

A hay rake is an agricultural rake used to collect cut hay or straw into windrows for later collection (e.g. by a baler or a loader wagon). It is also designed to fluff up the hay and turn it over so that it may dry. The next day it is spread again, so that the hay dries more quickly. Early settlers established productive market gardens, poultry,. pig and dairy farms , orchards and vineyards on the land in the 'Henry Dendy Special Survey Brighton 1841' - now Ormond, Bentleigh, East Bentleigh, Brighton, This hay rake is typical of the type used by early settlers in Moorabbin Shire c1900Large wooden Hay rake , hand made c1900farm equipment, hay rakes, hammers, early settlers, market gardeners, blacksmiths, tools, building equipment, moorabbin shire, bentleigh, mckinnon, highett, cheltenham,ormond

Used in the 19th century.A handmade steel wide toothed hay rake head with 14 teeth attached to a wooden top made by Wandin Sebire. There are two large holes where a handle would be attached. It was used to rake hay into heaps after scything in the 19th century. rakes, tools, hay rakes, agricultural tools, agricultural equipment

Bushfire perimeter rather than bushfire area is the main control problem for firefighters on the ground. A conundrum rapidly compounded by spot fires. A small 5 ha fire can be nearly 1 km around the perimeter. That's a long way to build a control line by hand in rough bush. Dry firefighting techniques by hand were mostly confined to “knocking down” or “beating out” the flames, as well as "digging out". Digging or raking a “mineral earth” trail down to bare dirt proved most effective in forest fuels which, unlike grass, tend to retain heat and smoulder. Early tools were whatever happened to be close at hand. They were simple and primitive and included shovels, slashers, axes, hoes, beaters and rakes. A cut branch to beat the flames was often the only thing available. Farming and logging tools, developed over centuries of manual labour, and readily available at local hardware stores came into use, but little thought was given to size, weight, and balance. For years foresters experimented with combination tools. In about 1952 fire beaters and other implements were being replaced with Rakuts.Fire tool used before the introduction of RakehoesRakut - Fire Rake and cutting toolGreen and red coloured handle and 020 marking indicated which FCV District the tool belonged tobushfire

perhaps used to rake out chacoal from kilnFormed Steel Rake or Scraper, a half-round steel plate rivetted to a short shaped steel arm. Rounded side of steel plate is ground to an edge

The men in this photograph are harvesting dry bean plants. They have been threshed with flails and raked. the dry straw is tossed off and the dry beans are collected to be hand sorted.This item is associated with the seed bean industry which was a major industry in the Orbost district for the first half of the 20th century.A black / white photograph / postcard of five men raking hay in a paddock with two horses and carts in the background.on back - "Orbost, M. Gilbert"agriculture-beans orbost-bean-seeds

Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photograph collection dating from the nineteenth century. Photograph of a horse pulling a hay raker with a person in a high-vis vest watching from the right hand side of the frameCatalogue number written on reverse in pencil Written in pen on reverse 'Young horse pulling C.I. hay rake Churchill Island Easter Festival 30/3/2013'churchill island, photograph

This rake is an adaptation of an old pitch fork for a specific purpose, perhaps for breaking up clods of dirt or doing some deep raking. This rake has no known local provenance but is kept for display purposes as an interesting example of an adaptation of an agricultural tool for a specific purpose. This is an old pitch fork which has been made into a rake or a scarifier by bending back the ends of the three metal prongs of the fork (producing prongs of an uneven length). The prongs are attached by a metal band to a wooden handle.vintage agricultural implements, history of warrnambool, pitch fork

Churchill Island has a large photographic collection dating from the nineteenth century. This series shows the extensive work and volunteering conducted on site by workers after it was turned into a heritage siteColour photograph of a Clydesdale pulling a hay rake on a pasture behind scattered hay. Probably taken at the Churchill Island Easter Festival 30/03/2013Catalogue number on reverse in pencil. Written on reverse in pen "Youn horse pulling C.I. hay rake. Churchill Island Easter Festival 30/3/2013"churchill island, photograph

A small forged steel combined hoe and rake head hand cultivator tool. It has one flattened hoe shaped edge at one end and at the opposite, three rake prongs, and there is an extension on the head for the wooden handle to be attached. It could have been used in small areas such as a garden in the 19th century..agricultural tools, tools, rakes, gardening tools, hand tools, hoes

Used circa 1890.A blacksmith handmade bush rake with a steel head and a handmade long wooden handle which was roughly hewn from tea-tree wood. The head with 11 prongs is attached to the handle by a fork shaped steel fitted extension with three rivets. It was used to rake up debris after clearing land circa 1890.gardening tools, gardening rakes, rakes, gardening equipment, domestic equipment, tools

Churchill Island has a large photographic collection dating from the nineteenth century. This series shows the extensive work and volunteering conducted on site by workers after it was turned into a heritage siteColour photograph of a Clydesdale pulling a hay rake on a pasture behind scattered hay while a man in a high-vis vest watches. Probably taken at the Churchill Island Easter Festival 30/03/2013Catalogue number on reverse in pencil. Written on reverse in pen "Young horse pulling C.I. hay rake. Churchill Island Easter Festival 30/3/2013"churchill island, photograph

This "homemade rake" is constructed from a branch of a tea tree. This item demonstrates that in the mid to late 1800's the isolation of the Kiewa Valley was more pronounced than during the early 1900's. The availability of gardening implements to the residences within the Kiewa Valley was scarce to non existence. with the upgrading of roads into the valley and the boost to the Valley's population (S.E.C. Kiewa Valley Hydro Electricity Scheme) transport into the valley, firstly via commercial Hawkers in their mobile caravans and later by commercial trucks. This "home made" rake is very significant because it highlights the ingenuity of local farmers and graziers in overcoming the semi isolation of the Kiewa Valley and its regions from the commercial availability of gardening implements enjoyed by gardeners in the towns and cities of the 1800's and the early 1900's. This "home made" garden rake highlights the ingenuity of the "Australian" character per se. A slice of this ingenuity can be seen by the amount of inventions, per capita, produced within Australia throughout its history.Handle is a long, stripped branch of tea tree. The head of the rake is a 2.3 cm. wide piece of wood, compressed between two 0.5 cm. pieces of metal joined with bolts, nuts and rivets. The holes drilled into the wood hold metal tines 10.5 cms. high. There should be 16 tines but 4 are missing. This type of rake is/ was used in dairiestimber, dairy, farm, rural, implement

A small combined hoe and rake metal headed hand scarifier or cultivator tool with a wooden handle. It has a pointed hoe shape at one end and at the opposite two hooked spikes. It could be used in small areas such as a garden.agricultural tools, tools, rakes, scarifiers, gardening tools, hand tools, hoes

It was used on well worked ground.A combined hoe and rake metal headed hand scarifier or cultivator tool with a long wooden handle. It has three curved metal hooks with sharp points and was used to break up the ground. It could be used in small areas such as a garden.agricultural tools, tools, rakes, scarifiers, gardening tools, hand tools, hoes

Used in FCV nurseries for creating shallow planting lines in seedbeds Light weight designWooden planting rake with 8 teethplantations, nurseries

Wooden rake with long handle and wooden head. Head and part of handle have been painted green. 16 nails added to wooden head to form rake teeth. Wire running from outer sides of rake head to handle.No visible markings.rural industry, agriculture, rake, wood, nails, handmade.

This spanner, part of a raker/jointer/guage set which is a sharpening tool for cross cut logging saws. The logging saws used in the early 1900's for the clearing of forests required constant sharpening of their "cutting teeth". The logging of forested areas during these times was very much a "hands on" method of either one or two men by the use of saw or hand axe. Chain saws, chain and ball(clearing) and bulldozing methods came in the mid 1900's.This particular spanner was part of a crosscut saw sharpening tool and method was used by surveyors laying down boundaries for the S.E.C. Victoria Hydro Electricity Scheme (1920's). This item was given to a local Kiewa Valley lad who accompanied the initial surveyors. The lad was responsible for the tendering and feeding of the surveyors "pack horses". Surveys during this period and in the dense mountainous terrain of the Victorian Alps was both exhausting and hazardous. Overnight accommodation at various log cabins was not always possible and swag/tent alternative was the "fall back"This small spanner is part of the Raker/Jointer Gauge saw set and is made from forged steel. The nut grip is of the two tightening nuts on the main construction frame. See KVHS 0090 (A &B) for the other items making up the sharpening tools.hand tool, saw, sharpening method, tree felling.

This raker/jointer/guage set is a sharpening tool for cross cut logging saws. The logging saws used in the early 1900's for the clearing of forests required constant sharpening of their "cutting teeth". The logging of forested areas during these times was very much a "hands on" method of either one or two men by the use of saw or hand axe. Chain saws, chain and ball(clearing) and bulldozing methods came in the mid 1900's.This particular saw sharpening method was used by surveyors laying down boundaries for the S.E.C. Victoria Hydro Electricity Scheme (1920's). This item was given to a local Kiewa Valley lad who accompanied the initial surveyors. The lad was responsible for the tendering and feeding of the surveyors "pack horses". Surveys during this period and in the dense mountainous terrain of the Victorian Alps was both exhausting and hazardous. Overnight accommodation at various log cabins was not always possible and swag/tent alternative was the "fall back" This raker/jointer saw sharpener was made in the USA (DISSTON) from cast and flat iron. The main body has been painted in orange. It has three adjustment screws on the top horizontal bar and one bolt on(adjusting) leveling platform on the bottom. The small size and weight of this saw sharpener was ideal for the travelling/mobile logger or surveyor(as in this case). The main frame resembles two towers connected by two horizontal bars and the top of the towers has a horizontal bar with adjustment screws. See KVHS 0090 (B) for setting stake wedge adjusting the rake and cutting angle and KVHS 0090 (C) for a small spanner (for adjustments).On one inner supports is stamped "DISSTON" and on the other "U.S.A."hand tool, saw, sharpening method, tree felling.

Disston Saw Works of Philadelphia was one of the better known and highly regarded manufacturers of handsaws in the United States. During the Machine Age, the company was known as Henry Disston & Sons, Inc. a supplier of industrial saw blades. History: The story of handsaws in the United States mirrors the technical and development of steel in Sheffield, England, which was the center of handsaw production during the 18th century and through most of the 19th century. England's political and economic lock-on steel making in the colonies held American saw makers at bay until well after the Revolutionary War. American steel producers were unable to compete until the US government introduced import tariffs to level the playing field in 1861. Henry Disston: Henry Disston (1819–1878) began his career as an American saw maker in Philadelphia. He had emigrated from England in 1833 and started making saws and squares in 1840. In 1850, he founded the company that would become the largest saw maker in the world, the Keystone Saw Works. Some five years later, Disston built a furnace—perhaps the first melting plant for steel in America and began producing the first crucible saw steel ever made in the United States. While his competitors were buying good steel from Britain, he was making his own, to his specification, for his own needs. Disston subsequently constructed a special rolling mill exclusively for saw blades. Over the following decade, the Disston company continued to grow, even while dedicating itself to the Union Army's war effort. In 1865, when his son Hamilton Disston rejoined the business after serving in the Civil War, Disston changed the company's name to Henry Disston & Son. Henry Disston and his sons began to set the standards for American saw makers, both in terms of producing high-quality saws and files in 1865 through his development of innovative manufacturing techniques. In September 1872, Henry Disston and two other men dug a part of the foundation for what was to become the largest saw manufacturing facility in the world: Disston Saw Works. This was in the Tacony section of Philadelphia. Having previously moved his expanding business from near Second and Market Streets to Front and Laurel Streets. It took over 25 years to move the entire facility to Tacony. Henry Disston was renowned for having one of the first industries that exhibited environmental responsibility, as well as a paternalistic view towards his employees. For example, he had thousands of homes built in Tacony for his workmen. Funds to purchase these homes were made available through a building and loan association set up by the Disston firm. His caring influence on the community was evident in everyday life. To meet employees' cultural needs, a hall and a library were built with Henry Disston agreeing to pay a fixed sum towards its maintenance. The Tacony Music Hall was erected in 1885, also with the assistance of Disston money. Henry Disston had fallen ill by 1877 and never truly recovered; he suffered a stroke and died the next year. This came only one and a half years after seeing his products receive the highest honors at the great Philadelphia Centennial Exposition of 1876. His vision of a working-class community and the completion of the transfer of his enormous saw plant was carried out by his wife and his sons. The company, by the early 20th century, cast the first crucible steel in the nation from an electric furnace in 1906. The firm's armor-plate building near Princeton Avenue and Milnor Street contributed tremendously to the World War II effort. But the company's innovation and industriousness would not last forever. In 1955, with mounting cash-flow problems and waning interest on the family's part to run the firm, Henry Disston and Sons were sold to the H.K. Porter Company of Pittsburgh. Porter's Disston Division was sold in 1978 and became the Henry Disston Division of Sandvik Saw of Sweden. This division was then sold in 1984 to R.A.F. Industries of Philadelphia and became known as Disston Precision Incorporated, a maker of specialized flat steel products. In 2013, R.A.F. Industries sold Disston Precision Inc. in a private sale. Although the company has ceased making Disston handsaws, the Disston brand name still exists in this firm. A tool used to set and sharpen cross cut saws used to fell trees for building construction made by a well known American maker whos firm pioneered the making of saws and their related items including files.combination cross cut saw raker and gauge/jointerDisston USA in the castingflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village

Churchill Island has a significant photograph collection dating from the nineteenth century.Black and white photograph of horse pulling a cart raking hay.Catalogue number written in pencil on reverse. Stamped on reverse 'Josanne Broer Copyright 2000 59525700 0411234914'churchill island

Churchill Island has a significant photograph collection dating from the nineteenth century.Black and white photograph of horse pulling a cart raking hay.Catalogue number written in pencil on reverse. Stamped on reverse 'Josanne Broer Copyright 2000 59525700 0411234914'churchill island

Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photograph collection dating from the nineteenth century. Former Churchill Island employee, Scott Campbell, drives the two Clydesdales through the paddock.Photograph of horse and hay raker being driven through a paddock.Catalogue number written on reverse in pencil Handwritten in pen on reverse '2001?'churchill island, photograph, scott campbell

Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photograph collection dating from the nineteenth century. Photograph of a horse pulling a hay raker away from the camera.Catalogue number written on reverse in pencilchurchill island, photograph

Churchill Island has a significant photograph collection dating from the nineteenth century.Black and white photograph of two men manually raking and gathering hay.Catalogue number written in pencil on reverse. Stamped on reverse 'Josanne Broer Copyright 2000 59525700 0411234914'churchill island

Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photograph collection dating from the nineteenth century. Photograph of horse and hay raker tied up to a fence with the windmill in the backgroundCatalogue number written on reverse in pencil churchill island, photograph

Churchill Island has a significant photograph collection dating from the nineteenth century.Black and white photograph of two men manually raking hay with the windmill in the backgroundCatalogue number written in pencil on reverse. Stamped on reverse 'Josanne Broer Copyright 2000 59525700 0411234914'churchill island