These coils of heavy strong cargo rope are covered in hessian for protection from the elements and for ease of handling. They would have been imported for local use such as haulage, fencing and towing. These rope coils or bails are an example of products imported into Australia for local use.Rope; four large coils of thick rope in hessian covers.Some of the covers have remnants of paper labels and black markings.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, maritime museum, maritime village, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, rope, rope coil, rope bail, cargo rope, hessian covered rope

The students from Bulla Primary School visited a local farm to experience some aspects of farm life. In this photograph a little boy is finding out that 'milk comes from a cow' and not from the supermarket, as he watches the lady milk the cow that has been leg-roped in its bail. The purpose of this school excursion was two introduce the children to aspects of farm life.A non-digital photograph of a small boy watching a lady milk a cow that has been tethered in an open yard.farms, dairy cows, bulla primary school, school excursions

Handwritten report from T. Banner, Mine Manager to Williams United, dated August 8, 1904, at request of Directors. Report is for the machinery at the York Shaft. Report mentions drums, ropes, length of rope on the drums, boiler which cannot work with safety up to more than 45 lbs., a good bend in the stack about 25 or 30 feet from the top and new wheels necessary. Also a report on the machinery at Central. Report mentions engine, drums, engine bed lifting a bit when bailing from the bottom, poppet legs, ropes and boiler.document, gold, mining reports, mine manager's report to williams united, t banner, york shaft, central