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Yalla-Y-Poora was a large station until the a soldier Settlement scheme which broke it up for return soldiers. Many people were employed at the station during this time. George Davis lived in Streatham during this period.
Significance
Shows local areas in the Western District and one of the residents.
Physical description
Rectangular shape. Black & white. Man (George Davis) standing with a horse behind a barbed wire fence with several items hanging across it. There is gum trees in a line behind.
Inscriptions & markings
In red ink stamped across back Kodak 85m. In blue ink pen, George Davis with Bell at Yalla-Y-Poora 1929.
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