Historical information

Fishing documentation around the Echuca area in the 1920's. The children are unknown. This photograph and P000066 and P000065 are all part of the Hugh Price Family collection of photographs.

Significance

This photograph is significant because it shows the size and weight of Murray cod living in the river system in the 1920's. What sort of equipment would have been needed to bring such a heavy fish onto the bank?

Physical description

A copy of a black and white photograph of three children standing on either side of three Murray cods which are suspended from a stand behind them.

Inscriptions & markings

Written in lead pencil on the back of the photograph are the words; Price. 90 lb. cod c. 1926. 'Jenkins Print Mildura.