Historical information

From an interview by Ngaere Donald and May Leatch.

Significance

Rabbits had been reported in Orbost from 1899. Prior to the introduction of myxomatosis, there was an active export trade in rabbit skins and meat. The main market for canned rabbit meat was the United Kingdom and most skins were exported to the USA..
In Orbost there was a Rabbit Skin Buyers' Shed.

Physical description

1904.1 is a manila folder with printed information and a hand -drawn map. There are four coloured photographs of the Tyndall Street Old Hide Merchants shed with Lachlan Macalaster standing in the doorway.