Historical information

Ernie Kear and his son Bruce were local excavators and involved in many projects around Wonga Park requiring bull dozing, in particular clearing land for orchards, building dams etc

Significance

Early history of Wonga Park orchard growing district. Early dams were built by horse and scoop on the back which was handled by the orchardist, or the dam builder but later replaced by bulldozers

Physical description

Ernie Kear excavating a dam in Wonga Park c 1940

Inscriptions & markings

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