Functional object - Sandstone Grinding Wheel

Significance

This item is representative of grinding stones used throughout Australia to enable people to maintain farm and domestic utensils.

Physical description

A large circular grinding stone with metal handle. It was used on a stand and also with water to shapen blades such as knives, axes and hand shears. The wheel is a large cirle of sandstone. These were common in the late 19th and early 20th Century. It would have been used on a wooden frame.

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