Photograph, Rupertswood Freezing & Canning Co

Historical information

The Rupertswood Freezing and Canning was situated on land that is now occupied by the Sunbury Secondary College. It functioned for a few years in the first decade of the twentieth century. A lot of the tinned rabbit meat was exported to England.

Significance

The canning of rabbit meat for local and overseas markets was another attempt at controlling the rabbit plague problem in the state.

Physical description

A black and white photograph of a partial section of an old receipt that was issued from the Rupertswood Freezing Co.

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