Ephemera - Newspaper cutting of Wattle Bark Regulations, 03/05/1884

Historical information

Wattlebark was stripped from trees to be processed to create tannin for the tanning of leather.

Physical description

Yellow paper with black printing attached to a piece of a cardboard calendar dated 1877. the article is headed WATTLE BARK REGULATIONS. There are four points listed with the fourth point referring to the Land Act 1869 for the preservation and growth of wattle trees. There is another 11 points listed under the heading The conditions of the wattle-bark licences are as follows


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