Photograph album of the property Wokolena, east of Wagga Wagga

PXA 7687

fonds

1919-1928

Graphic Materials, Photographs

9675421

1 album (120 photographic prints) - 31 x 24 cm - gelatin silver

Quarto album bound in limp suede of gelatin silver print photographs of the property of Wokolena, east of Wagga Wagga, owned by Walter Herbert Friend. The photographs show both the original homestead in April 1919 and a newly built house in October 1928 following the destruction of the original by fire in December 1927. A range of pastoral activities are depicted, including dairy farming, hay bailing, the harvesting of lucerne (alfalfa), ploughing and mustering. There are numerous photographs of the property's livestock (Hereford cows, bulls, horses, sheep and dogs).

Out of copyright:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Title devised by cataloguer.

Two photographs depicting persons are captioned with "Shipway" and "W. Holdship." There are two missing photographs captioned below as "Feeding Poddy Lambs" and "Marian . . . Ann Jamieson".

Two photographs are captioned "H.W.F." which likely refers to Walter Herbert Friend, owner of Wokolena.

Date range taken from handwritten captions below photographs.