c. 1888, Photograph, B 11939
[General description] Ostrich farm, north of Port. Augusta. A number of ostriches are confined in a pen where men are engaged in the task of plucking tail feathers from one of the birds. This project was begun in 1883 by Frank Bignell and W. Campbell with government backing. Drought in the early 1900s and the uncertain fortunes of the industry forced the enterprise to close and the birds to be removed to south, possibly to Priors Court Ostrich Farm at Noarlunga.