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Temporary Causeway [B 13523] • Photograph

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Summary

Temporary causeway built for sheep to cross a flooded Cooper Creek near Kopperamanna in order to board rail transport from Farina. 32,000 crossed in this way; their Drover is said to have been Stuart Field, the owner Sidney Kidman. Notes on the back of the photograph state "Causeway built across Cooper Creek near Kopperamanna, over which 32,000 sheep were crossed for railing at Farina. The causeway was a method of getting sheep across a swollen river. The drover is stated to have been Stuart Field, and the sheep those of Sidney Kidman. 32,000 sheep were taken across in a week or two. Causeway was 140 yards long. A flat bottom boat from Kopperamanna Mission Station was used to assist in its construction". Another note states" when S. Kidman purchased Carandotta (Queensland) in 1903 and converted from sheep to cattle"

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Physical description

Photograph; 8.5 cm x 6.1 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1904

Collection

Part of General Collection

Subject

Floods -- Cooper Creek (Qld. and S.A.)
Sheep -- Cooper Creek (Qld. and S.A.)
Causeways -- Cooper Creek (Qld. and S.A.)
Kopperamanna Region (S.A.)

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Digitisation information

Date

08/03/2006

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,919 x 2,434 pixels (7.1 MP)

Size

21.35 MB

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