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Railway yards, Mount Gambier [B 14719] • Photograph

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Summary

25 Freight trucks loaded with 2750 cases of tinned rabbits on their way to London from the Border Preserving Works. February 1902. The train can be seen standing in the railway yards with railway personnel in the foreground. These wild rabbits were introduced to Australia with the First Fleet and also by Thomas Austin in 1859. They quickly became a pest and were hunted for their food, skins and fur. The Border Preserving Works at Mount Gambier provided the Royal Navy with 33,000 kilos of rabbit food a week.

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Physical description

Photograph; 13.1 cm x 8.6 cm

Dates / Publication details

1902

Collection

Part of Mount Gambier Collection

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Digitisation information

Date

12/05/2006

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image/tiff

Resolution

3,475 x 2,199 pixels (7.6 MP)

Size

22.96 MB

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