122919 Accession Number: 122919

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BARMERA, SA 1944-06-29. NO. 14 GARDENS, LOVEDAY INTERNMENT GROUP. BEFORE THE WAR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SUPPLIED ALMOST ALL OF AUSTRALIA'S VEGETABLE SEED REQUIREMENTS BUT THEIR EXPORT CEASED IN 1942. AS PART OF A NATIONAL PROGRAM TO MEET THE THREAT OF A SHORTAGE A LARGE AREA WAS SET ASIDE AT LOVEDAY FOR A FARM AND TO DATE MORE THAN 46,000 POUNDS WEIGHT OF MAINLY TOMATO, BEAN, BEETROOT, LETTUCE AND CABBAGE SEED HAS BEEN MADE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMONWEALTH SEED COMMITTEE FOR DISTRIBUTION. JAPANESE INTERNEES BAGGING SELECTED CARROTS. NINE ACRES WERE PLANTED WITH THE LOVEDAY GROWN "CHANTENAY" VARIETY. (PHOTOGRAPHER SGT H. K. CULLEN)

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Accession Number
122919
Photographer
Hedley Keith Cullen
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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