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BARMERA, SA 1945-03. JAPANESE INTERNEES CUTTING UP AND PREPARING TOMATOES FOR SEED EXTRACTION AT 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 AFTER PEARL HARBOUR. 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. (PHOTOGRAPHER SGT H. K. CULLEN)
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Hedley Keith Cullen
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Colour: Black & white
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