The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Shimogahara, Japan. 1948-06-04. VX17870 Sergeant J. P. Heavey of Melbourne, a member of the BCOF farm staff, inspects the reservoir intake, above the dam. The water can be used for domestic purposes and for irrigation, as it is the best in the prefecture - the only water used by BCOF which requires no chlorination.
Shimogahara, Japan. 1948-06-04. VX17870 Sergeant J. P. Heavey of Melbourne, a member of the BCOF farm staff, inspecting a dam that is filled by an overflow from the reservoir. It can be used for domes
Shimogahara, Japan. 1948-06-04. VX500560 Private A. C. Patterson of Terang and VX17870 Sergeant J. P. Heavey of Melbourne are two soldiers who work on the BCOF farm. On the farm is an irrigation syste
Shimogahara, Japan. 1948-06-04. VX17870 Sergeant J. P. Heavey of Melbourne supervising Japanese workers at BCOF farm in the lettuce patch. The vegetables are watered by spray irrigation, not a popular
Shimogahara, Japan. 1948-06-04. VX17870 Sergeant J. P. Heavey of Melbourne supervising Japanese men hoeing beans at the BCOF farm. In the foreground is some of the dwarf bamboo which proved difficult
Shimogahara, Japan. 1948-10-11. Looking across the Oze-Gawa River in the Hiroshima Prefecture can be seen buildings of the BCOF farm unit situated in a valley on the banks of the river.
Shimogahara, Japan. 1948-08-12. Japanese men unloading cases of tomatoes from the BCOF farm for grading in the packing shed.
