The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 system. Water is diverted into drains and carried across gullies by means of pine fluming or channels.
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 a
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. 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. 1948-06-04. VX500560 Private A. C. Patterson of Terang, Vic, supervises Japanese gardeners clearing dense low scrub and dwarf bamboo at BCOF farm.
Shimogahara, Japan. 1948-06-04. This mountain dominates the scene near the BCOF farm. Across the Oze River are barley fields.
