The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Locally engaged Aboriginal stockmen driving cattle towards the slaughter yards. The army established its own slaughter yards, cooling chambers, and delivery system in the northwest area, 40 miles north of Katherine, to provide fresh meat for Allied soldiers in the area. Butchers from the army resumed civil occupation, on army pay, and Aboriginal labour was used to bring the cattle onto the slaughter yards from widely dispersed areas.
NORTH WEST AUSTRALIA. TO PROVIDE FRESH MEAT FOR ALLIED SOLDIERS IN THE NORTH WEST AREA THE ARMY ESTABLISHED ITS OWN SLAUGHTER YARDS, COOLING CHAMBERS AND DELIVERY SYSTEM ABOUT 40 MILES NORTH OF KATHER
Informal portrait of Minnie, a locally engaged Aboriginal woman employed on light duties at an army slaughter yard. The army established its own slaughter yards, cooling chambers, and delivery system
NORTH WEST AUSTRALIA. TO PROVIDE FRESH MEAT FOR ALLIED SOLDIERS IN THE NORTH WEST AREA THE ARMY ESTABLISHED ITS OWN SLAUGHTER YARDS, COOLING CHAMBERS AND DELIVERY SYSTEM ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF KATHER
Three locally engaged Aboriginal stockmen employed at an army slaughter yard in northwest Australia. The historic caption for this image identified the group, left to right, as "Bobby of the Alligator
NORTH WEST AUSTRALIA. TO PROVIDE FRESH MEAT FOR ALLIED SOLDIERS IN THE NORTH WEST AREA THE ARMY ESTABLISHED ITS OWN SLAUGHTER YARDS, COOLING CHAMBERS AND DELIVERY SYSTEM ABOUT 40 MILES NORTH OF KATHER
NORTH WEST AUSTRALIA. TO PROVIDE FRESH MEAT FOR ALLIED SOLDIERS IN THE NORTH WEST AREA THE ARMY ESTABLISHED ITS OWN SLAUGHTER YARDS, COOLING CHAMBERS AND DELIVERY SYSTEM ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF KATHER
