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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 KATHERINE. BUTCHERS FROM THE ARMY RESUMED CIVIL OCCUPATION, ON ARMY PAY, AND ABORIGINAL LABOUR WAS USED TO BRING THE CATTLE INTO THE SLAUGHTER YARDS FROM WIDELY DISPERSED AREAS. THIS PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS H. TOWNLEY FROM TOWNSVILLE, QUEENSLAND, AND N.F. WALCH FROM SYDNEY, NSW, WHO WERE BUTCHERS IN CIVILIAN LIFE, CUTTING UP CARCASSES AT THE ARMY YARDS. (NEGATIVE BY H. TURNER).
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Colour: Black & white
Date Made
1 February 1943
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Copyright expired - public domain
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