The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A group of large shearing sheds on an inland station seen from a rise several kilometres away. Several flocks of sheep can be seen grazing on the flat paddocks in the foreground and to the right of the photograph. Bean's note on reverse of photograph reads "Unmistakeably factory buildings. (A view on an inside run)". One of a series of photographs taken by C. E. W. Bean during two trips he made in 1908 and 1909 to regional NSW as a journalist for the Sydney Morning Herald. The purpose of these trips was to research the wool industry of western NSW and the transportation and railway possibilities of the Darling River region. Photographs from the private collection of C. E. W. Bean held at AWM38 3DRL 6673.
A series of fenced paddocks on a flat plain. An irrigation channel can be seen on the left of the photograph with a single railway track running beside it. Several farmhouses are visible in the distan
Several fenced paddocks partly covered with water. Five cows can be seen grazing in the foreground and a dense line of gum trees can be seen past the fences in the distance. One of a series of photogr
A flock of sheep grazing in the foothills near a small river. A rider on his horse in the right of the photogragh watchs over the sheep with two dogs lying nearby. Several tin roofed buildings can be
Four large, unshorn sheep standing in a fenced padock with several gum trees in the background. Bean's note on reverse of photograph reads "Five lbs was a big fleece in 1802. There are 40 lb fleeces o
A flock of sheep grazing by a small river. Large gum trees grow on the opposite side of the river and the sheep have not been shorn. One of a series of photographs taken by C. E. W. Bean during two tr
Five sheep grazing in a fenced paddock surrounded by scrub bushes, possibly in the Darling River region. One of a series of photographs taken by C. E. W. Bean during two trips he made in 1908 and 1909
