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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. PICTURED IS ARMY LIEUTENANT K.S. JAMES, FORMERLY A MEAT INSPECTOR AT THE MELBOURNE CITY ABATTOIRS, CARRYING OUT THE DUTIES OF A MEAT INSPECTOR AT THE ARMY SLAUGHTER YARDS. (NEGATIVE BY H. TURNER).
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Colour: Black & white
Date Made
1 February 1943
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