The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A harnessed pair of zebu cattle haul a wagon of traditional design through a village in the southern Cambodian province of Takeo as another wagon follows behind. The sides of the wagon are constructed from woven thatch and the unique harness pole curves upward, effectively separating the zebu. The driver is wearing a krama wrapped around her head. The influx of non government organisations accompanying the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) included Community Aid Abroad (CAA), which instituted a programme of vaccination for buffalo and cattle. Epidemics previously decimated the buffalo and cow, but in the late 1990s, vaccination and education were gradually overcoming this problem.
A farmer washes down his zebu cow in a paddy field on the outskirts of Phnom Penh. These animals remain indispensable in agriculture and transport and are a valuable possession for any farmer. The inf
Two zebu haul a wagon, which is packed high with clay pots nestled in rice straw, down the Udong Road between Takeo and Phnom Penh. The Takeo province of Cambodia saw a huge surge in population from l
A trio of traditional Khmer zebu drawn wagons haul timber past an earthen bank as other travellers cycle or walk the main highway, a dangerously potholed and undulating dirt road, which runs from Phno
A young girl doubles a boy on a bicycle at a small village outside the provincial capital of Takeo on the road to Phnom Penh. Just behind them sits a water wagon, usually drawn by zebu cattle and used
The house of Men Choun in the small village of Phoum Ang Krasang in the Takeo province. Choun is talking to Theany Savon (obscured), a worker for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNH
In the temporary absence of horses, members of the 5th Infantry Brigade join forces to push or haul a general service wagon at a camp between Cairo and the Suez Canal.