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Timber getting and sawmilling
Timber-getting and sawmilling
Photos kindly provided by Barry and Robyn Munro, and Ivy Dennert, nee Shum
Filshie and Broadfoot's Perseverance Mill The Queenslander 2 June 1900 | A & D Munro's Timber Merchants, 19 June 1916 |
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A & D Munro's Timber Merchants, 19 June 1916 | Sawmill manager's cottage |
Sawmill manager's cottage | Mill with W J Munro in the foreground |
Looking from Muller's place across to the mill | Munro Bullock Team at Palmtree Sawmill (Teamsters H. Strohfeldt and F. Schuman) |
vlcsnap-bullock teams at mill | Mill workers, 1899 |
Mill workers, Nov 1899 | Horse team at construction site |
Palmtree Mill | Munro tramway, hauling logs to Mill. |
Coaxing loco back onto the lines | Don and Barry posing with ramp used for easing loco back onto rails |
Hauling potatoes up to Hampton. Wrong section? | Some huge logs headed for the mill |
Some huge logs headed for the mill | Caption reads "Huge mill logs carried on timber trucks were taken to Harlaxton sawmill recently. Measuring ? depth 12 ft and 13 or 15 ft respectfully. They were amongst the largest brought in for some time. The timber is Woollybutt." Colin Shum is on the log and Herb Shum is on the truck. |
Skid for loading timber | Felled logs |
vlcsnap-bullock team in bush | Ravensbourne 1950's One log on Colin Shum's truck and one on Herb Shum's truck |
Timber truck | Colin Shum's Blitz timber truck |
Colin Shum's Blitz timber truck | Munro site, Google Earth 2013 |
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