Mingenew (inhabited place)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Ringbarked and unringbarked, Comly, Mingenew, 1910
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081B/46
Scope and Contents
205 x 150 mm. Showing a group of treated and untreated trees. First practised on a large scale in the 1860s, ringmarking [sic] is a technique of killing trees by cutting into the bark to check the flow of sap, and thus making the land free for grass cultivation. The practice has been responsible for the destruction of vast amounts of timber in Australia.
Dates:
1910
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Item
River Irwin, Mingenew District, 1907-07-29
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081A/5
Scope and Contents
152 x 107 mm. A view looking north east across the flooded Irwin River towards coal workings (Reserve 2297) on the far bank. Photograph by W.D. Campbell. Negative No. 329.
Dates:
1907-07-29
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).