| Description |
xvii, 222 pages : illustrations |
| Contents |
The Stump Jump Plough -- The Header Harvester -- The Rotary Hoe -- The Smith Brothers -- Development of the Mallee -- The American Brushlands Plough -- John Ridley and John Wrathall Bull -- The Mellor Family -- The Shearer Brothers -- Cyrus Hall McCormick -- International Harvester Company -- The Winnower and the Stripper Harvester -- John Stokes Bagshaw -- |
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Partial contents continued: The 'Wonder Machine' -- H.V., J., and N. McKay -- The Flying Doctor Service -- Headlie Shipard Taylor and the Header Harvester -- The Reaper Thresher -- H.S. Taylor -- Famous Australian Shearing Machines -- Wool and Hay Presses -- Windmills, Watereheels, Artestion Bores -- The Bullock Wagon -- Steam Traction Engines -- The Fowler Rein Drive Tractor |
| Summary |
Chapter 1 'Introduction: the dawn of achievement: the Aboriginal digging stick' p. 1-5; mentions digging sticks, hand harvesting, use of fire, fighting sticks, throwing sticks, dishes, boomerangs |
| Notes |
Bibliography: p.215-216 |
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Index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 215-216 |
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Includes index |
| Subject |
Agricultural implements -- Australia -- History.
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Agricultural machinery -- Australia -- History.
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Farm mechanization -- Australia -- History.
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Agricultural implements -- Australia -- History.
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Agricultural implements -- Australia.
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Agricultural machinery -- History.
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Agricultural machinery -- Australia -- History.
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Agricultural machinery -- Australia.
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Agricultural machinery.
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Agriculture -- Australia -- History.
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Agriculture -- Australia.
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Farm mechanization -- Australia -- History.
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| Author |
McMillan, J. R. A
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| LC no. |
sit07008164 |
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