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Australian agricultural and rural life
The survival of the early colony depended on successful agriculture. This section tells a range of stories about Australia’s rural and regional development. Using early pastoral families' manuscripts to published agricultural journals and farming magazines, from early land grant maps to water conservation reports, from photographic documentation of country life to printed accounts of agricultural shows and regional events.
Australian agricultural and rural life
ca. 1847-1852
Digital ID:
a3061002
Digital ID:
bcp_01243
Digital ID:
bcp_06010
ca. 1911-1916
Digital ID:
a1528310
c.1930
Digital ID:
bcp_00414
1949
Digital ID:
a377002
1949
Digital ID:
a394001
1937
Digital ID:
a3003001
1950?
Digital ID:
a3006001
Follow the progress of the Australian agricultural and rural life story over the next few months as we add new content.
Sponsors
This story has been developed with the support of the State Library of NSW Foundation.
We would like to acknowledge the generosity of the Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation.
