Photograph - Nixon Smith Wharf
Production date
1920s
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Australia
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Queensland
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Depicts two trucks and one horse-drawn cart transporting loads of wool bales for export at the Nixon Smith Wharf, Petrie Bight, Brisbane. Printing on bales of wool reads 'WOODLANDS B…N W 52'.
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PHOTOGRAPHS Places brisbane
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1920s
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This photograph was taken at Nixon Smith Wharf in Petrie Bight, Brisbane, during the 1920s. Two trucks and one horse-drawn cart are seen transporting wool bales past the old Maritime Building towards the docks for export by ship. This photograph captures a scene that represents Brisbane’s booming wool export industry during the 1920s.
From the collection of early 20th Century freelance photographer, Mr Fred Port.
From the collection of early 20th Century freelance photographer, Mr Fred Port.
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H3129
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