Summary
"Stock and Land" newspaper sign, displayed in the Administration Offices at Newmarket Saleyards.
Stock and Land is a publication providing coverage of prime stock, store stock and stud stock activity, as well as the reporting of all commodity price news and commercial store stock features. Stock and Land operated a publication office at the Newmarket Saleyards to cater for the needs of people trading in livestock.
Norman Ferguson was connected with the Stock and Station Journal in Bendigo when he was invited to start a Melbourne-based stock and land newspaper. The first edition of Stock and Land was on the streets on 1 July 1914. The paper still survives giving a wide range of news and views of concern to those involved with the pastoral, agricultural, horticultural, wool, machinery and property trading.
Physical Description
Metal sign painted yellow with black print.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Major Projects Unit, State Government of Victoria, 31 Jan 1990
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Place Used
Newmarket Saleyards, Newmarket, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, pre 1987
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Organisation Depicted
Stock and Land Publishing Company Pty. Ltd., Newmarket, Victoria, Australia, pre 1987
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Person Named
Mr Norman Ferguson, Newmarket, Victoria, Australia, pre 1914
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Inscriptions
Text: 'STOCK AND LAND/Contains full reports of all/NEWMARKET SALES/ Country Stock and Fat Markets/Property Sales-Interstate Markets/Wool Reports in Detail'. [Extensive text].
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overall dimensions
64.5 cm (Length), 7 cm (Width), 51 cm (Height)
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References
Vincent, K 1992, On the fall of the hammer : a personal history of Newmarket saleyards, Lee White ed, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne.
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Keywords
Livestock, Livestock Sale Yards, Publications, Rural Industry, Signage, Making History - Newmarket Saleyards
