Summary

Black and white photographic negative by the photographer William (Bill) Boyd. The Bill Boyd Photographic Collection consists of 446 negatives on film and 56 photographs on paper depicting farming activities, family and the domestic life of people who settled the challenging wheat frontier of the Mallee, mainly in and around the towns of Nandaly & Sea Lake. The images were captured to highlight the vanishing pioneer atmosphere and to record agriculture techniques used during the 1920s. For detailed description of Boyd's life and work, see "Having a Go - Bill Boyd's Mallee" by Weston Bate, published in 1988. Most of the photographs were taken between 1920 & 1928. See separate records for detailed description of each negative. Descriptive data has been transcribed from interview with Bill Boyd in 1988.

Description of Content

Bill Boyd on the Fordson kero tractor and 15 tine shearer scarifier. (The tractor cost 180 pounds new and gear oil 3 pounds). On Jack Ellis block on the main Tyrrell West channel. Bill share farmed here until the price of wheat dropped to 1/6.

Physical Description

Black and white photographic film negative.

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