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The
early history of timber getting in Tasmania, its associated infrastructure
and lifestyles has been captured on a series of eight historical
posters. These posters relate to the early 1900's and cover the
following topics:
- who were the timber getters?
- Securing the resource
- accessing and filling the timber
- moving logs to the sawmill
- sawing
and milling timber
- getting timber to market
- other uses for trees
- working
conditions for timber betters
Each
poster contains photos and historical notes and compliment the
SOSE and Technology learing areas and are reproduced at A3 size.
To view a PDF of one of the History Posters click here |
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