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Lorry load of rabbits, Braidwood, NSW, photographed by Paul C. Nomchong

Postcard with an image of a lorry loaded with dead rabbits. On the reverse is the handwritten inscription, ‘This is one of the industries of Braidwood. This is a lorry load of rabbits being despatched to the Freezing Works. Some men earn from £10- to £12- a week trapping rabbits. They are very plentiful here.’

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