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Wheat being stripped (a stripper was a type of harvesting machine used in Australia in the late 1800s and early 1900s)

A Commonwealth Immigration Office postcard featuring an eight horse drawn wheat stripper and one man. The reverse of the card features the text ‘Kinsmen, we welcome you’ inside an outline of Australia.

Source

National Museum of Australia

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