William Farrer
William Farrer, probably at Lambrigg Station, (near what is now Canberra), about 1900. Farrer produced Federation wheat, the first specifically Australian variety that was both rust- and drought-resistant.
Source
National Library of Australia, obj-151629878
![A "COMMONWEALTH IMMIGRATION OFFICE PHOTO" postcard featuring a sepia coloured image of a rural scene of an eight horse drawn stripper and one man. A caption for the image, in the lower left hand corner, reads: "STRIPPING AN AVERAGE AUSTRALIAN WHEAT CROP. THE TOTAL VALUE OF THE AUSTRALIAN WHEAT CROP LAST YEAR WAS 62,169,360 [POUNDS]. AUSTRALIA IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS EXPORTED 1,895,630 TONS OF FLOUR'.](/sites/default/files/2023-08/1900s_BI_1903_FederationWheat-1200w.jpg?v=1)
