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Wheat harvesting with a mechanical reaper 0:57

Wheat Harvesting with Reaper and Binder at Jimbour, Qld 1899

The official photographer of the Queensland Department of Agriculture, Frederick Charles Wills, films a farmer and his wheat harvest on a property in Jimbour.

Length: 57 seconds

Original aspect ratio: 1.33:1 (Academy full frame)

Education Resources:

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Production company:

Queensland Department of Agriculture

Source:

NFSA title number: 251333

See also:

Other historical footage

Tags:

• 1890s
• agricultural machinery
• agriculture
• farming
• harvesting
• Queensland
• wheat

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