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Bullock team transporting logs to the mill at Canungra, 1900

from State Library of Queensland

  • Renira1 said:
    Timber became one of the biggest industries, which was mostly pine timber and was drawn to the rafting reserve by bullock team. In the early days the wheels of the wagons were not made by a wheelwright but were blocks sawn from logs which were known as block wheels. All the pine logs were rolled in the river and rafted to their destination, this was at times rather an unpleasant job as owing to the two shallow places mentioned earlier the men had to turn out, in the winter, at night to catch the spring tide, which only occurred at night time at new moon. Much of the pine timber went to a small saw mill at a place known as Tygum on the Logan River opposite to the Waterford Railway Station which was owned by the late Lahey Bros. where they made their first start in the timber business and later built a saw mill at Canungra. It was in the year of 1886 when the first Canungra Saw Mill was opened by the Lahey Bros. Another Saw Mill owned by the late Jesse Daniels at Cedar Creek commenced working at the same time and the year of 1896 was removed to Canungra. History of the Logan & Albert Areas by Roger Hart 1959
  • Vesna Verencevic said:
    A good bullock was a valuable resource. Two good leading bullocks were essential, as well as two bullocks at the rear known as the polers. Mustering and yoking 24 bullocks could take up to two hours. Each bullock had a name and recognized it when spoken to. Bullock teams hauled logs to a waterway, or in the steep country to chutes, where the logs could be launched. Source: www.miragenews.com/backward-glance-timber-getters-and-saw...

Bullock team in Esk, 1931

from State Library of Queensland

An ox drawn timber jinker drawn by bearded man

from Powerhouse Museum

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  • BobMeade said:
    This is such a great photo of rural industry. Those logs must have been some kind of heavy.
  • Robin Inge said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Symbols of Our Past, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
  • Francis Castillo said:
    parcero _A;S
  • spelio said:
    See a more recent one from the ACT..
    www.flickr.com/photos/anitka/8809607802/

George Franklins bullock team, Canungra

from State Library of Queensland

  • Renira1 said:
    My maternal grandmother was a Canungra Franklin. She was the daughter of Henry William Franklin whose half-brother was George. George was a baby when he and his father Henry Franklin emigrated from Lincolnshire to Queensland aboard the "Parsee" in 1853. My mother was born at Wonglepong, previously Coburn, Lower Canungra. This is part of the property where her mother was born: www.flickr.com/photos/42400804@N05/6902303390/in/set-7215...