Story: Rural workers All images & media From page 1 – Large sheep runs Longbeach homestead Head gardener Hierarchy of staff Scottish shepherd Shearers’ cook From page 2 – Itinerant workers Waiting for harvest Hand shearers Māori shearers Back from the hills Rabbits From page 3 – Grain and crops Blacksmithing Bullocks ploughing (1st of 3) Eight teams (2nd of 3) Tractor catalogue (3rd of 3) Thresher Shearers’ notice, 1873 From page 4 – On the road Horse-drawn wagon Roadmen In the mud The swagman Tinker (1st of 3) Hawker (2nd of 3) Sam Weller (3rd of 3) From page 5 – Changes in the rural sector Header harvester, 1930 Land girl Agricultural lecture Training artificial inseminators From page 6 – The family farmer Breaking up the estates Hodge’s farm cow shed, Inglewood Fencing wire Scrub cutters Sharemilkers of the year Milk boys From page 7 – Contemporary rural workers Decline of the rural workforce Farm manager Cherry graders
