Negative - Jack McRae using a Buck-scraper, Victoria, by Bill Boyd, 1922, Bill Boyd's description of this image reads 'Using a two-metre buck-scraper, Jack McRae works at a deep cutting through a sand rise to make a channel that fell three inches in a mile.' Water channels were essential to farmers trying to work the land in the Mallee region. With an average rainfall of less that 12 inches per annum, droughts were endemic. Weston Bate, 1989, Having a Go! Bill
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Negative, Jack McRae using, Buck-scraper, Victoria, Bill Boyd, 1922, Bill Boyd's description, image reads, Using, two-metre buck-scraper, Jack McRae works, deep cutting, sand rise, channel, fell three inches, mile.' Water channels, essential, farmers trying, work, land, Mallee region, average rainfall, less, 12 inches, annum, droughts, endemic, Weston Bate, 1989, Having, Go! Bill
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