Primemovers of Yesteryear
Bullock Teams and Local Bullockies
Bullock Teams
Olaf Ruhen, remarked on how bullock teams “shaped and built the colony. They carved the roads and built the rail; their tractive power made populating the interior possible; their contributions to the harvesting of timber opened the bush; they offered a start in life to the enterprising youngster”.
Our display illustrates the many ways bullock teams were used in the Brunswick Valley in the timber industry as well as moving steam engines and buildings, rescuing ships and cars etc. Bullock teams not only created roads but also destroyed them.
Information is also provided on the team’s composition, equipment used and comparisons to other means of transport.
Reference: Ruhen, Olaf Bullock Teams: the building of a nation, North Ryde, NSW, Cassell Australia, 1980
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- 2 bullock teams using a dolly to move the log. Possibly on Montecollum hill.
2 bullock teams on Montecollum Hill Mullumbimby
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- The last cedar log from Cooper's Creek being delivered to the railway in Mullumbimby
Last red cedar lof rom Coopers Creek taken to Mullumbimby Railway Station
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- A family outing via a bullock team
Local family checking on the fence builders using bullock team
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- William Grant Law and his bullock team
Mullumbimby's
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- Bullock team at the King Brothers' Mill at Main Arm
Timber from King Brothers mill going to station at Mullumbimby
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- Bullock driver O'Meara & his team moving the hall to Durrumbul
Bullock team moving the hall to Durrumbul
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- Sherry's Crossing Durrumbul
Bullock team meets hrse and buggy and bike rider at Sherrys Crossing Durrumbul
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- Bullocks loading logs at Stokers Siding
Stokers Siding Railway station
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- William Edward Cooper at Main Arm
Bullock team at Main Arm Mullumbimby
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These are some bullockies – What did they do?
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Alfred Buckland |
Bernard Morrish
Henry O’Meara Henry Arthur O’Neill John Vincent O’Neill Timothy Brian O’Neill Walter Robert Reddacliff William John Reilly Albert Edward Stranger Robinson Richard Leslie Robinson Oscar Robinson William Stanley Robinson |
Thomas Rose |