Hauling the loads Quotes

“Working bullocks and horses are no longer part of the everyday life of most Australians. Yet as recently as 1931 there were over 20,000 horses in the metropolitan area of Sydney and a similar number in Melbourne”
― Malcolm J. Kennedy, Hauling the loads: A history of Australia's working horses and bullocks

“The importance of hay in Victoria is revealed by a few figures: in 1851 almost 21,000 tons of hay were produced - 42 percent of all cultivation - and by 1900 output totalled 680,000 tons”
― Malcolm J. Kennedy, Hauling the loads: A history of Australia's working horses and bullocks