Photocopy of a page of four newspaper clippings
Date1881 - 1979
Object numberANMS0608[004]
NameNewspaper clipping
MediumPaper, ink
DimensionsOverall: 253 × 203 mm
ClassificationsEphemera
Credit LineANMM Collection McIlwraith McEacharn Limited
DescriptionThe clippings relate to the involvement of McIlwraith McEacharn Limited in the frozen meat trade in in the 1880s. The article in the upper left corner begins: 'It is reported that in sinking a well on the Darlingdowns and Western estate, Queensland, a seam of coal has been discovered, and at a depth of 70 feet good coal has been struck...'
