  Click thumbnail for a larger image. | Creator(s): Sherriff, Peter Willis, Frank & Heather Date: 198 - Description: An unlined three room shed, constructed and furnished as a typical replica of the mutton-bird processing sheds used in the Furneaux Group circa 1920. Oiled board exterior, interior partition walls are constructed from palings salvaged from a house that was built on Kangaroo Island in 1891. Home made windows with timber shutters and hessian screens, the only interior door is a hessian covered frame. On a concrete base strewn with dried tussock grass - the original sheds would have had dirt floors strewn with the grass. Furnished with original artefacts used in mutton-bird sheds of that era. Format: realia Object: sheds Titles: Replica Mutton-bird Shed Subjects: mutton-birds People/Orgs: Willis, Frank and Heather Institution: Furneaux Historical Research Association Inc. Object number: FHR_00511 Disclaimer The content of this record is provided by Furneaux Historical Research Association Inc.. For any questions about the content please contact them. |
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