I'd meant to share these pics before on the old site, but I never got a round tuit. 
I saw these b&w prints last year at the Old Timers Traeger Museum in Alice Springs, Australia. They depict a 30-donkey team pulling a cart. At least that's what the caption says...it's rather difficult to count them!
No date on the images, but they were probably taken in the 1930's, somewhere in central Australia. Kulgera is about 170 miles south of Alice Springs.
It was interesting to see the "cousins" of mules being used as beasts of burden in the Oz deserts. Previously, I don't think I'd been aware they were used at all, though I knew camels were widely used. But then I saw pics of donkeys in this collection, and also at the Central Australia Museum.
The icing on the cake: only a few days later, I actually saw some donkeys while driving back to Alice Springs from Chamber's Pillar! A pic of them is included.
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P7250116 by Candace66, on Flickr
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P7250115 by Candace66, on Flickr
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P7280005 by Candace66, on Flickr
I saw these b&w prints last year at the Old Timers Traeger Museum in Alice Springs, Australia. They depict a 30-donkey team pulling a cart. At least that's what the caption says...it's rather difficult to count them!
No date on the images, but they were probably taken in the 1930's, somewhere in central Australia. Kulgera is about 170 miles south of Alice Springs.
It was interesting to see the "cousins" of mules being used as beasts of burden in the Oz deserts. Previously, I don't think I'd been aware they were used at all, though I knew camels were widely used. But then I saw pics of donkeys in this collection, and also at the Central Australia Museum.
The icing on the cake: only a few days later, I actually saw some donkeys while driving back to Alice Springs from Chamber's Pillar! A pic of them is included.
P7250116 by Candace66, on FlickrP7250115 by Candace66, on FlickrP7280005 by Candace66, on Flickr