Tobacco growing at Beerburrum, log barn, 1933

Queensland State Archives posted a photo:

The Brisbane Courier
6 April 1933

Berburrum Tobacco.

“Profress at the family group tobacco settlement at Beerburrum has been such that leaf curing has commences,” Said the Minister for Agriculture and Stock (Mr. F. W. Bulcock) yesterday.

Mr. Bulcock, who initiated the Beerburrum scheme last year for the purpose of getting unemployed families out of the city and on to the land, added that it was the biggest undertaking of its kind in Australia, and he was satisfied with the headway that was being made. About 90 families were in residence on separate areas, and many of the men had gained valuable experience in tobacco growing.

Queensland State Archives, Digital Image ID 4318

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