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Armed with only a rope and spurs, 'high climber' Charlie Wall is preparing to ascend 250 ft (75m) fire-killed Mountain Ash trees. His job is to lop the unusable top from the tall trees before they are felled. 27 March 1946 at East Tanjil in West Gippsland. Image Reference : 1(275)
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'High
climber', Charlie Wall, lopping the top off a 250 ft (75m) Mountain Ash
at East Tanjil in West Gippsland, 27th March 1946. Charlie Wall is bracing
himself against the trunk as the top thunders to the ground.
Image Reference : 1(276)
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A climber ascending a Mountain
Ash using a rope.
Image Reference : 1(277)
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Felling a tree at Gunyah in South
Gippsland. Axemen stood on planks in order to reach the narrower part of
the tree. The planks were placed in notches cut in the buttress of the tree.
The original photograph is held by the Traralgon and District Historical
Society.
Image Reference : 1(278)
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Preparing a Mountain Ash log
for cutting with saws which are nearly 2m long. Cumberland Mill near Marysville,
Victoria, 1944.
Image Reference : 1(279)
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