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Pineapple supreme, 1959
Harvesting a pineapple crop at the Hallett brothers' farm at Brookfield, in Brisbane's west. In the 1950s pineapple harvesting and canning provided migrants with backbreaking but financially rewarding seasonal employment. One Brisbane cannery processed up to 600 000 pineapples a day and employed up to 1600 workers during the summer months.This photograph comes from the collection of the National Archives of Australia. It should be cited as NAA: A12111, 1/1959/16/254.You may save or print this image for research and study. If you wish to use it for any other purpose you must contact the National Archives of Australia to request permission.You can learn more about images in the NAA collection in the research guide Australia in Focus: Photographs in the National Archives published by the National Archives of Australia.
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Hi NAA, This is an interesting to read snippet of Brisbane's history and I like the photo. I just wanted to let you know that you have left the "u" out of your tag of "queensland". Regards, Judith Hawkins, SLQ.
Comment added 9am, Sunday 7th Mar 10 by "Judith Hawkins"
The pineapple photo strikes a poignant chord. I have several photos of the Moggill Harris and Westaway family pineapple fields taken just before they were recently developed in to residential housing. I will upload when I can. I see in the tag list that a different notice has Queenland without the s. I imagine typos in tags will be quite common. We'll have to think about whether to address this in design of Nnub at all, i.e spell checking etc. Best wishes, Margot
Comment added 9am, Sunday 7th Mar 10 by "Margot Brereton"
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