Meat Workers gloves

Equipment
Meat Worker gladiators?

Chainmail gloves were all that protected the meat workers from the threat of the extremely sharp knives, used when butchering cattle. Their annual cattle head count is marked on a wooden ‘Tally board’, that still hangs in the museum, documenting the rise and fall of cattle exports between 1919 and 1985. The Wyndham Meatworks finally closed in 1985, marking the end of a unique and important era for the region.

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Wyndham History and Museum Collection

Not forgotten – the story of Wyndham

Sitting at the confluence of five rivers on the Cambridge Gulf, lies the old town of Wyndham, the most northerly port of Western Australia. After the great cattle treks by Nat Buchanan and the Duracks...

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1 MacPhee Street
Wyndham WA 6740
Australia

Open Hours

25 April to 30 Sept 7 days 10am - 2pm; or by collecting the key from the Police Station across the road

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