Mallet bark stripper

Equipment

Mallet (Eucalyptus astringens) grows extensively throughout the South West region. The bark is high in tannins and was used in the tanning process, to treat animal skins and produce leather. There was a large mallet bark industry in Broomehill between the 1890s and 1970s and this mallet bark stripper dates from the late 1890s.

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The Broomehill Museum

Learn about the mallet bark industry and discover a locally made rotary lawnmower.

The Broomehill Museum is a nice stop off on the start of the Holland Track. The museum is in a building which was an Agricultural Hall, housed the Mechanics Institute, the Road Board and a...

Address:

1 Journal Street
Broomehill WA 6318
Australia

Tel:

(08) 9824 1378

Email:

broomehillhg@gmail.com

Open Hours

Open by appointment, and for long weekends and special events.

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Chatelaine

A chatelaine was a set of chains attached to a belt which included useful items such as a pencil, note pad, needles, thimble, tape measure and purse. They were made in the 1800s to be used by the Lady...

Homemade lawn mower

Locally invented rotary lawn mower

In 1929 Eric Fletcher, then 17 years old, made this rotary mower. A bicycle chain drives the mechanism. It was used for 21 years at the family homestead. Eric restored the mower in 1987.