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Timber Home construction for tiled roof front view

Timber Home construction, for tiled roof - Frankston

This shows two images of the head being lopped. The image on the left shows the axeman climbing to cut the head. the image on the right shows the axeman hanging as the head falls.

House construction - final stage in construct. Of timber home, Moorabbin

There were four Saxton brothers, Ben, Wilbur, John and Eric. Ben was killed in the 1939 fires. Eric worked the planing mill at Moe and Wilbur and John worked at West Tanjil. The person in this image is most likely Wilbur Saxton.

Timber construction , Melbourne University Temporary Chemistry Lab

Paling - splitting on Saxton's Tanjil Area. (Ned Simmonds splitting). Fire-killed Ash

Paling - splitting on Saxton's Tanjil Area. (Ned Simmonds splitting). Fire-killed Ash

J.D. Walker's mill, West Tanjil. Interval view to show Dutch oven & other arrangements for burning sawdust under the boiler

Jim Walker on boards finishing scarf fire killed Ash timber. West Tanjil

Jim Walker on boards finishing scarf fire killed Ash timber. West Tanjil

Paling splitting on Saxton's Tanjil area (Fire killed Ash)

West Tanjil River after second fire 1st Jan 1939, 2nd March, 1940

Log dump - salvaged fire killed timber East Tanjil

Log dump - salvaged fire killed timber East Tanjil

Alpine Ash. Mattock. Eucalyptus Gigantea

Mangrove showing aerial roots - Avicennia officinalis. Tooradin

McLean log loading boom. Saxton's East Tanjil

Brown's Mill Icy Creek. Burnt 13-1-1939 Neerim District

Low Saw-firewood cutting - Shepparton putting in bottom cut for scarf to fall trees