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TIMBER JINKER
EXTENDABLE FRAME Solid Wooden Wheels Timber Jinker C 1880s This timber jinker originally came from Victoria. After coming to this area it was used around Manildra Murga area carting ironbark logs to the saw mill. It is one of the oldest machines in the Museum. The main pole in the middle extended the wheel base to allow longer logs to be carried.
- Type
- Object
- Prefix
- RT
- Primary group
- Transport
- Secondary group
- Horse
- Accession year
- 1965
- Period / era
- Late 1800s
- Condition
- Poor
- How obtained
- Donated
- Item history
- C 1880s This timber jinker originally came from Victoria. After coming to this area it was used around Manildra Murga area carting ironbark logs to the saw mill. It is one of the oldest machines in the Museum. The main pole in the middle extended the wheel base to allow longer logs to be carried.
- Significance
- One of the oldest items in the Museum