Monday, November 10, 2014

WOOLcity Heritage

 Once Launceston proudly imagined itself as a WOOLcity with wool buyers flying in from all over to make the highest bid for the best bails of super fine wool. In Y2000 a  bail from the Trefusis property on the first day of major bidding fetched $34,200 a season record ... Read about it here

There is a myriad of stories invested in these sheds and given the chance these same sheds will see more of the city's heritage played out under the cover of corrugated iron.




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