Illustration depicting the boiling down of sheep for tallow in Australia. Before refrigeration, apart from the small amount that could be consumed locally, the meat was valueless as there was no means of transporting or preserving it, and so it was burned or buried. Dated 19th century

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Keywords: 1868, 19th, animal, archival, archive, australia, australian, boil, boiling, century, food, historical, history, illustrated, illustration, meat, preservation, sheep, tallow, tallows, transportation, transporting