... because we humans can only work
for a future we can imagine.
HORTICULTURAL INDUSTRIES
One
of the virtual 'skins' from Imagine The Future
Inc's re-interpretation of a traditional Kulin possum
skin cloak created by Csaba Szamosy from images contributed by project
partners, Painting the future real,
1996.
[2002
version and accompanying story Fruit
and vegetables of the plain.]
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
DRAFT TEXT ONLY -- TO BE CHECKED BY CONTRIBUTORSThe following images were used in the digital composite about the horticultural industries of the basalt plain:
Lettuces being loaded for market. Note the wooden spokes and iron rims on the wheels of the truck. This photograph was contributed by Melbourne's Living Museum of the West.
People weeding rows of young tobacco plants. This photograph is believed to have been taken around Werribee in the 1930s and was contributed to the project by Melbourne's Living Museum of the West. Note the uncleared native vegetation on the far side of the fence.
A tractor being used to prepare ground for next season's vegetable crops at Werribee South, photographed for the project by Merrill Findlay.
Portelli's Confectionery Store at Werribee South. This store also sells fuel and general mechandise to service the surrounding market gardens, many of which are owned by families of Italian, Greek and Macedonian descent.
Raised beds of onion seedlings at Werribee South, photographed for the project by Merrill Findlay.
A crop of cabbages almost ready for harvest at Werribee South, photographed for the project by Merrill Findlay.
Packing sheds and crates on a horticultural property at Werribee South, photographed for the project by Merrill Findlay.
A display of vegetable produce grown on the basalt plain. Photograph contributed by Mary Stewart, marketing manager for Melbourne Market Authority at Footscray, on behalf of the Markets.
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'Painting the future real' is an initiative of Imagine The Future Inc with the support of project partners.
For more information, contact Imagine The Future at
340 Gore Street, Fitzroy, Victoria 3065, Australia
phone: +61 3 9417 2033, fax: +61 3 9416 0767
email: imagine@peg.apc.org, or merrillf@dingo.vut.edu.au
[Page history: created and first published on www.ecoversity.org.au as part o f Painting the future real (1995-97), the prototype for Redreaming the plain (1998-2002); taken off-line in 1998 and re-posted in a slightly modified form in July 2004 as a web archive. For more information contact redreaming@rmit.edu.au.]