Skip to main content

Dictionary of Sydney

The Dictionary of Sydney
Multimedia
Ostriches on a farm near Sydney c1905

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Ostriches on a farm near Sydney c1905

By

Underwood & Underwood Publisher

Contributed By

Private collection

Search

Browse

Browse
- Artefacts
- Buildings
- Events
- Natural Features
- Organisations
- People
- Places
- Structures
- Entries
- Multimedia
- Subjects
- Roles
- Contributors

Connections

Appears in

Barracluff's Ostrich Farm

Subjects

Animals Primary industry

Places

Barracluff's Ostrich Farm Dover Heights

Footer

Home
About
Copyright
Blog
Facebook
Twitter

Underwood & Underwood Publisher

Private collection

Barracluff's Ostrich Farm

In 1889 the enterprising Joseph Barracluff and his wife Jane established an ostrich farm at South Head. Over the years Barracluff's farm became a well-known tourist destination where patrons could select feathers to be cut directly from the flock. The business thrived until the outbreak of World War I, when the demand for ostrich feathers declined.

Animals

Primary industry

Dover Heights

Eastern cliff top suburb north of Bondi Beach. It is home to a large Jewish community.

full record »

Barracluff's Ostrich Farm

full record »

Farm in Dover Heights where ostriches were reared to provide feathers for the fashion industry.