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The Duke and Duchess, Barracluff's Ostrich Farm, South Head c1906

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National Museum of Australia

[1986.0117.3782]

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The National Museum of Australia is a social history museum that explores the land, nation and people of Australia. The museum focuses on Indigenous histories and cultures, histories of European settlement and our interaction with the environment.

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.

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Dover Heights

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

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Barracluff's Ostrich Farm

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