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Auction sale of Barracluff's Ostrich Farm Estat...

Auction sale of Barracluff's Ostrich Farm Estate, Rose Bay Heights, December 1917

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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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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.