THE ZAMMIT FARM
Bartle Frere beauty and Zammit's bridge on the road to the farm
the Zammit farm was situated at the base of lofty Mt Bartle Frere, Queensland's highest mountain
Mt Bartle Frere looms over burnt cane fields
Paul Zammit's farm at Bartle Frere was 301 acres
rainfall from Mt Bartle Frere filled the Russell River as a border to the Zammit farm
acknowledging 301-acres, the Maltese Commissioner to Australia Captain Curmi referred to Zammit as 'the biggest sugar cane farmer in Queensland' (1934)
the Zammits sponsored other migrants to settle in Australia, many who cut cane on the Zammit farm before buying land of their own
more than a dozen draught horses worked to haul cane before the advent of tractors
farm cows in front of canefields and Mt Bartle Frere in the background
a friend and Sam Zammit on the farm scarifier
Con Zammit prepares to fertilise the fields
Caterpillar crawler hauling the harvest in front of Mt Bartle Frere shrouded in cloud
the crawler hauling another load of Badila cane
technical advancement included the purchase of a Massey Ferguson harvester
filling 1 ton cages of harvested Badila cane
the advent of mechanical harvesting accelerated productivity by up to 30%
trucking another load of cane
a sugar cane loco on the tramline which ran along the front of the farm house
ready to leave home on a family outing, it took 2 cars for a family of 12
when another child was born, a section of the farmhouse verandah was enclosed to make another room
Zammit experimented with tobacco during the slow season in cane production; this image is the tobacco drying shed
a loco tramline ran up the middle of the stable for ease of feeding chopped cane to the draught horses