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Owen Furner, Commission Agent & General Produce Dealer [Goulburn, NSW]

c1870s. Albumen paper photograph, carte-de-visite format, 5.7 x 9cm. Slight foxing, laid down on old backing.

This photograph, taken on the corner of Sloane and Bradley Streets, Goulburn, shows the business of “Owen Furner produce dealer of cereals, hay, corn, bran, oats, barley and flour.” Next door, there are three men standing outside a butcher shop, with several hanging animal carcasses, including a small kangaroo.

Owen Furner (c1828–1901) arrived in Australia in 1838 at the age of 10, and ran a business in the same location in Goulburn for 40 years. Ref: Goulburn Evening Penny Post, 3.10.1901.

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Item #CL199-32

Price (AUD): $1,350.00  other currencies