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This gang building roads at the start of the 20th century was typical of the group of occupations called manual labour. They were using simple hand tools – shovels, picks and wheelbarrow – to do work requiring hard physical effort.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, James McAllister Collection (PAColl-3054)
Reference: 1/2-C-21078
by James McAllister
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