- Domestic Life
- Interview :: Tasilla Cunial
- Interview :: Fiona Rossiter
- Object :: Breville Washing Machine
- Object :: Wolter and Echberg Washing Machine
- Object :: Washing Equipment
- Object :: Washing-up Dish
- Object :: Drip Stone
- Tanks
- Interview :: Ben Kay
- Interview :: Steve Dale
- Object :: Exhibition Tanks
- Gardening
- Interview :: Jannet Dunlop
- Object :: Gardening Stand
- Cooling and Freezing
- Object :: Ice Chest
- Object :: Meat Safe
- Breweries and Cooling Factories
- Object :: Cordial Bottles
Women's Work with Water
Water is needed for almost every aspect of domestic life. Before running water was piped into the home, a great variety of vessels was used to carry and store water. It was a laborious process. In the 19th century, many Orange houses had a well from which water was drawn with a bucket and carried to a barrel or small tank standing near the back door. Sometimes water was pumped from an underground cistern or gravity fed from a tank. Metal roofs and galvanised tanks made the collection of household water easier, but its abundance was never taken for granted.
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