A photograph of about 260 dairy cows in Queen St, Warragul in September 1974.
It wasn't a great escape, mirage or even a demonstration captured outside The Warragul Gazette offices.
Instead, this herd of cows was heading to the Warragul saleyards for a clearing sale on account of Mr A. Jones.
The drovers' route was from Sutton St, along Normanby St, up Queen St and over the railway bridge to the saleyards. The journey through the main streets was made easier by a police escort.
In the background are distinguishable buildings of the Warragul Gazette, Liberty Inn and Commercial Hotel.
From the early 1900s, a commercial saleyards operated in Warragul opposite the railway trucking yard.
The Warragul Shire Council decided to establish a municipal saleyards in Warragul on July 14, 1937, buying the saleyards owned by Richard Skewes and Son and a yard owned by Gippsland and Northern Co-operative.
The saleyards site in Alfred St closed in 2019. There are currently plans for a major retail development of this site.
Photograph by David Linahan and information courtesy of the Warragul Gazette.
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