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panel, between which three to five strands of wire are strung. One of the
bush poles is bound to the fixed fence using more fencing wire. To close
the gate the lower end of the second bush pole is placed in a wire loop
which is attached to the base of the main fence post at the other side of
the opening, raising the free pole upright and slipping a further loop of
fencing wire (which is attached to the top of the main fence post) over its
top. Although attributed to Sir Sidney Kidman, such gates have widespread
application in outback Australia.
The remaining wire items, which are those photographed, represent hooks
for hanging 'things' from the walls and roof rafters of a hut, and loops of
wire, perhaps bound to fence posts to support wire netting. Ritchie found
's' shaped hooks such as represented by item 322, and pegs such as item
340 on Chinese sites in Central Otago, New Zealand (see para 8.0.2).
8.2.8k Nails
(photograph 46)
Nails of various sizes and types were included in the Chinaman's Garden
Well assemblage. Their basic properties are tabulated below.
Item# Shaft Length DiaIWidth Head Dia Point Note
9 wire 39mm 4.5mm rhomboid 6.0mm sharp
11 wrought 60mm 6.0-4.0 mm flat rectgl 8.5mm chisel
(tapered)
29 wire 62mm 11mm flat rectgl 9.0mm sharp
42 wire 99mm 5.0mm 4 facet/apex 9.0mm sharp(?)
wire 90mm 5.0mm 4 facet/apex 9.0mm sharp(?) bent
wrought 55mm 6.0mm 4 facet/apex 8.5mm chisel
wrought 62mm 6.0mm (missing) chisel bent
wire 45mm 3.0mm (missing) sharp
wrought 43mm 4.5mm flat oval 8.0mm chisel(?)
cut 28mm 3.0-2.0mm spur 4x2mm cut a 'brad'
132 wrought(?) 52mm 5.0mm flat 6.0mm sharp(?) corroded
198 wrought 39mm+ 6.0mm 4 facet/apex 11.0mm (missing)
(broken)
298 wire 43mm 3.0mm rhomboid 4.0mm sharp
302 wrought 64mm 5.0mm 4 facet/apex 9.0mm chisel
wire 53mm 4.0mm flat/4 ribs 7.0mm sharp bent 90°
wire 52mm 4.0mm crude (?) (?) sharp bent 90°
335 wire 65mm 4.5mm f1at/ 5 ribs 8.0mm sharp
374 wrought 63mm 6.0mm 4 facet/apex 9.0mm chisel
472 wire 50mm 3.0mm 4 facet/apex 5.5mm sharp
495 wrought 63mm 6.0mm 4 facet/apex 7.0mm chisel
510 wire 50mm 3.5mm 4 facet/apex 5.0mm 2 facet