AUSTRALIA'S ORIGINAL AND BEST CAMP OVEN AND OUTDOOR COOKING CAMPING AND LIFESTYLE FORUM

Reply #10 - Mar 31^st, 2016 at 10:34am

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Kingbrown wrote on Mar 30^th, 2016 at 8:26pm:

He reminds me of old "Sam Knott" of "I allus have one at eleven" fame.

Here is the rest of his quote Smiley

I allus has wan at eleven
It's a habit that's got to be done
Cos if I don't have wan at eleven
I allus have eleven at one.

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Reply #11 - Apr 18^th, 2016 at 1:38pm

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Here is a couple more old photos. The first one shows a camp oven at the fellas feet 1886. The second one was taken in 1893.

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Reply #12 - Apr 18^th, 2016 at 6:58pm

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More great pics from Ron.
I wonder if that sleeve arrangement may be a sort of "false" sleeve over the arm to stop hot fat splatters?
Also stirring a hot stew can be a bit "singe whiskers" when too close to the fire.
I don't think that would be a panning dish on the barrel near the fire. Grease and gold are serious enemies.
The gold pans were often burnt to ensure no contamination.
Rory knows about "floating gold" Sad

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Reply #13 - Apr 19^th, 2016 at 1:07am

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And Chally the big pans that first pic has, one on the barrel covered in something like fruit maybe and the other one leaning next to him. What the hell are they! Pretty sure they are not Paella pans lol. I only just found what they are a few months ago myself.

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Reply #14 - Apr 19^th, 2016 at 1:13am

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Great second pic too Chally, I stumbled across my pics by accident originally then I started to really look for ovens in pics. I found that the pics with ovens in them were interesting because of everything else that was going on. From the fashion to the architecture to the beards and the dogs. And if you look at one of my pics the more you look the more dogs you see. But fascinating snapshots of a day gone era they are. Thank you for contributing to this thread.

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Reply #15 - Apr 19^th, 2016 at 1:22am

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Mikel I have been waiting patiently for your input. Clearly the pans are part of the kitchen and not part of the livelihood from your comment. I would not have thought that to be gold type country but i saw the pans without long handles and thought maybe they are not frying pans. Maybe they are just that after all!

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Reply #16 - Apr 19^th, 2016 at 7:23pm

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Kingbrown wrote on Apr 19^th, 2016 at 1:07am:

And Chally the big pans that first pic has, one on the barrel covered in something like fruit maybe and the other one leaning next to him. What the hell are they!

I don't know what they are for either. I thought for gold panning also.

Kingbrown wrote on Apr 19^th, 2016 at 1:13am:

I found that the pics with ovens in them were interesting because of everything else that was going on.

For sure; the detail in the photos is amazing. I have really enjoyed searching for the photos too as they really captured how things were in those times; very interesting.

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Reply #17 - Apr 19^th, 2016 at 7:24pm

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Looks like the bloke at Gippsland is having fish for dinner. That looks to me like a snook hanging up

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Reply #18 - Apr 19^th, 2016 at 7:29pm

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No idea of the type but I saw the fish hanging there. I couldn't tell but the wording with the photo said the fella had a cat on his lap. Maybe it was thinking fish for dinner as well.

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Reply #19 - Apr 20^th, 2016 at 11:09am

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I also was wondering about the fish.
Snook (mackerel) is a very uncommon fish on the Gippsland coast, also the head looks a little too blunt.
My inclination is that it is a beach salmon, in those days more than plentiful and a frequent visitor to inlets and estuaries.
I reckon the bloke was a timber getter somewhere near Genoa/Mallacoota inlet. The roof sheeting looks like Messmate bark, a predominant tree of that area.
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