Ploughing the field with a four-horse team, circa 1949.
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The Bourke brothers at a sawmill at Wunghnu Station in 1905.
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Prime fat lambs being driven to the railhead for trucking to sales in Numurkah. Photos from Liquid Gold Australia-Australian Publicity Council, published in 1957.
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J.W. Carr sowing mixed pastures in the Parish of Katunga on March 29, 1950.
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Construction of a channel in the Murray Valley Irrigation Area, March 1950.
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A Jersey herd at Numurkah owned by Arthur and Mary Aldridge, circa 1957.
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A sheep farm believed to be outside Numurkah, at Naring, in the 1950s.
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The Numurkah Show on the day the Governor of Victoria John Fuller visited.
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A haystack in the Baulkamaugh district, circa 1957.
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Numurkah is an irrigation district for dairying, fruit production, mixed farming and grazing, where local produce is sold in the town centre.
In 1901, 61 085 ha was under cultivation in the district, with nearly two thirds producing wheat.
The Yarrawonga Main Channel started carrying irrigation water through the district in 1901 and by 1994, the district had 52 800 dairy cattle, 11 300 cattle and 35 000 sheep.
Some other aspects of the town include the brick courthouse listed on the Victorian Heritage Register, which was built from 1888 to 1889.
It is also home to the natural and constructed Kinnairds Wetland, which has more than 155 bird species.
Numurkah is on the Goulburn Valley Hwy, 35 km north of Shepparton.
The Numurkah Historical Centre is at 118-120 Melville St and is open on Sundays and Wednesdays from 1.30 pm to 3.30 pm or on request by phoning 5862 1768.
