This photo depicts Fred Ham cutting lucerne in the 1930s on Smith's property 'Montrose', east of Lockington in northern Victoria.
Like other Victorian rural areas, the rural population of the Patho Plains is decreasing. When landowners move out of the district, they take a wealth of historical knowledge and experience with them.
The Patho Plains Oral History Project was developed to capture the historical knowledge of farmers and landowners to better understand the changing landscape. These interviews and photographs form part of that project.