Before the construction of bulk handling facilities for the storing of wheat and other grain at railway stations across Victoria after World War Two, farmers transported their crops in hessian sacks to railway sidings for transport to the seaboard.

This photo shows wheat stacks at Dingee 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.