Description

Australorp.
Left 1; Large Black female. Winner at Tottenham for Lady Burke.
Left 2; Large Black female, excellent bird from the 1930s.
Left 3; Black Bantam Female, winner in 1931 for Roy Corner. Possibly the earliest photograph of a Australorp miniature.
Middle L1; Large female. 1931 Dairy Club Show Champion, ‘Quill Trophy’ winner for Best Utility bird for Tom Clarkson.
Middle L2; Large female. Unbeaten during 1939 inc. Royal Counties, Cornwall, Gt Yorkshire, Lincs County for Tom Clarkson.
Middle R1; Best Cockerel at 1933 Palace Club Show for Geoffrey Hazel. His dam laid 209 eggs in 48 weeks at Laying Trials.
Middle R2; Large Black pullet, 1933 Dairy winner for Mr Herbert Beilby of Billericay.
Right 1; Large Black cock. ‘ The Ratter’. Winner at York for Mr H Rance. This cock killed 5 rats in one day.
Right 2; Large Black male. Winner at Tring in 1927 for Lady Burke of Henley-on-Thames.
Right 3; Australorp Bantam Black Cock from the 1930s.