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editTommy Fawcett's buffalo catcher
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Toyota Motor Co; 'Bionic catching arm' designed by Kal Carrick |
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George Serras, National Museum of Australia |
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Tommy Fawcett's buffalo catcher |
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| Description |
Modified and battered green Toyota Landcruiser 40 Series short wheelbase four-wheel drive vehicle known as the 'Buff Catcher'. On the right front corner of its prominent bullbar is a heavy steel 'bionic catching arm' used to catch feral buffalo. The arm is powered by an electric motor that is mounted on the left side chassis rail behind the bullbar. Tommy Fawcett ran a buffalo catching team in western Arnhem Land in the 1980s, catching 10 to 20 animals a day using the 'Buff Catcher'. In the National Historical Collection of the National Museum of Australia. |
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| Date | 1981 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Length 4100mm; width 1840mm, height 1630mm | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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1999.0018.0001 |
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| Object history | Vehicles like Tommy Fawcett's ‘Buff Catcher’ replaced horseback mustering of buffalo and dominated the feral buffalo harvesting industry in the Northern Territory during the 1970s and 1980s. The animal catching unit attached to the vehicle, designed and patented by Kal Carrick in 1981, enabled single operators to capture wild buffalo. The catching device and other vehicular modifications were created in response to the needs of the feral buffalo harvesting industry and to local environmental conditions. The feral buffalo industry, which collapsed following the introduction of the Brucellosis and Tuberculosis Eradication Campaign (BTEC), has been a key element in shaping contact history in western Arnhem Land and has had significant environmental impacts. The buffalo catcher with its locally engineered ‘bionic arm’ provides material evidence of the responses of people working within the industry to the physical challenges posed by both the animals and the environment. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | When using this image, please credit the photographer and the National Museum of Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inscriptions | Northern Territory vehicle licence plate number 179 977 is attached to tailgate | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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