Person

Somerville, George

Occupation
Colonial travellor

Summary

George Somerville travelled from Sydney to Melbourne in 1839. He described how the drivers coped with steep descents in a wagon by 'spragging' the wheels - that is they thrust a sapling between the spokes of each pair of wheels so that it jammed against the wagon floor. See McGregor (1981) page 20

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See also

  • Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, 'pages 456', Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_s.html. Details
  • McGregor, H., The Horse and Buggy Days (Canberra: Roebuck Book, 1981), 244 pp. pages 20. Details

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