b'1741049 10481048I. MALCOLM,Terryll West Salt Works, Feb.1920,oil on board,signed at lower left (partly obscured by frame),titled and dated verso,30 x 87cm.Lake Tyrrell is a shallow, salt-crusted depression in the Mallee district of north-west Victoria. The name is derived from the local Wergaia word for sky, the Boorong Aboriginal people of the area being distinguished for their interest in star-lore. During dry periods, people can walk on to the lake area by using places where salt has formed a solid surface. Salt was first harvested from Sea Lake in 1896. By 1900 Lascelles company was turning a profit but this was destroyed by droughts and pests. In 1963-64 Cheetham Salt took up a number of leases on Lake Tyrrell.$1,0001,5001049ARTIST UNKNOWN (AUSTRALIAN SCHOOL),The gang on horseback,oil on canvas,67 x 67cm.$1,5002,0001052'