Item MM 93153 Photograph - H.V McKay, Returned Soldiers at Sunshine Harvester Works, Sunshine, Victoria, 1919

Summary

Black and white photograph of returned soldiers at Sunshine Harvester Works, 1919.

Part of a collection of photographs, negatives, business and personal archives, moving film, artefacts, documents and trade literature belonging to the H. V. McKay Sunshine Collection. The McKay collection is regarded as one of the most significant industrial heritage collections in Australia. The collection relates to the agricultural manufacturing firm, the Sunshine Harvester Works. The Australian operations of this company were originally founded by Hugh V. McKay in the 1890s in Ballarat. Between 1906 and 1907, McKay moved production to Sunshine where the firm became one of the largest industrial businesses in Australia. Change in ownership is a recurring theme in the company's history. In 1930, it merged with Massey-Harris to become H.V McKay Massey Harris. In the mid-1950s, the company was absorbed by Canadian agricultural firm Massey-Ferguson. Production in Sunshine ceased in the mid-1980s, following almost 100 years of manufacturing agricultural equipment.

Description of Content

Group of male workers pose outside a factory building made of corrugated iron. The back row stands on a raised platform whilst the other men stand, sit or partially lie on the ground in the foreground.

Physical Description

Black and white photograph. Handwritten text on reverse in red ink.