Summary

A draft "Important" tag relating to the wheel bearings of machines manufactured by H. V. McKay Massey Harris Pty Ltd. The tag informed the user to ensure that the wheel bearings were properly lubricated. The draft tag was created in the 1950s.

Part of a collection of photographs, negatives, 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.

Physical Description

One light brown sheet of card with handwritten text in blue ink on the obverse. A hole is punched on the left side of the obverse of the tag, and cardboard reinforcement rings are adhered around the hole on both sides. The tag is soiled.

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