Item MM 106008 Photograph - H.V. McKay Massey Harris, Transport Harvesters, circa 1965

Summary

Photograph of MF585 Harvester on rail truck.

Part of a collection of photographs, moving film, artefacts, documents and trade literature relating to Massey Ferguson (Aust.) Ltd and its predecessors. The Australian operations of this company were originally founded by Hugh V. McKay, at Ballarat, in the late 1880s, and by 1895 was operating as the Sunshine Harvester Works. After relocating to Braybrook Junction (later renamed 'Sunshine') on the western outskirts of Melbourne, during 1904-1907, the business rapidly developed into the largest agricultural implement works in the southern hemisphere. In 1930, H.V. McKay merged with the Australian operations of the Canadian firm, Massey Harris Ltd, of Toronto, becoming H.V. McKay Massey Harris Pty Ltd. In 1955, this company was fully absorbed into the growing multinational corporation that became Massey Ferguson Ltd in 1958.

Description of Content

Standing on a rail flat top wagon, left to right: Roy Neaves (Office Manager Perth Branch), Eric Smart shaking hands with John Plunkett (Perth Branch Manager) and Dekick Johnston (National Sales Manager). The men are standing next to a MF585 Header Harvester on a rail truck.

Physical Description

Black and white photograph