Summary
Trade publication: 'The Sunshine Harvester Works', 1926. Octavo sized stapled booklet, 14 pages, illustrated with enhanced black and white photographs and line drawings. Cover of booklet features a colour enhanced photograph of a horsedrawn Sunshine harvester in heavy and high crop. The rear cover has a coloured enhanced photograph of the rear view of a Sunshine reaper.
Page four has a black and white photograph of H. V. McKay with the text: 'Hugh Victor McKay, C.B.E. 1865-1926/Founder of the Sunshine Harvester Works/His life's work was devoted to the production of Implements which added Agriculture and benefited the Farmers of Australia.'
A detailed description of the 'Sunshine Harvester Works' and its history is included in the first two pages. Some of the details include the following data: 35 acres, 2,000 workers, annual consumption of raw materials 12,000 tons of steel, over two million super feet of seasoned timber, annual salaries greater than 800,000 pounds, 4,000 inhabitants live in Sunshine, Ballarat established in 1894 and built up to a workforce of 400 workers by 1905, the production at Ballarat was confined to Stripper Harvesters, Horseworks and Chaffcutters. The relocation to Sunshine enabled the expansion of production to include tillage impliments, seeding machinery, internal combustion engines, etc.
A brief history and description of the following implements are included: Sunshine Stripper Harvester, Sunshine Header Harvester, Sunshine Auto Header Harvester, Sunshine Stump Jump Disc Plough, Sunshine One-Way Disc Cultivators, Combined Drill and Cultivator, Sunshine Repears and Binders, Petrol Engines, Harrows, A total list of all implements and equipment manufactured at Sunshine is on the last page.
Physical Description
Octavo sized staple-bound soft-cover 16 page booklet, with full colour illustration on front and rear cover, with black & white text and illustrations inside booklet. Cover is stained (soiled) and partially torn.
Title
'The SUNSHINE HARVESTER WORKS'
More Information
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Collection Names
H.V. McKay Sunshine Collection, Various Donors Trade Literature Collection (Deposit No.1)
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Collecting Areas
Sustainable Futures, Trade Literature, Working Life & Trades
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Mr. Allen Murray, 14 Oct 1996
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Manufacturer/Distributor
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Publication Date
1926/09
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Publisher
H.V. McKay Pty Ltd, Sunshine Harvester Works, 2 Devonshire Road, Sunshine, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Sep 1926
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Printer
D.W. Paterson & Co. Pty. Ltd., Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1926
H.V. McKay died in May 1926. In 1931, the company name changed to H.V. McKay Massey Harris Pty Ltd. -
Inscriptions
Front page: 'The Sunshine Harvester Works' Rear page: 'Sunshine Farm Implements/Work Well and Last Long' in smaller print: 'Wholly set up and printed in Australia by D.W. Paterson Co. Pty. Ltd.. 495 Collins Street, Melbourne'. First page (page 3): 'H.V. McKay/Pty. Ltd./Sunshine/Harvester Works/Sunshine/(near Melbourne, Australia)./Head Office and Works: Sunshine./Cable Address: 'Sunshine Melbourne' Bentley's Code./Branches:/27-39 George Street West, Sydney New South Wales/ 664 Bourke Street West, Melbourne, Victoria/ 105 North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia/ Cor. Murray and King Strs., Perth, West Australia./Distributers in Queensland: /H.V. McKay (Queensland) Ltd., Stanley Street, South Brisbane./Agency in Great Britain:/No. 6 Lloyd's Avenue, London, E.C. 3.'
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Brand Names
"SUNSHINE" (Agricultural Implements) , "SUNDERCUT" (Disc Cultivators) , "SUNCLEAVE" (Disc Cultivators) , "SUNDERSEEDER" (Combine Disc Cultivator Seed Drills) , "SUNTYNE" (Combine Cultivator Seed & Fertlizer Drills) , "SUNTRAIL" (Stump Jump Harrows) , "SUNSHINE" (Auto Header Harvesters) , "SUNSHINE" (Header Harvesters) , "SUNSHINE" (Stripper Harvesters) , "SUNSHINE" (Disc Cultivators) , "SUNSHINE" (Disc Ploughs) , "SUNSHINE" (Petrol Engines) , "SUNSHINE" (Reaper Binders)
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Number of Pages
16
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Page Size Format
142 x 215 mm
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Primary Subject
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Illustration Types
Black & White; Engravings; Photographs; Artistic Depictions
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Printing Types
Full Colour; Monochrome
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Publication Types
Publicity Brochure, Company History, Product List, Product Catalogue
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Classification
Agriculture & rural life, General farm equipment, Company histories
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
142 mm (Width), 3 mm (Depth), 215 mm (Height)
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References
'THE SUNSHINE WORKS', Weekly Times (Melbourne), 11 Sep 1926, p.19, [Link 1]
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Keywords
Agricultural Equipment, Agricultural Implements, Agricultural Science, Auto Header Harvesters, Disc Cultivators, Drills, Employees, Employment Termination, Factories, Governments, Harrows, Header Harvesters, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Works, Petrol Engines, Policies, Reapers, Stripper Harvesters, Stump Jump Ploughs
