Summary

Booklet containing a list of duplicate parts for the Sunweeder Sugar Cane Cleaner. The cover references the Sunshine Harvester Works and lists the Australian Branches and Distributors. Information inside the front cover consists of the registered telegraph addresses for these locations, directions for using either code words when ordering parts by telegram or Mark and Number when ordering parts by letter, and a request to use specific codes for preferred despatch method. Parts are listed in a functional table format with code word, mark and number, and description. Some parts are listed with N.I. (not illustrated). The remaining parts appear in the labelled photograph included as the last page.

This booklet is List No. 45/5301 A.L/X2.

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.

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'LIST OF DUPLICATE PARTS with ILLUSTRATIONS FOR THE SUNWEEDER SUGAR CANE CLEANER.' List No. 3511 R. ... (2296), Rc, 236

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