Item MM 112950 Photograph - Massey Ferguson, Workers in Factory, Bundaberg, Queensland, circa 1972

Summary

Black and white photograph of three workers inside the Massey Ferguson Bundaberg factory circa 1972. The workers are manufacturing cane harvesters
Black and white photograph showing working in Massey-Ferguon's Bundaberg factory.


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.

Description of Content

Three men inside a factory. Two are standing in the foreground while the other worker is in the background operating machinery.

Physical Description

Black and white silver gelatin photograph.