Summary

Photograph of pre-production team for the MF542 Harvester.

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

A group of men standing in front of a MF542 Harvester in the Assembly floor of the Sunshine Massey Ferguson factory. MF542 'Project 6' pre-production team which produced 6 pre production machines to prove tooling and fit up of components. L-R Barry Lunson - John Heinrich - unknown - Bert Uhlich (Project Manager) Ian Petherick - Roger Bryant - Herman Weber (Managing Director) Ian Salmon (Director Manufacturing) unknown - unknown - Don Veal

Physical Description

Black and white photograph

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