Summary
Typewritten transcript of the speech given by the Hon. William Alexander Watt, at the unveiling of a tablet on 'The Smithy' on 25 September 1928. The Smithy was re-erected at the Sunshine Harvester Works entrance to commemorate the manufacture of the first harvester by Hugh Victor McKay. It was a feature of Sunshine until its donation to the Science Museum of Victoria in 1960.
W.A. Watt was conservative politician at both state and federal levels. He was the Premier of Victoria (1912-1913), Treasurer of Australia (1918-1920), Acting Prime Minister (1918-1919) and federal minister for Works and Railways (1917-1918) and Trade and Customs (1918-1919). At the time of the unveiling of the smithy, he was the federal member for Balaclava.
This is part of the H.V. McKay Sunshine Collection which includes archives, photographs, films, objects, trade literature, company publications and oral histories.
Physical Description
Six single-sided, typewritten sheets of translucent paper. Extensive black text.
More Information
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Collection Names
H.V. McKay Sunshine Collection, Old McKay Archive (Series A)
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Councillor Don McKay, 11 Oct 1960
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Author
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Inscriptions
First page, top: ' SPEECH BY RT. HON. W. A. WATT, P. C. / WHEN HE UNVEILED THE TABLET ON "THE SMITHY" 25/9/28. / I am sure you all deplore, as I do, the absence of the / Prime Minister, who is detained on urgent public business at / Canberra. ' Further extensive text.
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Classification
Manufacturing & industry, Agricultural & horticultural equipment, Speeches
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Overall Dimensions
212 mm (Width), 340 mm (Height)
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References
A newspaper article regarding the event: MR. H. V. McKAY'S SMITHY. (1928, September 26). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 7. Retrieved February 29, 2012, from [Link 1]
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