Summary

Alternative Name(s): Share Certificate

A copy of share scrip for two hundred and fifty (250) shares at £1 each (paid up to 5 shillings each) in The McKay Harvesting Machineryl Company Limited, Ballarat Victoria, issued toR. H. Nicholas of Ballarat, on 12th January 1892. Numbered 15070 to 15320. Certificate No. 109.

The McKay Harvesting Machinery Company Limited was incorporated under Companies' Statute 1864 with capital of £20,000 divided in 20,000 shares of £1 each. Registered Office: not given.

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.

Physical Description

One sheet of off-white paper with photocopied printed and handwritten text. Decorative border.

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