Summary
A pamphlet outling the work of the H.V McKay Charitable Trust.
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
Folded yellow card with printed cover in black ink. Red logo on front. Inside has printed text primarily in black ink; red letter 'R'. Back cover has stamped text of the printer.
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Collecting Areas
Working Life & Trades, Public Life & Institutions, Sustainable Futures
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Mrs. Cecil Newton McKay (nee Shaw), University of Melbourne Archives (The)
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Author
H.V. McKay Charitable Trust, post 1926
Date based on the Trust's establishment in 1926 following H.V McKay's death. -
Inscriptions
Cover, handwritten, pencil & blue ink: ' G 7.15 ' Cover, printed: ' The H. V. McKAY / CHARITABLE TRUST / A Brief Summary / on its origin / and objects ' Inside, printed: ' The H. V. McKAY CHARITABLE TRUST / Recognising the right of the Australian public, for whose benefit the H. v. McKay Charitable Trust was created, to receive a clear and definite statement of the scope of the Trust and of the objects which its founder, the late MR. HUGH VICTOR MCKAY, intended should be through its agency, the Committee appointed under the Trust has prepared the following commentary. ' [Further text]
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Overall Dimensions
133 mm (Width), 202 mm (Height)
Dimension are for folded pamphlet.
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