Summary

A typewritten copy of the Memorandum of Agreement between H. V. McKay, machinery manufacturer of Ballarat, and John Bult, fitter of Ballarat, dated 22nd September 1902, unsigned.

The agreement is for remuneration of £3 3s per week plus expenses of £1 1s per week in return for employment of John Bult to construct and assist in the starting and reparing of Sunshine harvesters in Argentina (Argentine Republic). The agreement is valid for two years and also allows for £1 to be deducted weekly and paid to John Bult's wife or nearest relative in Victoria.

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

Two sheets of off-white paper. Typewritten text in blue ink. Handwritten text in black ink.

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