Summary
Worker operating a horizontal boring machine (driven by overhead belt-drive) in the 'Scott' Engine Works, part of the H.V. McKay factory located in Anderson Road.
Photograph is located in an album: Volume No.1: 'Views of Factories and Branches', page 5. This is one of 25 albums that provide detailed visual documentation of the activities of the McKay enterprise.
This image forms part of the extensive McKay Sunshine collection which includes images, film, objects, trade publications and oral histories.
Description of Content
Worker machining an engine-block and testing gauges can be seen on the table in the foreground.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
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Place & Date Depicted
Anderson Road, Sunshine, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1913
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Format
Photograph, Black & White
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Classification
Manufacturing & industry, Agricultural & horticultural equipment, Factory interiors
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Type of item
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References
[Link 1] Viewed 7.5.09. [Link 2] Viewed 7.5.09. Perry, Warren. 'The Science Museum of Victoria'.
[Article] Dale-Hallett, Liza, et al. 'The McKay Collection', in Rasmussen, Carolyn. A Museum for the People: A History of Museum Victoria and its predecesors, 1854-2000. pp.271-273., 2001
[Article] 2003. "Resurrecting the Sunshine Harvester Works: Re-presenting and Reinterpreting the Experience of Industrial Work in Twentieth-Century Australia", Labour History., 2003
[Article] Dale-Hallett, Liza. 2004. "Collecting by Stealth: the HV McKay Collection", Museum Victoria Magazine., 2004
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Keywords
Boring Machines, Engineering Works, Engines, Equipment Manufacturing, Factories, Manufacturing Workers
