Summary
Photograph is located in an album: Volume No.1: 'Views of Factories and Branches', page 150. 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
The Mechanics Institute and Library on the corner of Corio Street and Hampshire Road, Sunshine. These buildings were later demolished for the construction of the Sunshine Town Hall. (during the early 1980s the Town Hall was demolished and a garden established.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Massey Ferguson Iseki Australia Ltd, by Mar 1995
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Place & Date Depicted
Corio Street And Hampshire Road, Sunshine, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1950-1960
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Format
Photograph, Black & White
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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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