Summary

Black and white photograph of H.V McKay Memorial Gardens in 1947.

Photograph is located in an album: Volume No.1: 'Views of Factories and Branches', page 165. This is one of 25 albums that provide detailed visual documentation of the activities of the McKay enterprise.

Part of a collection of photographs, moving film, artefacts, documents and trade literature relating to Massey Ferguson (Aust.) Ltd and its predecessors. The Australian operations of this company were originally founded by Hugh V. McKay, at Ballarat, in the late 1880s, and by 1895 was operating as the Sunshine Harvester Works. After relocating to Braybrook Junction (later renamed 'Sunshine') on the western outskirts of Melbourne, during 1904-1907, the business rapidly developed into the largest agricultural implement works in the southern hemisphere. In 1930, H.V. McKay merged with the Australian operations of the Canadian firm, Massey Harris Ltd, of Toronto, becoming H.V. McKay Massey Harris Pty Ltd. In 1955, this company was fully absorbed into the growing multinational corporation that became Massey Ferguson Ltd in 1958.

Description of Content

McKay employee Ms. Betty Deeble (left) sitting with a friend in the H.V. McKay Memorial Gardens.

More Information

  • Collection Names

    H.V. McKay Sunshine Collection

  • Collecting Areas

    Images & Image Making, Sustainable Futures

  • Acquisition Information

    Donation from Massey Ferguson Iseki Australia Ltd, by Mar 1995

  • Place & Date Depicted

    Anderson Road, Sunshine, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 11 Apr 1947

  • Individuals Identified

    Deeble, Betty

  • Format

    Photograph, Black & White

  • Inscriptions

    Stamped: "H.V. MCKAY MASSEY HARRIS PTY LTD SUNSHINE. 11 APR 1947. JAN 1952 #8993. SEP 1948 1007" Stamp 1: "11 APR 1947, SEP 1948, 1007 JAN 1952 #8993

  • Classification

    Environments, Metropolitan - melbourne, Public gardens

  • Category

    History & Technology

  • Discipline

    Technology

  • Type of item

    Image

  • 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

  • Keywords

    Employees, Public Gardens, Workers