Summary
Black and white photograph of H.V. McKay Massey Harris 'Ford' trucks delivering materials to the building site in Warrandyte to replace houses destroyed by the1939 bushfires. Volunteer workers preparing to assist in reconstruction are also featured in the photograph.
Photograph is located in an album: Volume No. 3: "Miscellaneous: H.V. McKay Ballarat, Sunshine Factories & Products; Maps, Plans & Charts; Passport Photographs; 1904-1945", page 101. 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
A group of men standing in front of three large trucks on a road.
More Information
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Collection Names
H.V. McKay Sunshine Collection, Victorian Bushfires Collection
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Collecting Areas
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Place & Date Depicted
Warrandyte, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Mar 1939
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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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Keywords
Building & Construction, Building Materials, Chimneys, Construction Equipment, Motor Trucks, Roads, Timber, Trees, Water Tanks, Volunteers
