Summary
Photograph is located in an album: Volume No. 5: 'Tractors, Engines, Sprayers and Chaffcutters: 1918-1956', page 163. 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 Massey Harris Model 744 d tractor fitted with a P6 'Perkins' engine, being driven by McKay employee, Mr Ian Petherick. This tractor is fitted with three-point linkage hydraulics for mounted equipment. (note the bicycle in the background is fitted with.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
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Place & Date Depicted
2 Devonshire Road, Sunshine, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, May 1954
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Individuals Identified
Petherick, Ian
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Format
Photograph, Black & White
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Inscriptions
Stamped: H.V. McKay Massey Harris Pty Ltd, Sunshine Harvester Works, Sunshine W20: May 1954 "3364"
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Classification
Agriculture & rural life, Internal combustion power, Tractors
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Discipline
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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
Agricultural Equipment, Employees, Factories, Machines, Tractors, Workers
