Summary
Photograph is located in an album: Volume No. 6: "Headers" 1946-1956, 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
A close-up front view of a U.K. Manufactured '780' header, in wheat, showing the bat reel, the grain chute into the grain-box and the unloading auger. The machine was powered by an'Perkins L4' diesel engine. Note the fuel tank.
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Collection Names
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Place & Date Depicted
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Individuals Identified
Bartram, R.J
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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, W 20. Jan 1954"
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Classification
Agriculture & rural life, Crop management - harvesting, Header harvesters
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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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