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.

More Information

  • Collection Names

    H.V. McKay Sunshine Collection

  • Collecting Areas

    Sustainable Futures

  • Place & Date Depicted

    Nullawil, Victoria, Australia, Dec 1953

  • Individuals Identified

    Bartram, R.J

  • Format

    Photograph, paper base, Silver gelatin print, Black & White

  • Inscriptions

    Stamped: "H.V. McKay Massey Harris Pty Ltd Sunshine Harvester Works Sunshine, W 20. Jan 1954"

  • Classification

    Agriculture & rural life, Crop management - harvesting, Header harvesters

  • 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

    Agricultural Equipment