Summary

Black and white photograph showing from left to right: Bill Devers, Dave Green, Alex Fraser and Laurie Master.

Photograph is located in an album: Volume No. 10: "Portraits, Sundry Machines, Royal Show 1945-51", page 359. 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

Four men standing in a row on a golf course with golf clubs.

More Information

  • Collection Names

    H.V. McKay Sunshine Collection

  • Collecting Areas

    Images & Image Making, Sustainable Futures

  • Place & Date Depicted

    Sunshine, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Dec 1949

  • Individuals Identified

    Devers, Bill; Green, Dave; Fraser, Alex; Masters, Laurie

  • Format

    Photograph, Black & White

  • Inscriptions

    Clipping from the "Sunshine Review, December, 1949. Stamped: "H.V. MCKAY MASSEY HARRIS PTY LTD SUNSHINE" Caption attached to image in Sunshine Review, December 1949: "This quartet won the golf club's Annual Championships - left to right Bill Devers (A grade), Dave Green (B grade), Alex Fraser (C grade) and Laurie Masters (Stableford aggregate). From the position of the golf sticks it appears that the unorthodox left hand players carried the day".

  • Classification

    Manufacturing & industry, Agricultural & horticultural equipment, Sports teams

  • 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, Golf, Golf Clubs, Golf Courses, Sporting Clubs, Sporting Competitions