Summary

Black and white photograph of the Sunshine Harvester Quoits Club made up of individuals from the Annealing Department. Those photographed: (From the back) Jack Evans, Syd Hunter, Sam Boreham, Frank Curnow and Jim Bird. (From the front): Ernie Landers, Alex Saunders and Harold Cameron. The team won the Midday Tournament in December 1945.

Photograph is located in an album: Volume No. 10: "Portraits, Sundry Machines, Royal Show 1945-51", page 31. 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

Group of ten men standing and seated in two rows. Extract from Sunshine Review Dec. 1945: "The annealing team, winners of the Quoit Club's popular midday tournament are shown, together with some of their supporters: back L to R: Jack Evans, Syd Hunter, Sam Boreham, Frank Curnow, Jim Bird: Front: Erniw Landers, Alex Saunders, Harold Cameron, Mat Peel, Jack McMasters."

More Information

  • Collection Names

    H.V. McKay Sunshine Collection

  • Collecting Areas

    Images & Image Making, Sustainable Futures

  • Place & Date Depicted

    2 Devonshire Road, Sunshine, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Dec 1945

  • Individuals Identified

    Evans, J; Hunter, S.; Boreham, S.; Curnow, F.; Bird, J.; Landers, E.

  • Format

    Photograph, Black & White

  • Inscriptions

    Caption attached to image in Sunshine Review, December 1945: "The Annealing Team, winners of the Quoit Club's popular midday tournament are shown, together with some of their supporters: back left to right: Jack Evans, Syd Hunter, Sam Boreham, Frank Curnow, Jim Bird. Front: Ernie Landers, Alex Saunders, Harold Cameron".

  • 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, Quoits, Sporting Teams