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H.V. McKay Sunshine Collection
Image: Trade Literature - Hugh V. McKay, Sunshine Farm Implements, circa 1915
Source: Museum Victoria
The McKay collection is regarded as one of the most significant industrial heritage collections in Australia. It began with donations from Hugh Victor McKay in the early decades of the 20th century, and a number of important family donations were made during the 1960s. The largest donation came as the result of an employee at the Sunshine Harvester Works rescuing material from a dumpster in the 1980s. The collection ranges from the 1880s to the most recent agricultural developments. It features more than 15,000 photographs, 750 films, more than 6,000 trade publications, working models of equipment, a rare Sunshine model 'A' tractor, company archives and the original blacksmith shop where the first stripper harvester was made at Drummartin.
- Related Narratives
The Sunshine Harvester Works, Sunshine, Victoria, Australia- Hugh V. McKay, Agricultural Implement & Machinery Manufacturer, Ballarat & Sunshine, Victoria
- H.V McKay Massey Harris Pty Ltd
- Massey-Ferguson (Aust.) Ltd., Agricultural & Construction Equipment Manufacturers & Importers, Sunshine, Victoria
- Sunshine Stripper Harvester
- McKay's Brandnames
- Origin of the 'Sunshine' Brandname
- Bibliography
- Hugh V. McKay, Agricultural Implement & Machinery Manufacturer, Ballarat & Sunshine, Victoria
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Photograph - H.V. McKay Massey Harris, Farm Equipment Manufacture & Field Trials, Aug 1954
Close-up view of the hydraulic remote control attachment fitted to the rear of a 744 diesel tractor.
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Photograph - H.V. McKay Massey Harris, Farm Equipment Manufacture & Field Trials, Aug 1954
Hydraulic cylinder for lift control (operated from the tractor) fitted to a 'Suntrac' disc harrow.
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Photograph - H.V. McKay Massey Harris, Farm Equipment Manufacture & Field Trials, Aug 1954
Hydraulic cylinder for lift control (operated from the tractor) fitted to a 'Sunvertical' disc cultivator.
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Photograph - Massey Ferguson, Farm Equipment Manufacture & Field Trials, Sunshine, Victori ...
A dump-rake with spring-tynes mounted on an angle tool-bar attached to the extended arms on the three-point linkage on a 'Ferguson' tractor. This is one of various implements made for a ...
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Photograph - Massey Ferguson, Farm Equipment Manufacture & Field Trials, Sunshine, Victori ...
An 'Austin' dozer blade fitted to the three-point linkage on a Model 745 diesel (U.K.)'Massey-Ferguson' tractor. The dozer blade, adjustable in angle, was one of various implements made ...
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Photograph - Massey Ferguson, Farm Equipment Manufacture & Field Trials, Jan 1956
Front view of the 745 tractor showing the high clearance axle assembly.
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Photograph - H.V. McKay Massey Harris, Farm Equipment Manufacture & Field Trials, Aug 1954
Grass seeds seconds box fitted to a No.6 P.T.O. Header. The seconds box is used to collect the cracked grain and grass or foreign seeds which have been screened and separated from the m ...
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