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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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Aero Engine - Sturtevant Type 5, V8, 1914
The Sturtevant V8 aero engine was built by the B.F. Sturtevant Company of Hyde Park, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Its partly cast engine block is an interesting technological step to a f ...
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Plaque - Institution of Engineers Australia, H.V. McKay Smithy, 1985
Historic engineering marker plaque dedicated by the Institution of Engineers of Australia in recognition of the McKay smithy as a significant structure the history of Australian agricul ...
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Crate - H.V. McKay Pty Ltd, to W. Anderson, Plaster Moulds of Relief Profile of H. V. McKa ...
Crate containing two plaster moulds of left hand side relief profiles of HV McKay by Wallace Anderson, made between 1926 and 1928. The crate appears to be a recycled travelling crate, o ...
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Plaster Mould - 'Relief Profile of H. V. McKay', Wallace Anderson, 1926-1928
One of two plaster moulds of left hand side relief profile of HV McKay made by Wallace Anderson, between 1926 and 1928. The moulds would have been made after H.V. McKay's death on 21 Ma ...
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Plaster Mould - 'Relief Profile of H. V. McKay', Wallace Anderson, 1926-1928
One of two plaster moulds of left hand side relief profile of HV McKay made by Wallace Anderson, between 1926 and 1928. The moulds would have been made after H.V. McKay's death on 21 Ma ...
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Pressure Gauge - H.V. McKay Massey Harris Pty Ltd, Sunshine, circa 1944
Pressure gauge used on a variety of agricultural machinery, including the No.4 Sunshine Spray Pump. Manufactured by H.V. McKay Massey Harris. This pressure gauge comes from a period wh ...
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Farm Blacksmith Workshop - McKay, Drummartin, circa 1884
A slab construction blacksmith workshop built in preparation for construction of H.V. McKay's original stripper harvester. The smithy was built by Hugh and John McKay (H.V. McKay's brot ...
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Farm Smithy Model - McKay Farm Smithy, Sunshine, 1954
In 1954 as part of the Sunshine 70th anniversary celebrations a farm smithy model building competition was held. The models were judged according to accuracy of dimensions, construction ...
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Plough Model - Disc, 'Suncog', H.V. McKay, Sunshine, pre 1915
Four furrow stump jump disc plough model. Made by H.V. McKay, Sunshine, Victoria, before 1928. This type of plough was manufactured at the Sunshine Harvester Works between 1915-1920. ...
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Plough Model - Disc, 'Sundercut', McKay Massey Harris, Sunshine, 1908-1936
5(10)-furrow stump jump disc cultivating plough. Model made by H. V. McKay Massey Harris Pty. Ltd., Sunshine, Victoria. Model. 1:4 scale. The 'Sundercut' was Invented by J.B. Garde, ...
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