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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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Price List - H.V. McKay Massey Harris, Victoria, "D King", 1937
A book format price list of Farm Machinery in Victoria. This publication has a soft cardboard cover with decorative printing around the title. The name D King has been handwritten on th ...
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Price List - H.V. McKay, South Australia, 1939
A book format price list of Farm Machinery in South Australia. This publication has a soft cardboard cover with decorative printing around the title. The inside cover page lists the det ...
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Price List - H.V. McKay, South Australia, 1941
A book format price list of Farm Machinery in South Australia. This publication has a soft cardboard cover with decorative printing around the title and an engraving of the Sunshine Har ...
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Price List - H.V. McKay, South Australia, 1945
A book format price list of Farm Machinery in Victoria. This publication has a soft cardboard cover with watermark printing and title on the front. Printed engravings on the rear show a ...
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Price List - H.V. McKay, South Australia, 1948
A book format price list of Farm Machinery in South Australia. This publication has a soft cardboard cover with printed engravings on the rear showing an aerial view of the Sunshine Ha ...
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Publicity Brochure - H.V. McKay Massey Harris, Sunshine, Tractor Toolbars, 1955
Publicity brochure from the H. V. McKay Massey Harris trade literature collection. This flip brochure provides an overview to a new and "modern" range of Sunshine Mounted tools. The pro ...
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Publicity Leaflet - H.V. McKay Massey Harris Pty Ltd, 'No.2 Model Sunnie Overbeam Disc Plo ...
Sales publicity leaflet. On the front cover is an overhead view of the plough hitched to a Massey-Harris tractor at work in a paddock of fallow or pasture. Key selling points mentioned ...
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Publicity Flyer - H.V. McKay Massey Harris Pty Ltd, Hay Balers, S.M.H Hay Press, 1952
This is a short promotional catalogue relating specifically to the S.M.H Hay Press which is advertised as 'Easy to Store, Easier to Feed, Easier to Sell, More Nutriment, Less Fire Risk' ...
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Price List - H.V. McKay, Victoria, 1926
A book format price list of Farm Machinery in Victoria. This publication has a soft cardboard cover with decorative printing around the title. The book is intended for use by Agents an ...
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Catalogue - H.V. McKay Massey Harris, 'The New 101 Tractors', 1940
The content of this catalogue celebrates the tractor's easy usage, modernity, comfort and power. Some assertions on the inside cover include: "Sunshine Massey Harris 101 tractors - give ...
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