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Sunshine Harvester Works (1900s - 1960s)

Function: Manufacturing Industry

Location: Sunshine, Victoria, Australia

The Sunshine Harvester Works established a factory, in the early years of the twentieth century, in the suburb that would take its name from the Works, Sunshine. " The Sunshine Harvester Works was the largest industrial enterprise in Australia in the 1920s. It had a major impact on the social and economic development of Australia, and was a significant contributor to the mechanisation of agriculture around the world."

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URL: The home page for this entity is located at http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/sunshine/

Location: Sunshine, Victoria

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Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=A001460. [ Details ]

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Created: 10 September 2001
Modified: 22 March 2006

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