About the records

Administrative Information

• The inventory identifier DULU00829 has not been assigned to an item.

• The collection is comprised of records from 6 accessions. The codes used to uniquely identify each accession range from DULU1999/0001 to DULU2010-0002.
• The records have been allocated to 4 series. The codes used to uniquely identify each series range from DULS0001 to DULS0004.
• Through the processing of the records, 23 provenance entities were identified. The codes used to uniquely identify each provenance entity, i.e. records creator or custodian, range from DULP001 to DULP023.
• The inventory covers 1,779 items, and may include records of continuing value, records sentenced for destruction and records that have been destroyed. The codes used to uniquely identify each inventory item range from DULU00001 to DULU01570. The total collection occupies 1,341 linear cm of shelf space (or its equivalent).
• The documentation of the records at inventory level started on 11 January 2010. The latest additions were made on 28 February 2011. The latest modifications were made on 15 March 2011. This collection profile was updated on 18 December 2013.

Scope and Content

The records in the Dulux Australia/ICI Dulux collection span much of the twentieth century, and include records from associated companies such as: British Australian Lead Manufacturers Pty Ltd; Lewis Berger & Sons (Aust) Pty. Ltd.; Rogers Paints & Varnishes; Berger Paints (Aust.) Pty. Ltd.; and British Paints Australia Pty. Ltd. The main strengths of the collection are in the extensive series of architectural blueprints, maps and drawings, and the ledgers and account books.

Surveying and Mapping the Records

In 1999, Don Berryman approached Gavan McCarthy from the Australian Science Archives Project at the University of Melbourne (later the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, and the eScholarship Research Centre – ESRC – after that) regarding assistance with the preservation of drawings, ledgers, journals and a few objects from Berger/Dulux.

A visit was subsequently made with Don Berryman to the Dulux headquarters in McNaughton Road, Clayton on 22 March 1999. While the company retained some records, a new home was sought for a selection of material and this was transferred to the University of Melbourne. The material was accessioned and placed in storage to await processing.

Further information about this guide and the records it describes, including transfer arrangements, custodianship and other contextual information, is held in the office files and the Heritage Documentation Management System (HDMS) database at the eScholarship Research Centre, University of Melbourne.

Arrangement and Description of the Records

Following the transfer of the records to the State Library of Victoria, ESRC staff worked on listing the records, and – with assistance from the Library’s Preservation department – re-housed the full collection to ensure its preservation. Provenance and series were also created at this time. The 2011 edition of the Dulux Australia/ICI Dulux Guide to Records has been produced as a result of this work.

How These Records Can Be Used

Where material from the Dulux Australia/ICI Dulux Collection is copied or quoted the source of the material must be acknowledged.

Preferred Citation

For citation of the published guide, an acceptable form would be: Michael Jones and Rachel Tropea, Dulux Australia/ICI Dulux Guide to Records, The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre, 2011 [URL and date accessed].

Publication History

Copyright

The Dulux Australia/ICI Dulux Collection is held by the State Library of Victoria. The State Library of Victoria manages any rights (including moral rights) in all material contained in the Dulux Australia/ICI Dulux records.

All information in the guide to this collection and in the material of the collection itself, served from Australia, is administered under Australian Intellectual Property Laws.