Biographical entry McKay, Hugh Victor (1865 - 1926)

Summary

Hugh Victor McKay patented his stripper-harvester in 1885. In 1893 he started The Harvester Company (later the Sunshine Harvester Works), built an improved harvester and marketed it as the "Sunshine".

Related entries

Archival resources

The University of Melbourne Archives

• International Harvester Co. Aust. Pty. Ltd. - Records, 1899 - 1936, 63/18; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Lack, John, 'McKay, Hugh Victor (1865-1926), manufacturer', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 10, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1986, pp. 291-294. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100286b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Lack, John, 'The Legend of H. V. McKay', Victorian Historical Journal, vol. 61, no. 2-3, 1990, pp. 124-157. Details
• Westmore, Peter, 'Australian Industry: the Case of Sunshine Harvester', News Weekly, vol. 2418, 1993, pp. 12-14. Details

Online Resources

• The Sunshine Harvester Works: Welcome to the Sunshine Harvester web site, Museum Victoria, 1999, http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/sunshine/index.htm. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'McKay, Hugh Victor', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-624550. Details

See also

• 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=P003767. Details