Simpson was founded in 1853 by Alfred M. Simpson. It was a manufacturer of household appliances based in Adelaide, Australia. This stove has only 3 hotplates (not the usual 4) and may have been used in the 1950s.Used by a resident of the Kiewa Valley.Green ceramic stove with 3 hot plates - 2 solid (one small and one large) at the back and one at the front with coils (large). 5 black knobs - 2 for the oven and 3 for the hotplates. The oven has a tray and adjustable shelving. At the bottom there is a warming drawer. The stove is electric and has a warming drawer at the bottom. The handles are black."Simpson" on the front on the vertical panel and also on the control panel.ceramic stove, simpson stove

The stove was the property of John Biggart, who lived in Avonsleigh. He travelled Victoria from 1920 to the 1940s. The stove was used at a work camp site. The Primus stove was the first pressurized-burner kerosene (paraffin) stove, developed in 1892 by Frans Wilhelm Lindqvist, a factory mechanic in Stockholm. Because it did not use a wick and did not produce soot, the Primus stove was advertised as the first "sootless" and "wickless" stove. Apart from camping, a primus stove is also useful in homes subject to frequent blackouts. Electricity reached Emerald in 1934 although many households would have remained without it for a long time after.This Primus stove is indicative of a community which needed to function with unreliable or no electricity.Brass 'Primus No 1' stove with removable hot plate and single gas head.Made in Sweden - Trade Mark PRI-MUS PATENT SV. No 48624 ENG.No171536 B.A.HJORTH & Co, Stockholm, Swedenstove, primus, 1930s, anne simpson