Arch Key Brick "Stawell Pressed Brick Co" from George Kay and Co Foundry furnace. Corner of Sloane and Wimmera Streets. Iron and Brass foundry.stawell, manufacturing, industry

Robert Gray at Kays Foundry Wimmera Street Stawell standing beside Crusher built for Bulola Goldfields New Guinea. Robert (Bob) Gray born Stawell in 1879 to Edmond and Susan Gray. Robert worked for 20 years at the George Kay Foundry Wimmera Street as a fitter and turner manufacturing and repairing steam engines and boilers. The foundry burnt down in 1924. George Kay gave Bob this reference. He them worked at the sandstone quarry out beyond Mt Dryden (Heatherlie) The stone of which was used to build the Elizabeth Street Commonwealth Bank in Melbourne. Roberts job was that of black smith tempering and sharpening rock drills.Black and white photograph of a man standing beside a circular structure in a large workshop.Robert Grey at Kays Foundry Stawell. Built for Bulola Goldfields New Guinea.stawell industry mining

Used in the STI display in museumFive men with Stawell Timber Industries truck in bush settingStawell Timber Industries 141 Main Street Stawellmanufacturing