Significance

This cheese box stencil is part of a large collection of items from the Uebergang family relating to early dairying in Allansford, Victoria.
The Uebergang collection as a whole is of local significance according to the following criteria:
.Potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of Victoria's cultural history
.Strong or special association with a particular community or cultural group for social, cultural or spiritual reasons.
.Special association with the life or works of a person, or group of persons, if importance in Allansford's history.(Lesley Alves December 2009)

Physical description

Rectangular copper cheese box stencil, P.W.Uebergang- Tooram Cheddar Factory, Western District.
6mm round hole in top left corner.

Inscriptions & markings

Imprinted Makers name - Quirk & Morton, 411-415 Lt Bourke St, Melbourne. Catalogue number yellow sticker 015, Ink 015.1
Stencil - P.W.Uebergang, Tooram Cheddar Factory, Western District.