J. Dyson & Co was a company manufacturing scouring and dyeing vats during the first half of the twentieth century. The company continued to operate into the 1980s. J. Dyson & Sons company relates to Scouring Bowl W468 and Skin Press W1993 in NWM Collection.

Metal sign with embossed lettering and four screw holes.

J. DYSON & SONS. PTY. LTD. / GEELONG / VICTORIA . AUST

scouring, dyeing, j dyson & co, skin press, wool, industry, geelong

Dye is forced through perforations, thus evenly dyeing the yarn.

Three cylindrical metal dyeing spools, each with circular perforations.

dyeing, yarn, manufaturing, textile, design, colouring, wool

Notes relate to blanket design, marketing, retail and production and repeatedly refer to ‘Phillips’. Refers to Physician Blankets, so possibly related to Collins Brothers Mill Pty Ltd.

Note book with black cover, containing notes typed on pink, green and white paper, cut out and sticky taped into note book. Also contains some loose newspaper articles and wool samples.

wool, victoria, working life, blankets, correspondence, scrapbook, letters, record keeping, woollen mill, collins bros mill pty ltd

Colour photograph showing an outdoor group portrait of people seated and standing on the deck of a shearing shed, with blue sky above and gravel road below. Handwritten text in black ink is shown on the back.

back: [handwritten] Shearing Team Puckapunyal army Base Seymour / 75,000 Sheep, 21 Shearers plus shed staff Yard staff / and cooks / Started Shearing for Jim Walker / Sep 8th 1986

shearing, agriculture, wool, workers, army base, seymour, victoria, rural life, people, portrait, working life, puckapunyal

Forty seven page book with metal binding and black and white printed text. A piece of paper is stapled to the inside cover page. Cover is grey, with printed black text.

front: [printed] TEXTILE INDUSTRY AWARD / Printed privately by / CHAMBER OF MANUFACTURES INDUSTRIAL SERVICE

unions, textile workers union, award, legal document, textile industry, woollen, worsted

Thirty six page booklet with printed black and white text. Front and back cover grey with printed black text. Blue pencil marks are shown on the front.

front: [printed] Textile Industry / (Woollen and Worsted Section) / Award, 1963 / Issued for use of members by:- / VICTORIAN CHAMBER OF MANUFACTURERS / CHAMBER OF MANUFACTURERS OF NEW SOUTH WALES / SOUTH AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER OF MANUFACTURERES / INCORPORATED / TASMANIAN CHAMBER OF MANUFACTURERS

unions, textile workers union, award, legal document, textile industry, woollen, worsted

Thirty six page booklet with printed black and white text. Front and back cover is blue with printed black text. Handwritten text in blue and red is also shown on the front.

front: [printed] AUSTRALIAN TEXTILE WORKERS’ UNION / FEDERAL AWARD / TEXTILE INDUSTRY / (Woollen & Worsted Section) / AWARD 1968

unions, textile workers union, award, legal document, textile industry, woollen, worsted

Nineteen page double sided paper catalogue held with one staple in the top left corner. Pages are blue, yellow and white with black printed text. Cover shows printed text in blue, red, black and white with Dalgety Farmers banner and logo.

front: [printed] CATALOGUE / No. G05’g / SEASON / 1988/89 / Dalgety Farmers / WILL OFFER BY AUCTION / AT THE / WOOL EXCHANGE / NATIONAL WOOL CENTRE, MOORABOOL STREET, / GEELONG / ON / WEDNESDAY 30TH NOVEMBER 1988 / 7352 BALES. WOOL.

agriculture, wool, sales, dalgety, geelong, wool exchange, national wool centre, auction, catalogue

Eight page booklet with blue, black and white printed text and graphics. Front cover shows an image of a large factory building.

front: [printed] YENNORA / The New Era in Sydney Wool Marketing

products, agriculture, animal breeding, animal husbandry, vaccination, health

Double sided leaflet with cream, black and white printed text and graphics. Front shows an image of sheep standing under a liquid spray.

front: [printed] EASY TO USE / NO PREMIXING / COOPER’S LIQUID ARSENICAL DIP

products, agriculture, animal breeding, animal husbandry, vaccination, health

Eight page booklet with black and white printed text.

front: [printed] DRENCHES / AND THEIR USE / IN THE CONTROL OF THE / STOMACH AND INTESTINAL / WORMS OF SHEEP

products, agriculture, animal breeding, animal husbandry, vaccination, health

Four page booklet with black, white, blue and yellow printed text and graphics. Cover shows images of two sheep, a dog and a child.

front: [printed] BREAK THE CHAIN OF INFECTION / wipe out HYDATIDS / and PROTECT / YOUR CHILDREN / YOUR STOCK / YOUR MONEY / YOUR DOG

products, agriculture, animal breeding, animal husbandry, vaccination, health

Double sided leaflet with yellow, black and white text and graphics. Front shows images of sheep and a fly.

front: [printed] COOPER’S / DI-ZON / The Diazinon based blowfly remedy / for long term blowfly control / EFFECTIVE AGAINST ALL BLOWFLIES / Patent No. 159879

products, agriculture, animal breeding, animal husbandry, william cooper and nephews (australia) pty limited, vaccination

Four page leaflet with blue, red, black and white printed graphics and text. Cover shows illustration of five worms, three are wearing hats.

front: [printed] COOPER / Information / SERVICE / WORMS / MAY REDUCE THE VALUE OF / YOUR WOOL CLIP AS MUCH AS / 40% / ISSUED BY WILLIAM COOPER & NEPHEWS (AUSTRALIA) PTY. LIMITED

products, agriculture, animal breeding, animal husbandry, william cooper and nephews (australia) pty limited, vaccination

Double sided flyer with pink, black and white text and graphics. Cover features an image of vaccination equipment and a sheep.

front: [printed] PHILLIPS / COBALT / BULLET / EJECTOR / SPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR THE RAPID ADMINISTRATION OF / COBALT BULLETS TO SHEEP BY THE OESOPHAGEAL METHOD.

products, advertising, vaccination, animal husbandry, agriculture, phillips

Double sided flyer with blue, black and white text and graphics. Cover features an image of a drencher.

front: [printed] PHILLIPS / 10 c.c. AUTOMATIC DRENCHER / For Carbon Tetrachloride Drenches

products, advertising, vaccination, animal husbandry, agriculture, phillips

Eight page folded brochure featuring red, black and white text and graphics. Cover features an image of drenching equipment.

front: [printed] PHILLIPS / MODEL ’53 PRE-DIRECTED / STOMACH TUBE / for / Internal (Oesophageal) Drenching with Phenothiazine / Specially made for use with / “PHILLIPS” 2oz. AUTOMATIC DRENCHER

products, advertising, vaccination, animal husbandry, agriculture, phillips

Double sided flyer with green, black and white text and graphics. Cover features an image of a drencher.

front: [printed] PHILLIPS / 1 oz. NON-AUTOMATIC DRENCHER / FOR ADMINISTRATION OF ALL DRENCHES WITHIN ITS DOSE RANGE

products, advertising, vaccination, animal husbandry, agriculture, phillips

Double sided flyer with green, black and white text and graphics. Cover features an image of a syringe.

front: [printed] FOR SAFEY’S SAKE / PHILLIPS / 5CC AUTOMATIC / VACCINATOR

products, advertising, vaccination, animal husbandry, agriculture, phillips

Single page black and white leaflet with printed text.

front: [printed] When required / “PHYSICIAN” CHILLPROOF BLANKETS / are rendered Unshrinkable by our special / process inaugurated in 1933

products, blankets, collins bros mill pty ltd, physician, advertising

Four page booklet featuring printed text, with a yellow banner and logo of a sheep on the front cover.

front: [printed] COOPER’S / SALES & SERVICE / BULLETIN / THE “PORT-O-SPRAY” / Designed by William Cooper & Nephews (Australia) Pty. Limited

products, agriculture, animal breeding, animal husbandry, william cooper and nephews (australia) pty limited, vaccination

Four page brochure featuring black and white text and graphics. Cover features an image of sheep and horses in a paddock.

front: [printed] “Sheath Rot” Can / Be Cured / by C. A. Hall, Technical Services Officer, Victoria

products, agriculture, animal breeding, animal husbandry, william cooper and nephews (australia) pty limited, vaccination

Double sided flyer with brown, black and white printed text and graphics. The front features a graphic of a sheep administering it’s own chemicals.

front: [printed] WORM and FLUKE / both Controlled with / COOPER’S PTZ/HCE / SAVE MONEY – SAVE TIME – SAVE LABOUR

products, agriculture, animal breeding, animal husbandry, william cooper and nephews (australia) pty limited, vaccination

Four page booklet featuring printed text, with a yellow banner and logos of a sheep and a cow on the front cover.

front: [printed] COOPER’S / SALES & SERVICE / Bulletin / THE USE OF ARSENIC & DIELDRIN DIPS / IN COMBINATION

products, agriculture, animal breeding, animal husbandry, william cooper and nephews (australia) pty limited, vaccination

Four page booklet featuring printed text, with a red banner and logo of a sheep on the front cover.

front: [printed] COOPER / RELEASE OF / INFORMATION / THE EXHAUSTION OR STRIPPING OF DIPS / by G. C. Brander, B.Sc., M.R.C.V.S.

products, agriculture, animal breeding, animal husbandry, william cooper and nephews (australia) pty limited, vaccination

Four page booklet featuring printed text, with a red banner and logo on the front cover.

front: [printed] COOPER / Information / SERVICE / ITCH MITE AND ITS CONTROL BY DELTA – B.H.C. / AND SOME OTHER INSECTICIDES

products, agriculture, animal breeding, animal husbandry, william cooper and nephews (australia) pty limited, vaccination

Thirty four page booklet with black and white text and graphics. Front cover shows a colour image on a woman ironing.

front: [printed] A / complete / guide to / more efficient, / easier / ironing / BY / Sunbeam

women, home life, ironing, domestic, products, sunbeam

W8693.1 Exhibition booklet with printed text and graphics in black, white and cream. The front cover features printed text and a graphic of a man, woman and child. W8693.2 A4 Stapled pages containing black and white text listing the items and artists on display.

front: [printed] HANDKNITTERS GUILD INC. PRESENTS / BEDJACKETS / BOOTEES / & BALACLAVAS / EXHIBITION / RE-INTERPRETING THE HANDKNITTING OF THE / 1930s / 1940s

fashion, women, knitting, crochet, home life, patterns

Sixteen page book with black and white printed text and graphics. The front cover features seven black and white images of women wearing different hats.

front: [printed] Patons / KNITTING BOOK / No. 444 / Ladies’ and Girls’ / Gloves and Hats / No. 444 / Page 3 / Page 12 / Page 6 / Page 4 / Page 2 / Page 5 / Page 7 / 1’3 / P&B / WOOLS

fashion, women, knitting, crochet, home life, patterns

Twenty page book with black and white printed text and graphics. The front cover features a colour image of two men wearing knitwear, with an illustrated burnt orange decorative frame.

front: [printed] PATONS CLASSICS / Men’s Set-in Jumpers / and Cardigans. / Sizes from 33 to 48. / Patons / BOOK 107 / Totem/Double/Baroness.Jet/Skol. / Bluebell. Patonyle/Easycare. / 45 c

fashion, women, knitting, crochet, home life, patterns