Historical information

The North-Eastern Dairy Company was established on 14th December 1892 as a butter factory and built in 1893. In 1928 a new butter factory was built and a milk products factory in 1952. Whole milk sales commenced in 1951, with pasteurised, homogenised milk in both bottles and cartons being sold in the 1980's. Devondale / Murray Goulburn was established in 1950.
Cartons enabled the safe transportation and storage of milk.

Significance

The North East Dairy Company enabled the dairy farmers in the Kiewa Valley to send their milk and milk products eg. cream to the factory at Kiewa. The factory bought its own cream carting vehicles during WW1.
The 'full cream / homogenised / pastuerised / milk' is an example of the milk available in the 1980's as many different varieties of ingredients followed in later years.

Physical description

Blue, red & white waterproof sealed cardboard box used for storing fresh milk from the Kiewa factory 'Murray Goulburn'. The large box contains 2 litres and the smaller box, 1 litre.
Each of the 4 faces have print - 2 have the title, 1 has advertising and 1 has instructions on how to store the carton of milk

Inscriptions & markings

2 litre - Use by Date stamped at the top: 'Un Ed Oct 19'
1 litre - Use by Date stamped at the top: 'Ned Feb. 13'