Significance

Pinnock claim to be the first company to produce wholly Australian sewing machines. They have sold imported sewing machines in Australia since 1904, with the machines gradually becoming more and more 'Australian', until, in 1949, when even the electrical motors that operated them were also produced here. This machine would have been made the Pinnock Manufacturing Co's first factory, which opened in 1957 and was located in the satellite city of Elizabeth, near Adelaide, South Australia.

Physical description

1. Pinnock domestic sewing machine, brown and beige in colour on wooden base with separate foot control, with attachments in sliding compartment at one end, with green cover. Black badge on both sides 'Pinnock'. Red badge on side under control button 'Made in Australia, Trendsetter'. 2. Foot pedal 3. Green cover 4. Plastic bag of attachments in compartment in base of machine.

Inscriptions & markings

Oval badge on both sides 'Pinnock'