Historical information

Part of a collection of books, manuals, photographs, letters and clothing relating to the working life of Stuart Ascough.

Stuart's career in the wool industry spanned over 43 years from 1960 to 2003 in various roles including Topmaking Plant Manager at Courtaulds Ltd. in Spennymore, U.K., Operations Manager at Port Phillip Mills in Williamstown Victoria, Marketing Executive, Early Stage Wool Processing at the International Wool Secretariat Melbourne, Australia and General Manager of Victoria Wool Processors Pty. Ltd. in Laverton North, Victoria.

Throughout his career Stuart travelled extensively, and in the 1990s worked at many topmaking mills in China on quality improvement projects. He also provided technical advice and training at mills in India, Ukraine, Lithuania, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Latvia, Byelorussia and other parts of Europe and Asia.

Physical description

A series of ten A4 information leaflets with various titles on the theme of 'About Wool...'. Some leaflets are single sheets double sided, some are folded four sided leaflets. All have different colours and titles, including 'Australian Wool Industry Statistics', 'History of the Australian Wool Industry', 'Guide to Wool Textiles', 'Wool the Fibre', 'Trademarks of Wool', 'Wool and the Environment', 'The Australian Sheep Flock', 'Care of Wool', 'The Natural Properties of Wool' and 'The Processing of Raw Wool into Yarn'. Leaflets show illustrations, logos, images and text.

Inscriptions & markings

8394.1: No.1 / AUSTRALIAN / WOOL INDUSTRY / STATISTICS
8394.2: No. 2 / HISTORY OF THE / AUSTRALIAN WOOL / INDUSTRY
8394.3: No. 3 / GUIDE TO WOOL TEXTILES
8394.4: No. 4 / WOOL THE FIBRE
8394.5: No. 5 / TRADEMARKS OF WOOL
8394.6: No. 6 / WOOL AND THE ENVIRONMENT
8394.7: No. 7 / THE / AUSTRALIAN SHEEP / FLOCK
8394.8: No. 8: / CARE OF WOOL
8394.9: No. 9 / THE NATURAL / PROPERTIES OF WOOL
8394.10: No. 10 / THE PROCESSING OF / RAW WOOL INTO YARN