Historical information

These photographs were taken by The Advocate in 1990.

These photographs feature Flickers Fabric Dye Works located at 295 – 317 St. Albans Road during one of their expansion projects.

The business now known as Flicker’s Australia Pty Ltd began in the 1940s–1950s as Worsted Finishers Australia Pty Ltd, a textile finishing and dyeing works specialising in wool and later synthetic fabrics.

In 1975, the business was purchased by Mr Harry Flicker, after which it was renamed it to Flicker’s Australia.

Significance

By the 1980s–1990s, Flickers Fabric Dye Works had become one of the largest dye houses in Victoria, supplying knitted cotton, polyester, nylon, viscose and blended fabrics to garment manufacturers.

Physical description

Collection of digitally scanned negatives

Inscriptions & markings

7431.01 - Flickers Fabric Dye Works 295–317 St. Albans Road 1990 Photographs (Advocate 382.1).JPG

7431.02 - Flickers Fabric Dye Works 295–317 St. Albans Road 1990 Photographs (Advocate 382.1).JPG

7431.03 - Flickers Fabric Dye Works 295–317 St. Albans Road 1990 Photographs (Advocate 382.1).JPG