In the factories
Workers enduring long hours, complex machinery, heavy lifting and repetitive work movements in early processing plants and factories faced many risks to their personal safety.
Boiler Station, Pyrmont Refinery, Sydney, circa 1890 (Photographer: Henry King, Sydney) CSR Limited, 142-3951
Fitters' Shop, Pyrmont Refinery, Sydney, circa 1907 (Photographer: Henry King, Sydney) CSR Limited, 142-3949
Combined Blacksmith/Boiler Shop, Pyrmont Refinery, Sydney, circa 1907 (Photographer: Henry King, Sydney) CSR Limited, 142-3948
Workers at Dunlop Rubber's Montague mill, Melbourne, circa 1920s (Photographer: Darge, Melbourne) Dunlop Rubber (Australia) Ltd, 31-39-272
Tyre production at Dunlop Rubber's Montague mill, Melbourne, circa 1920s (Photographer: Darge, Melbourne) Dunlop Rubber (Australia) Ltd, 31-39-260
W. H. Burford & Sons' soap making factory at Dry Creek, Adelaide, 1923 (Photographer: D Darian Smith, Commercial and Aerial Photographer, Glen Osmond, South Australia) Unilever (Australia) Pty Ltd, N163-15-6
Lux flakes and toilet soap Manufacturing Room, Lever Brothers' works, Balmain, 1935 (photographer not known) Unilever (Australia) Pty Ltd, N163-15-452
Golden Syrup Packing Station, Pyrmont Refinery, Sydney, circa 1930s (photographer not known) CSR Limited, 171-885
Cutting-in station, Raw Sugar Room, Pyrmont Refinery, Sydney, circa 1930s (photographer not known) CSR Limited, 171-837
Packing Station, Pyrmont Refinery, Sydney, 1947 (Photographer: Noel Rubie Pty Ltd, Illustrative Photography, Sydney) CSR Limited, 171-874
