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.
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Boiler Station, Pyrmont Refinery, Sydney, circa 1890 (Photographer: Henry King, Sydney) CSR Limited, 142-3951
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Fitters' Shop, Pyrmont Refinery, Sydney, circa 1907 (Photographer: Henry King, Sydney) CSR Limited, 142-3949
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Combined Blacksmith/Boiler Shop, Pyrmont Refinery, Sydney, circa 1907 (Photographer: Henry King, Sydney) CSR Limited, 142-3948
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Workers at Dunlop Rubber's Montague mill, Melbourne, circa 1920s (Photographer: Darge, Melbourne) Dunlop Rubber (Australia) Ltd, 31-39-272
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Tyre production at Dunlop Rubber's Montague mill, Melbourne, circa 1920s (Photographer: Darge, Melbourne) Dunlop Rubber (Australia) Ltd, 31-39-260
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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
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Lux flakes and toilet soap Manufacturing Room, Lever Brothers' works, Balmain, 1935 (photographer not known) Unilever (Australia) Pty Ltd, N163-15-452
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Golden Syrup Packing Station, Pyrmont Refinery, Sydney, circa 1930s (photographer not known) CSR Limited, 171-885
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Cutting-in station, Raw Sugar Room, Pyrmont Refinery, Sydney, circa 1930s (photographer not known) CSR Limited, 171-837
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Packing Station, Pyrmont Refinery, Sydney, 1947 (Photographer: Noel Rubie Pty Ltd, Illustrative Photography, Sydney) CSR Limited, 171-874