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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Packing Station, Pyrmont Refinery, Sydney, 1947 (Photographer: Noel Rubie Pty Ltd, Illustrative Photography, Sydney) CSR Limited, 171-874