Call Number |
BA1524/756,758,761,764 |
Physical description |
4 negatives : acetate, b&w ; 6 x 7 cm. |
Series |
Ken Hotchkin collection of photographs ; BA1524/756,758,761,764
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Rights advisory |
For personal use only. To publish or display, contact the State Library of Western Australia. |
Notes |
Title from information on negative envelope. |
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Financial assistance from the Cyril and Ethel Peet Memorial Fund has been used to preserve this image. |
Publications |
280758PD is published in Enterprise December 1974, p.8 with a story about the company and the product (published by the Dept. of Industrial Development) |
Summary |
In 1960, Arthur Hunter, a local farmer, started manufacturing tool handles from naturally fallen and low-grade felled Wandoo and Mallet. This cottage industry has now expanded to produce over 100,000 tool handles each year. As well as tool handles, fencing materials and cutting of firewood for domestic use provide local employment. The legacy of the mallet industry is that without it and the subsequent reforestation, the land would almost certainly have been cleared for farming, like almost all of the surrounding areas. (Wikipedia) The business was named AGK Quality Woodware, 3118 Wandering-Narrogin Rd Cuballing, and was closed down by late 2006. |
Subjects |
Hunter, Arthur -- Photographs.
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A.G.K. Quality Woodware -- Photographs.
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Handles -- Design and construction -- Western Australia -- Cuballing -- Photographs.
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Axes -- Western Australia -- Photographs.
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Woodwork -- Western Australia -- Cuballing -- Photographs.
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Small business -- Western Australia -- Cuballing -- Photographs.
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Online image.
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Related names |
Cyril and Ethel Peet Memorial Fund.
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