Washing Machine, The Breville

Washing Machine with Wringer – Manually powered
Overview: Open top designed galvanised drum painted light green, mounted on a four-legged frame. Manufactured by Breville Pty Ltd in Camperdown, NSW, sometime between 1935-1940. The agitator is an inverted cone shape which is connected to a hinged lever. The agitator is operated by moving the lever with an up and down motion. A wringer clamping board is attached to the drum via two protruding mounting pins.
A wooden framed wringer fitted with cast iron tensioning wingnuts, gears and winding handle, is clamped to the clamping board of the washer drum with two cast iron wing bolts.

'The Breville' manual washing machine made by Breville Pty Ltd, Camperdown, NSW, 1935-1940
This is 'The Breville' manual washing machine made in Australia by Breville Pty Ltd in the Sydney suburb of Camperdown between 1935 and 1940. Sold as the Breville '5 minute washer', this machine is simply a tub with a posser attached to a handle. Its selling point was that, being hand operated, it was free of mechanical problems!

Wringer: ACME Manufacturing Coy.
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