FRUIT BOX LABEL
c. 1929 - 1931Rectangular piece of paper with a black background.
The top left corner has an image of two koalas clinging to a branch in a circle and on the right hand side is text [KOALA / BRAND / APPLES / ONE BUSHEL FANCY GRADE] in various colours.
Below this on the left hand side is [Selected and packed for export by / BURRIDGE & WARREN PTY. LTD. / WESTERN AUSTRALIA] in various colours, and a red and green apple with two green leaves behind them.
There is a light cyan strip across the bottom with [GROWER'S REGD. No.], [VARIETY / GRANNY SMITH], [SIZE], and [COUNT] in black lettering.
A unused fruit box label from the fruit exporting company Burridge & Warrens Pty Ltd. The label was place on packed fruit identified as being for overseas export. The company would have sourced fruit for export from local orchards during this time.
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This object is part of a collection that represents the important role Agricultural and Horticultural Societies have played in the supporting, promotion and development of rural industries in the City of Armadale as well as providing significant social events that brought large parts of the community together to celebrate the achievements of local families, orchards, farmers and horticultural. Agricultural and horticultural societies have operated in the City of Armadale since 1897 when the Kelmscott Agricultural Society was formed.
City of Armadale - History House
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