CARDBOARD CARTON - GLADALAN NURSERY

c. 1970
Overview

Rectangular open-topped box with the ends folded into the sides and fixed with metal staples. Two hand slots are cut into the ends.
There is green text on external surfaces. Side text is repeated while the ends are different.

Historical information

This box was collected by Scott McCormick, a former employee at the Gladalan Nursery.
The site was first owned by the Joyner family in 1920 who established an orange orchard. In 1937, Alan and Gladys Brown purchased the property and grew oranges, onions as well as eggs. They named the property Gladalan (using their first names). In the 1950s, they expanded their operations by building several greenhouses and moving into growing seedlings and onions on a commercial scale. They grew into the second largest employer in the district, with a workforce of approximately 65 people in the 1990s.
The Gladalan white and brown onions were first grown at the nursery and named in honour of the nursery. In 1999, the nursery was part of a pilot program to reduce contaminated waste water from the nursery from running into the Wongong River.
In 1999, the Brown family sold the nursery to Dr Adrian Hobley. It closed the following year.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-33-COA2013.1
Material
Width
408 mm
Height or length
638 mm
Depth
206 mm
Inscriptions and markings

Text side [GLADALAN logo / GLADALAN / NURSERY] end [FROM / GLADALAN NURSEY / P.O. BOX 210 ARMADALE / TEL. 399..88] OTHER END [CONSIGN TO:]

Year
Statement of significance

This object is part of a collection that represents the commercial history of the City of Armadale. It represents the many different businesses that have operated in the local area and how those businesses have evolved over time. Businesses play an important role within a community, they provide wanted and needed goods and services, employment, income and opportunities to the local community. They can also operate as important social connectors, places where people gathered and engaged with other members of the community.

Comparative significance criteria
Interpretive capacity
Rare or representative
Well provenanced
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