Kangaroo Minute Butter Churn

c. 1890
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Overview

This Kangaroo Minute Butter Churn has a cast-iron, red, enameled base and handle which were designed to be mounted on a table top. The tin cream container was attached to the base with butterfly screws on a metal threaded rods. There are no paddles inside the cream container, instead the container was rocked from side to side when the operator turned the handle, in a manner mimicking the kick of a Kangaroo’s legs, hence the name. HH Hinds guaranteed 40 rotations per minute and claimed it was the fastest churn on the market at the time.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-124-2024.177
Item type
Width
49 cm
Height or length
45 cm
Depth
46 cm
Inscriptions and markings

On the red enamel base is embossed

KANGAROO
MINUTE
BUTTER CHURN
H.H. HINDS SYDNEY

On the rim of the crank wheel is embossed

40 REVS PER MIN

Contextual Information

This butter churn may have been permanently mounted on a table top in the farm Cream Room. On butter making day the stored cream was poured into the tin, the lid closed and the handle turned until the butter formed.

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Place made
Sydney
NSW
Australia
Year
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Busselton Historical Society

Busselton Historical Society

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Kangaroo Minute Butter Churn
Kangaroo Minute Butter Churn side view showing the crank handle and metal braces for the cream tin
Kangaroo Minute Butter Churn
Kangaroo Minute Butter Churn view from above

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