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FRUIT BOX LABEL - ILLAWARRA ORCHARD

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c. 1916 - 1949

Overview

Rectangular piece of paper, yellow background with a thin black border in from the edge.
There is a circular panel with the image of a kookaburra on a branch surrounded by four apples and a white annular area with blue text [GROWN & PACKED BY ILLAWARRA ORCHARD LTD. KARRAGULLEN]. The text below the circular panel is [WESTERN AUSTRALIAN / APPLES / ONE BUSHEL NETT / DOUGHERTY / STANDARD 3] in black colour.

Historical information

A used fruit box label from Illawarra Orchard.
Illawarra Orchard in Karragullen was constructed in 1893. The orchard is integral to the development of agriculture in the wider Armadale district, being the place where Thomas Price experimented with various fruit species to determine their suitability for the area.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-COA2010.55

Themes

People
Social History

Material

Ink

Paper

Width

212 mm

Height or length

355 mm

Keywords

MASON Firth and McCutcheon Pty Ltd

Year

c. 1916 - 1949

Statement of significance

HIGH
Historic: Representative of the local orchard industry and is from one of the oldest ongoing orchards in the district.
Provenance: It came from Illawarra Orchard, these labels were used on fruit boxes that came out of this orchard.
Representativeness: Local orchard industry that has been in decline through pressure from urban development.

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Comparative significance criteria

Object’s condition or completeness

Rare or representative

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