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Photographs and slides relating to the business interests of Crompton & Sons [BRG 156/6/1-77] • Manuscript

Photographs and slides relating to the business interests of Crompton & Sons

Crompton & Sons, 1900-1990, Manuscript, BRG 156/6/61

Krischock Studio photograph of '"Skinny Joe" an Italian born contract olive picker for many seasons at Stonyfell!"

Photographs and slides relating to the business interests of Crompton & Sons — Photographs and slides relating to the business interests of Crompton & Sons

Crompton & Sons, 1900-1990, Manuscript, BRG 156/6/61

Krischock Studio photograph of '"Skinny Joe" an Italian born contract olive picker for many seasons at Stonyfell!"

Photographs and slides relating to the business interests of Crompton & Sons

Crompton & Sons, 1900-1990, Manuscript, BRG 156/6/62

Douglas Slape (right) and Bert Tunn (left)

Photographs and slides relating to the business interests of Crompton & Sons — Photographs and slides relating to the business interests of Crompton & Sons

Crompton & Sons, 1900-1990, Manuscript, BRG 156/6/62

Douglas Slape (right) and Bert Tunn (left)

Photographs and slides relating to the business interests of Crompton & Sons

Crompton & Sons, 1900-1990, Manuscript, BRG 156/6/63

Department of Lands photograph of a young man working on equipment in the Stonyfell Olive Company mill

Photographs and slides relating to the business interests of Crompton & Sons — Photographs and slides relating to the business interests of Crompton & Sons

Crompton & Sons, 1900-1990, Manuscript, BRG 156/6/63

Department of Lands photograph of a young man working on equipment in the Stonyfell Olive Company mill

Photographs and slides relating to the business interests of Crompton & Sons

Crompton & Sons, 1900-1990, Manuscript, BRG 156/6/64

Interior shots of Stonyfell Olive Mill

Photographs and slides relating to the business interests of Crompton & Sons — Photographs and slides relating to the business interests of Crompton & Sons

Crompton & Sons, 1900-1990, Manuscript, BRG 156/6/64

Interior shots of Stonyfell Olive Mill

Photographs and slides relating to the business interests of Crompton & Sons

Crompton & Sons, 1900-1990, Manuscript, BRG 156/6/65

Interior shots of Stonyfell Olive Mill

Photographs and slides relating to the business interests of Crompton & Sons — Photographs and slides relating to the business interests of Crompton & Sons

Crompton & Sons, 1900-1990, Manuscript, BRG 156/6/65

Interior shots of Stonyfell Olive Mill

Photographs and slides relating to the business interests of Crompton & Sons

Crompton & Sons, 1900-1990, Manuscript, BRG 156/6/66

Interior shots of Stonyfell Olive Mill

Photographs and slides relating to the business interests of Crompton & Sons — Photographs and slides relating to the business interests of Crompton & Sons

Crompton & Sons, 1900-1990, Manuscript, BRG 156/6/66

Interior shots of Stonyfell Olive Mill

Photographs and slides relating to the business interests of Crompton & Sons

Crompton & Sons, 1900-1990, Manuscript, BRG 156/6/67

Interior shots of Stonyfell Olive Mill

Photographs and slides relating to the business interests of Crompton & Sons — Photographs and slides relating to the business interests of Crompton & Sons

Crompton & Sons, 1900-1990, Manuscript, BRG 156/6/67

Interior shots of Stonyfell Olive Mill

Photographs and slides relating to the business interests of Crompton & Sons

Crompton & Sons, 1900-1990, Manuscript, BRG 156/6/68

Interior shots of Stonyfell Olive Mill

Photographs and slides relating to the business interests of Crompton & Sons — Photographs and slides relating to the business interests of Crompton & Sons

Crompton & Sons, 1900-1990, Manuscript, BRG 156/6/68

Interior shots of Stonyfell Olive Mill

Photographs and slides relating to the business interests of Crompton & Sons

Crompton & Sons, 1900-1990, Manuscript, BRG 156/6/69

Interior shots of Stonyfell Olive Mill

Photographs and slides relating to the business interests of Crompton & Sons — Photographs and slides relating to the business interests of Crompton & Sons

Crompton & Sons, 1900-1990, Manuscript, BRG 156/6/69

Interior shots of Stonyfell Olive Mill

Photographs and slides relating to the business interests of Crompton & Sons

Crompton & Sons, 1900-1990, Manuscript, BRG 156/6/70

Stonyfell Olive Plantation

Photographs and slides relating to the business interests of Crompton & Sons — Photographs and slides relating to the business interests of Crompton & Sons

Crompton & Sons, 1900-1990, Manuscript, BRG 156/6/70

Stonyfell Olive Plantation

Photographs and slides relating to the business interests of Crompton & Sons

Crompton & Sons, 1900-1990, Manuscript, BRG 156/6/71

?, Peter Dwyer, Jas. Renfrey, Geo. Wilson, Redvers Baden Bradshaw, Chas. Bradshaw, 'early crushing' about 1900

Photographs and slides relating to the business interests of Crompton & Sons — Photographs and slides relating to the business interests of Crompton & Sons

Crompton & Sons, 1900-1990, Manuscript, BRG 156/6/71

?, Peter Dwyer, Jas. Renfrey, Geo. Wilson, Redvers Baden Bradshaw, Chas. Bradshaw, 'early crushing' about 1900

Photographs and slides relating to the business interests of Crompton & Sons

Crompton & Sons, 1900-1990, Manuscript, BRG 156/6/72

Photograph by K.L. Coffey of Joseph Crompton, eldest grandson of firm's founder, receiving the insignia of Chevalier of l'Ordre du Merite Commercial in 1952

Photographs and slides relating to the business interests of Crompton & Sons — Photographs and slides relating to the business interests of Crompton & Sons

Crompton & Sons, 1900-1990, Manuscript, BRG 156/6/72

Photograph by K.L. Coffey of Joseph Crompton, eldest grandson of firm's founder, receiving the insignia of Chevalier of l'Ordre du Merite Commercial in 1952

Photographs and slides relating to the business interests of Crompton & Sons

Crompton & Sons, 1900-1990, Manuscript, BRG 156/6/73

Mr. George Wilson. A member of staff of Crompton & Sons Ltd. 1879-1949

Photographs and slides relating to the business interests of Crompton & Sons — Photographs and slides relating to the business interests of Crompton & Sons

Crompton & Sons, 1900-1990, Manuscript, BRG 156/6/73

Mr. George Wilson. A member of staff of Crompton & Sons Ltd. 1879-1949

Photographs and slides relating to the business interests of Crompton & Sons

Crompton & Sons, 1900-1990, Manuscript, BRG 156/6/74

Mr. Moses McLachlan. The first Crompton clerical employee engaged by Joseph Crompton about 1866. He later became the Group's first accountant. He immigrated to Australia in 1858, married Elizabeth Hewett in 1866, retired about 1906 and died in 1920

Photographs and slides relating to the business interests of Crompton & Sons — Photographs and slides relating to the business interests of Crompton & Sons

Crompton & Sons, 1900-1990, Manuscript, BRG 156/6/74

Mr. Moses McLachlan. The first Crompton clerical employee engaged by Joseph Crompton about 1866. He later became the Group's first accountant. He immigrated to Australia in 1858, married Elizabeth Hewett in 1866, retired about 1906 and died in 1920

Photographs and slides relating to the business interests of Crompton & Sons

Crompton & Sons, 1900-1990, Manuscript, BRG 156/6/75

'Olive picking at the Stonyfell Olive Co. plantation at Stonyfell Burnside (some time prior to 1914, probably 1900)'

Photographs and slides relating to the business interests of Crompton & Sons — Photographs and slides relating to the business interests of Crompton & Sons

Crompton & Sons, 1900-1990, Manuscript, BRG 156/6/75

'Olive picking at the Stonyfell Olive Co. plantation at Stonyfell Burnside (some time prior to 1914, probably 1900)'

Photographs and slides relating to the business interests of Crompton & Sons

Crompton & Sons, 1900-1990, Manuscript, BRG 156/6/76

George Wilson, employee of Cromptons, with a pair of horses

Photographs and slides relating to the business interests of Crompton & Sons — Photographs and slides relating to the business interests of Crompton & Sons

Crompton & Sons, 1900-1990, Manuscript, BRG 156/6/76

George Wilson, employee of Cromptons, with a pair of horses

Photographs and slides relating to the business interests of Crompton & Sons

Crompton & Sons, 1900-1990, Manuscript, BRG 156/6/77

Alan Crompton at his desk in August 1990.

Photographs and slides relating to the business interests of Crompton & Sons — Photographs and slides relating to the business interests of Crompton & Sons

Crompton & Sons, 1900-1990, Manuscript, BRG 156/6/77

Alan Crompton at his desk in August 1990.

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Summary

Photographs relating to the business interests of Crompton & Sons, including Stonyfell Olive Plantation, and Bunyip Soap Company Ltd. Photographs 9-23 have been collected into a small album with the title Crompton & Sons Limited, The Stonyfell Olive Co. Ltd, the Bunyip Soap Co. Ltd, 1947. Captions in this album give a brief narrative of various processes and operations. From number 33 onwards, photographs are individual photographs. Nine additional photographs taken in Victoria have not been digitised but the originals may be requested for viewing. For some additional photographs relating to Crompton Bunyip Soap see BRG 155 Series 6.

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Physical description

Photograph (print)
black and white
colour;
photograph (slide)
35 mm
4 cm

Dates / Publication details

1900-1990

Creator

Crompton & Sons

Subject

McLachlan, Moses
Wilson, George, 1865-1949
Stonyfell Olive Plantation
Stonyfell Olive Company
Bunyip Soap Company
Crompton & Sons
Olive oil industry -- South Australia -- Stonyfell
Hides and skins industry -- South Australia -- Beverley
Soap factories -- South Australia -- Southwark

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BRG 156/6/1: 'Part of the Stonyfell olive plantation with the Olive Oil Mill at left centre, Penfolds vineyards and cellars behind. Probably taken in the 1920s'
BRG 156/6/2: 'Part of the Stonyfell Olive Plantation and the Olive Oil Mill about 1935 before the suburbs reached them'
BRG 156/6/3: Interior of Olive Oil Mill, with 'Joe Renfrey, Charlie Bradshaw about 1900'
BRG 156/6/4: 'Entrance to the Stonyfell Olive Company plantation, Burnside', with 'Owen Crompton, Bernard Crompton, Frank Lambden' on the driveway, about 1900
BRG 156/6/5: 'The Bunyip Soap Company Head Office, Liverpool Building, 49 Flinders Street, Adelaide, 27 February 1940. Photograph by Colin Ballantyne Adelaide'
BRG 156/6/6: Company property at 'Beverley'
BRG 156/6/7: 'Sheep- skins at Beverley factory', with a man standing alongside a draught horse and a laden cart of skins
BRG 156/6/8: 'Packing rabbit skins about 1948, George Riley standing at press'
BRG 156/6/9: 'Our Head Office, Liverpool Building, 49 Flinders Street, Adelaide. We occupy the ground floor and basement ourselves as offices and small stores. The upper floors are let to tenants, most of which are Government Departments as we are situated close to the Treasury building and other Government offices'
BRG 156/6/10: 'The street front of our skin sorting sheds and fellmongery at Beverley, a suburb about 4 miles west of the city, half way to the Port, as most of our goods go from there by ship'
BRG 156/6/11: 'Sorting rabbit skins, showing portion ready for shipment. Note the old JC brand on the bales- a carry over from Grandfather's day'
BRG 156/6/12: 'A further view of rabbitskin sorting. Note Alan over the top of the bale'
BRG 156/6/13: 'Loading sheepskins for overseas shipment'
BRG 156/6/14: 'Sheepskin sorting shed, Beverley'
BRG 156/6/15: 'Our horse-drawn "wheelbarrow" which is used for carting skins from the long drying sheds where there are something over 30 miles of racks, into sorting and packing sheds'
BRG 156/6/16: 'Packed sheepskins awaiting shipment', with view of interior of shed and several staff
BRG 156/6/17: 'Fellmongery - stripping wool from the pelt', with a number of employees pictured
BRG 156/6/18: 'Street frontage of our soap works - The Bunyip Soap Co. Ltd which is about half way between the city and the skin yards', showing a truck laden with boxes of Bunyip soap
BRG 156/6/19: Photograph by Krischock Studios. 'Packing soap powders. At the moment 'OxySuds' our oxygen washer'
BRG 156/6/20: A man sealing wooden crates of Crompton's OxySuds
BRG 156/6/21: 'The Stonyfell Olive Company plantation, quite close to the Stonyfell house, looking from the hillside over the plains to the City with the crushing mill showing at about the centre of the plantation. This only shows a very small section of the plantation as it slopes a long way to the right and contains in all about 10,000 trees'
BRG 156/6/22: 'Picking olives. Most of this work is done by Italians as they seem to have an in-bred capacity for it'. Photograph by Krischock Studios
BRG 156/6/23: 'First process in the manufacture of olive oil. Crushing the berries to a pulp which looks very much like blackberry jam at the end of the process. This pulp is then packed in flat folded cloths which are stacked in powerful hydraulic presses which press out the oil. The oil is then settled and filtered before bottling'. Douglas Slape at the Chilean Mill
BRG 156/6/24: Interior of the soapworks factory showing men working at the moulding equipment
BRG 156/6/25: Man working at a large vat, 'making tallow for the soap'
BRG 156/6/26: view of Crompton & Sons Head Office in Liverpool Building, Flinders Street. Advertisement for Oxy Suds on the side wall
BRG 156/6/27: view of Crompton & Sons Head Office in Liverpool Building, Flinders Street. Advertisement for Oxy Suds on the side wall
BRG 156/6/28: 'Staff 1961/62'. Group photograph of staff with over 20 years service, for Centenary booklet, 1962. [Names listed on verso of original photograph do not match names in the booklet], back row, left to right: Ralph Griffin, Arthur Pearce, Bill Letcher, Hector McKinnon, Ken A'Court, George Stokes, Gordon Grunert, Ross Masters, Keith Price. Front row, left to right: Charlie Caller, Harry Smith, Reg Wilson, Jack Pearson, W.J. Isbell, Bill Neiass, Bob Francisco
BRG 156/6/29: 'Charles Crompton'
BRG 156/6/30: 'Alan Crompton, died 2010'
BRG 156/6/31: Crompton & Sons Ltd building at Beverley 1990
BRG 156/6/32: Crompton & Sons premises at 64 East Avenue Beverley, built 1962, photographed in 1990
BRG 156/6/33: Large group of Crompton and Sons male employees many of whom are in tennis attire
BRG 156/6/34: Sheep sales
BRG 156/6/35: Sheep sales
BRG 156/6/36: Sheep sales
BRG 156/6/37: Sheep sales
BRG 156/6/38: Trucks loaded with sheepskins
BRG 156/6/39: Forklift truck loaded with sheepskins
BRG 156/6/40: Sorting sheepskins at factory
BRG 156/6/41: Sorting sheepskins at factory
BRG 156/6/42: Sorting sheepskins at factory
BRG 156/6/43: Forklift stacking bales of sheepskins
BRG 156/6/44: Sheepskins in factory
BRG 156/6/45: One hundreth anniversary cake
BRG 156/6/46: One hundreth anniversary cake
BRG 156/6/47: Crompton & Sons managers in offices
BRG 156/6/48: Crompton & Sons managers in offices
BRG 156/6/49: Speeches being made at an unidentified Crompton & Sons function
BRG 156/6/50: Speeches being made at an unidentified Crompton & Sons function
BRG 156/6/51: Speeches being made at an unidentified Crompton & Sons function
BRG 156/6/52: Speeches being made at an unidentified Crompton & Sons function
BRG 156/6/53: Two men entering the premises of Crompton and Sons at 64 East Avenue Beverley
BRG 156/6/54: External shots presumably of Beverley premises
BRG 156/6/55: External shots presumably of Beverley premises
BRG 156/6/56: External shots presumably of Beverley premises
BRG 156/6/57: External shots presumably of Beverley premises
BRG 156/6/58: External shots presumably of Beverley premises
BRG 156/6/59: External shots presumably of Beverley premises
BRG 156/6/60: External shots presumably of Beverley premises
BRG 156/6/61: Krischock Studio photograph of '"Skinny Joe" an Italian born contract olive picker for many seasons at Stonyfell!"
BRG 156/6/62: Douglas Slape (right) and Bert Tunn (left)
BRG 156/6/63: Department of Lands photograph of a young man working on equipment in the Stonyfell Olive Company mill
BRG 156/6/64: Interior shots of Stonyfell Olive Mill
BRG 156/6/65: Interior shots of Stonyfell Olive Mill
BRG 156/6/66: Interior shots of Stonyfell Olive Mill
BRG 156/6/67: Interior shots of Stonyfell Olive Mill
BRG 156/6/68: Interior shots of Stonyfell Olive Mill
BRG 156/6/69: Interior shots of Stonyfell Olive Mill
BRG 156/6/70: Stonyfell Olive Plantation
BRG 156/6/71: ?, Peter Dwyer, Jas. Renfrey, Geo. Wilson, Redvers Baden Bradshaw, Chas. Bradshaw, 'early crushing' about 1900
BRG 156/6/72: Photograph by K.L. Coffey of Joseph Crompton, eldest grandson of firm's founder, receiving the insignia of Chevalier of l'Ordre du Merite Commercial in 1952
BRG 156/6/73: Mr. George Wilson. A member of staff of Crompton & Sons Ltd. 1879-1949
BRG 156/6/74: Mr. Moses McLachlan. The first Crompton clerical employee engaged by Joseph Crompton about 1866. He later became the Group's first accountant. He immigrated to Australia in 1858, married Elizabeth Hewett in 1866, retired about 1906 and died in 1920
BRG 156/6/75: 'Olive picking at the Stonyfell Olive Co. plantation at Stonyfell Burnside (some time prior to 1914, probably 1900)'
BRG 156/6/76: George Wilson, employee of Cromptons, with a pair of horses
BRG 156/6/77: Alan Crompton at his desk in August 1990.

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