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A Thriving Glass Factory, Melbourne

Title (Dublin Core)

A Thriving Glass Factory, Melbourne

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Description (Dublin Core)

The glass factory is in the middle of Spotswood, a suburb close to central Melbourne. The factory produces glass containers for many products including baby food, vegemite, beer, wine, jam, and kombucha. They have been very busy this year, thanks to panic buying. One staff member stated that production had been high since March 2020, just like it was in Christmas 2019, the peak season for glass production. Glass bottles are made around Australia as they are quite difficult to transport, so they cannot be outsourced to overseas manufacturers. This facility has around 100 staff.

In these images you can see some staff having a break out the front of the business. They are wearing masks in accordance with Victorian (state) laws. In the other image you can also see that the workplace is taking temperature checks to reduce the risk of virus transmission.

37°49'49.5"S 144°53'30.5"E

HIST30060

Date (Dublin Core)

November 5, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

T McKinnon

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HIST30060

Partner (Dublin Core)

University of Melbourne

Type (Dublin Core)

Photograph

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Business & Industry
English Cities & Suburbs

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

factory
Melbourne
industry
manufacturing
work
workers
glass
food
packaging
break
blue collar
spotswood
beer
wine
vegemite
production
business
busy
panic buying

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

factory
manufacturing
work
workers
glass
food
packaging
break
bluecollar
spotswood
beer
wine
vegemite
production
business
busy
panic buying

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Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

2020/11/04

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

2020/11/10
02/05/2021

Date Created (Dublin Core)

2020/11/05

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This item was submitted on November 4, 2020 by [anonymous user] using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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