Ralph McKay Ltd

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Agent TypeOrganisationActivities & OccupationsManufacturers, agricultural machineryHistoryRalph McKay completed a fitting-and-turning course at the Ballarat School of Mines before entering employment with his uncle, HV McKay in 1898. He established his own business in 1931-32, supplying specialist parts to other firms. Like his uncle, Ralph McKay employed family members in key roles, notably his brother Oscar, who assumed management of Ralph McKay Ltd in the 1950s. Their brother Victor was one the company's Directors.
D. Kerville and John Lack, 'McKay, Ralph (1885-1959)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mckay-ralph-10979/text19517, published first in hardcopy 2000.

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