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- Feb 8
- 4 min
The International ACCO C1600
In the lead up to the Museum’s ‘International’-themed Heritage Day this Sunday, we thought it an opportune time to take a look at an...
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- Jan 19
- 3 min
International Harvester Company - Don't Fear the Reaper
The International Harvester Company began with its founder, Cyrus Hall McCormick, who has become one of the most influential industrial...
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- Nov 16, 2021
- 4 min
Austral Denning FirePac
We’re getting closer and closer to the Museum’s Heritage Day on November 21st! We’ll be pulling vehicles out of storage as voted on by...
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- Oct 18, 2021
- 2 min
The 1971 Dennis D600 (Mk 2) Pumper - Motor Engine 450 "The JAG"
This week, in the year of its golden jubilee, we shine a spotlight on our 1971 Dennis D600 (“Mk 2”) Pumper. This specific appliance has...
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- Aug 17, 2021
- 3 min
Shand Mason and Co.’s Steam Fire Engine in Australia
Shand Mason and Co. was originally founded in 1774 by James Philips and Samuel Hopwood in England as a company dedicated to the creation...
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- Jul 5, 2021
- 3 min
The 1942 American LaFrance
ALF Pumper, 1942 (SAFB Fleet Number 59) Historic Fire Engine No 0018 (originally HFEAA) The LaFrance Manufacturing Company was...
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- Jun 9, 2021
- 3 min
A Diamond in South Australia
An Insight into the Museum’s 1940 Diamond-T Pumper The Chicago-based Diamond-T Motor Car Company was established by founder C. A. Tilt in...
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- Mar 29, 2021
- 4 min
And Pigs Might Fly: The Tale of the 1939 Dennis Ace Pumper (ME 260)
What’s in a name? Well, quite a bit if you’re known as the ‘flying pig’... The Ace chassis was first manufactured in 1933 by the vehicle...
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- Mar 15, 2021
- 3 min
Sustaining the Firies – The Mobile ‘Canteen’ (1942 Ford 21W)
Did you know? The Women’s Fire Auxiliary (WFA), established in the 1940s, was primarily formed to aid the NSW Fire Brigade on the home...
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- Jan 19, 2021
- 3 min
A Short History of the Hand Drawn Hose Reel
Prior to the advent of the modern motorised appliances used by Fire and Rescue NSW today (FRNSW), brigades responded to fire calls with...
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