Sunshine grain harvester that helped set the basic wage is restored to original glory at Quirindi

Volunteers at the Quirindi Rural Heritage Village are resurrecting a machine that represents a revolution in Australia.

Not only did the Sunshine Harvester forever change the agriculture industry, but it was at the heart of a test case that set the country’s first minimum wage.

It is that link that makes it valuable to Blacktown City Council, which commissioned the restoration work.

“We have a Workers Memorial Park where we hold a Workers Memorial, International Day of Mourning ceremony on the 28th of April each year,” MP Stephen Bali explained.

“The significance of it is obviously being a harvester from the Sunshine company that actually had…