Lighting up Australia
Subtitle: the story of the Australian match manufacturing industry, 1843-2003 : also includes a section on New Zealand
By: Jerry Bell.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Jerry Bell
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Armadale, Vic
Language: eng
Number of pages: 182
ISBN-13: 9780646495309
Subjects: Match industry -- Australia -- History; Match industry -- New Zealand -- History; Matches -- Australia; Matches -- New Zealand; Matchbox labels -- Collectibles -- Australia; Matchbox labels -- Collectibles -- New Zealand
Description: "The book talks about the factories which manufactured matches in Australia and New Zealand, the entrepreneurs who established them, and the difficulties they faced. There are many illustrations of what they produced, which are now regarded as desirable collectibles world wide."--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 174-177) and index.