Title Lighting up Australia : the story of the Australian match manufacturing industry 1843-2003 : also includes a section on New Zealand / Jerry Bell

Edition First edition Published Armadale, Vic. : Jerry Bell, 2008

Copies

Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
MELB	338.76625 Bel/Lua		AVAILABLE

Description viii, 182 pages : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles ; 23 cm Summary "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 index Bibliography Bibliography: pages 174-177 Subject Match industry -- Australia -- History. Match industry -- New Zealand -- History. Matches -- Australia. Matches -- New Zealand. Matchbox labels -- Collectibles -- Australia. Matchbox labels -- Collectibles -- New Zealand. ISBN 9780646495309 (paperback)

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