Murdoch's "Kookaburra"

[Ozzie Matt]

Hello everyone

I have just bought a razor off a hunting fourm here in Australia but cant find any info on it,
I did google it but the closet thing i found was advertising for a hat in a old newspaper.
is there anyone that knows of this razor?

Thanks, Matt

 

[mdunn]

A number of Aussie shops had straights made in Sheffield and branded for them, so could even be a hat shop selling it if that's all you found.

Google 'trove' and do a newspaper ad search on it and see if you can't find more info

 

[Ozzie Matt]

Thankyou for the reply it seems that would be most likely, I also came across a Murdoch's "Kookaburra" ashtray that is at the powerhouse museum.
I will search that company and see what else I can find out.

 

[mdunn]

Murdohs was a department store in sydney.

More on old man murdoch: http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/murdoch-sir-james-anderson-7691


they sold everything from hats to dressing gowns:
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16309638
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17622228
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17294000