Post by Don Ricardo on Aug 9, 2022 22:45:05 GMT 10
MURRAY'S CARAVAN
375 Cleveland Street, Sydney NSW
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375 Cleveland Street, Sydney NSW
Advert for Murray's Caravan published in Education : journal of the N.S.W. Public School Teachers Federation (Vol 18 No 3, page 56) on 30 January 1937:
(Source: National Library of Australia - click here)
This is the first reference we've seen to Murray's Caravan and I can find no other information about the firm or their caravans. Not often you see such a 'text dense' advertisement either. However wading through it, it appears that the caravans had some interesting features. For example, despite the awning windows shown in the illustration, the advert says that the van had sliding windows. It also had a 'shockproof coupling' and automatic brakes.
Special thanks to forum member Woody99 (Andrew Woodmansey, author of Recreational Vehicles: A World History 1872-1939) for forwarding this item to me.
Don Ricardo