This department produced sand cores — moulded shapes used to create holes in metal pieces as they were cast. Cores were shaped then baked in large ovens before being sent to the foundry. They were made of a special mix of sand and oil that kept its shape during contact with molten metal.
From the 1920s the core shop was one of the few departments that employed women.
Core shop in 1940
Factory to Farm: Making Agricultural Implements in Australia, about 1925. National Film and Sound Archive of Australia
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