Headlie Taylor Header Museum

25/05/2026

The International A8-2 working at Pleasant Hills and operated by Kerry Pietsch.

25/05/2026

A very short video of the International A8-2 auto header shown shown working at Pleasant Hills with Kerry Pietsch at the controls.

14/05/2026

Kerry Pietsch harvesting at Pleasant Hills in December 2021 with his A8-2 International Header built in 1961.

14/05/2026

One of Headlie Taylor's early Sunshine Headers at work soon after the First World War. The development of the header meant that storm-swept down and tangled crops, previously a total loss, could be recovered. Caption and photo thanks to the Massey-Ferguson Review Nov-Dec 1961.

01/05/2026

The Sunshine Sundercut is an iconic Australian stump-jump disc plough developed in 1908 by H V McKay Pty Ltd at the Sunshine Harvester Works in Victoria. It was revolutionary for clearing virgin scrub and cultivating rocky land by allowing the discs to ride over hidden obstacles and instantly reset.
This team was working hard at Wagga in NSW around 1920.

19/04/2026

A new story by Museums & Galleries in the Headlie Taylor storyplace series.
https://storyplace.org.au/story/in-his-likeness/?fbclid=IwdGRzaARRBZtjbGNrBFEE3GV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHs91Vd_Ek-erLACifGwijxugCgkxvF4pCqo81PArMCNdUbJnocB9q7k02qfF_aem_xtBkXXTYwsXdIJRyFtwI4g&sfnsn=mo

02/04/2026

This 1963 John Deere 8' open front header captured at Pleasant Hills and operated by Kerry Pietsch c. 2024

18/03/2026

Our cover today, thanks to the Massey Ferguson Review December 1965, shows the popular combination as follows. Jim McKay, grandson of HV's brother, James, pilots a MF 65 tractor and 585 PTO Header through the Drummartin wheat field in which the world's first Stripper harvester was tested successfully 80 seasons previously. Jim's father, Ron McKay, now (1965) owns the original family farm.

04/03/2026

A typical Australian wheat harvest scene in 1964 - Pat Gaynor operates a MF combination of 65 Multi-power Tractor & 585 pto Header in a 15-bag crop of Falcon wheat at Marrar in the NSW Riverina district. 800 acres of wheat & 130 acres of oats were grown that year. Thanks to MF Review 1964

26/01/2026

https://storyplace.org.au/story/forging-a-legacy/

Those familiar with Headlie Taylor (1883-1957) might feel inspired upon entering his humble blacksmith workshop. The building was originally constructed by his parents as part of their family farm, ‘Emerald Hill’ near Henty in southern NSW, in 1880. Emblematic of farm buildings of the time, the ...

01/01/2026

A great comparison.