TitleHessian BagObject TypeObjectDatec.1950'sDescriptionHessian Bag.Provenance and SignifcanceThis hessian bag was owned by the Parkinson family.
Henry William Parkinson was a tinsmith in Albion Park.
The family home was attached to the shop which was on the corner of Tongarra Road and Russell Street.
Henry made many of the town’s water tanks, and milk cans for farmers in the area.
Henry's son was Robert Roxby Parkinson.
Robert 'Bob' Roxby Parkinson joined the NSW Government Railway at Albion Park in 1910, and when war broke out in 1914, enlisted in the AIF.
Bob was in in the 1st Australian Light Horse ‘A’ Troop, ‘B’ Squadron. At Gallipoli in 1915 he was severely wounded in the arm after being shot and was subsequently discharged.
Bob married Muriel Bellvine Couch in 1918 and they had two boys, Arthur Henry and John Robert.
Bob worked as a railway porter at many stations, including Unanderra, for about 10 years, until he joined the Steel Works as part of the railway traffic staff in 1935.DonorNunan, Wendy
