Meadow Lea

[2] Meadow Lea Margarine was founded by Oliver Triggs in early 1932,[3][4][5] when manufactured in Edgeware Road, Newtown, Sydney.

[8] Also formed in Fitzroy, Melbourne was Birmacley margarine (by Colin Birt, Leslie McMaster, George Buckley and Harriet McMaster), which became Colvan table margarine in 1956, owned by Triggs' longtime horseracing friend Ted Mayes' sons Colin and Ivan, when Triggs sold Ted the Meadow Lea Victorian manufacturing license in 1956.

[12] In 1934 Triggs hired James (Jim) Andrew Armstrong as a sales manager, on commission, for country regions in New South Wales.

In 1941 the factory was moved to 1 Alice Street, Newtown, leased from Sydney Confectionery Limited, with the fit-out costing £15,000.

In 2010 the MeadowLea product range consisted of six varieties: Oliver Francis Triggs (21 March 1895 – 28 August 1962) was born in Ascot Vale in Melbourne and grew up on a small farm.

He was married in September 1922 to Nita Alice Beck (or Bek, 13 April 1895 – 16 June 1974), a seamstress, and in the late 1920s they opened a corner grocery shop.

[18][19] He married Ruth Carol Donnison (2 August 1926 - 4 May 2023) on 4 July 1950 (best man: Colonel Rene Lemercier, bridesmaid: Wendy Playfair, friend: Pam Hornibrook) and had two sons, David (b1957) and Andrew (b1961).

In 1945 the pool and grounds were used in the filming of A Son Is Born (released 1946),[20] which included in its cast John McCallum, whose brother Ian later married Oliver Triggs' daughter Audray.