Pope Products

Pope Products Ltd. was an Australian manufacturer, based in Beverley, South Australia, best remembered for washing machines and refrigerators.

From 1939 an increasing output from the factory was directed towards the war effort; chiefly stamped and cast parts for munitions destined for the Commonwealth munitions factory at Maribyrnong, Victoria and for aircraft production at the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation at Fishermans Bend.

[4] The company acquired premises in Finsbury The company was not noted for employee relations: in the early days they made extensive use of juniors 14–16 years of age as machine operators and menial labour to avoid paying award wages (hence its local nickname "The Boy Farm").

[6][7][8] With growing union militancy and the Communist threat in the late 1940s,[5] Pope Products became a model employer.

This company became Simpson Holdings in 1979 was absorbed by Email Limited in 1986, which in turn became part of the Electrolux manufacturing group in 2000.

He owned a number of country properties: Yarindale station,[27] 17 miles (30 km) from Meningie and citrus orchards at Swanbury and Allawah, near Swan Reach[28] He was a pioneer of the use of trace elements to restore fertility to ancient soils.