ESTELLE LAW

Estelle's Recollections.

I commenced in January 1946 and my general duties in the office, included filing all of the correspondence, typing out wine orders for the cash sales, which were then filled at the Freestore by Murray Parkes at the rear of the Winery.

I had to attend to the petrol bowser which was had operated, deliver various work instructions, which were typed out by Evelyn Cogan (nee turnbull), to Noel Burge in the Laboratory, Jack Mutton in the winery and Ray Harrip at the Distillery. Out of vintage time office juniours would have to operate the weighbridge for Mr. Neideck with a load of mallee stumps for the boilers and other people of the district.

When Doris Semmens left to work in Adelaide I was given the task of typing out the "Wine Entries" (5 plus copies) which listed th weight of each barrel and despatch details of consignment of wine per rail etc. Those'Entries" were checked, then taken to the Excise officer Ray Cook, accompanied by a cheque for the Excise Duty on the wine to be despatched.

Sometime after Eeanne Hatch left to work in Adelaide, I was sent Business College in Adelaide for a fortnight to learn to use the Comptometer in order to take over the grape ledgers under the guidance of Cecil. Lever.

I married John MacKenzie Law on the 7th January 1950 and stayed working until later that year. Contrary to our plans I became pregnant and because I suffered from 'Morning Sickness", or more like all day sickness, I advised management that I would have to leave.

The Manager, Mr. Lyle Nairn tried to persuade me to stay working and offered to build a nursery for me to take the baby to work, which was unheard of in those days, but I declined.

My father Rudolph Nielsen, who was a soldier settler at Monash and a carpenter by trade, helped build the winery while our young vines were growing at Block 616, Monash.

Nielsen Road at Monash is named after our Father!

Estelle enclosed 2 photos which I have scanned. This photo was Estelle standing on the Karoom Platform dressed to the'Nines" in a "Maroon Button Through Dress with a White Blouse"and the other of a shot from the railway yard looking towards the office and tower.