Primary contact
1299 Boundary Road, Wacol
Brisbane, Queensland 4076
Identity area
Identifier
daa/586
Authorized form of name
Sealy of Australia Archives, Brisbane
Parallel form(s) of name
Other form(s) of name
Type
- Business
Contact area
Company Archivist
Type
Address
Street address
1299 Boundary Road, Wacol
Locality
Brisbane
Region
Queensland
Country name
Postal code
4076
Telephone
07 3331 5200
Fax
07 3331 5350
loneill@sealy.com.au
Note
Description area
History
Sealy of Australia, a mattress and bedding manufacturer, is a wholly owned company that began trading in Brisbane in 1923 as Madad Pty Ltd.
In the late 1960s it began manufacturing the Sealy brand of mattresses under licence from Sealy Inc. in the USA.
Geographical and cultural context
With five manufacturing plants and over 750 employees around Australia, Sealy has achieved the highest reputation for professionalism and quality.
Mandates/Sources of authority
Administrative structure
Records management and collecting policies
Sealy of Australia Archives' main focus is to collect records created by staff and management of Sealy as well as records on an international level in relation to the bedding industry and related companies. It is also a repository for records in relation to the Dyer family who are associated with the company from its inception in 1923.
Buildings
Holdings
Sealy Archives consist of administrative records, advertising, promotional items, photographs, film, audio, manufacturing equipment and bedding artefacts.
Finding aids, guides and publications
Access area
Opening times
Access conditions and requirements
Access is restricted while items are being listed and sorted and while the archive centre is being constructed.
Accessibility
Services area
Research services
Reproduction services
Public areas
Control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Entered 21 April 2018
Language(s)
Script(s)
Sources
Maintenance notes
Access points
Access Points
- Industry, Manufacturing and Commerce (Thematic area)