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Oertling Hunters – can you help ???

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I have recently had contact with Nicola Williams founder of the

Oertling History Project – Southern Hemisphere.

You may wonder what an ‘Oertling’ is. It is the manufacturer’s name for a style of scales.

The firm of L Oertling was the biggest and most famous maker of precision balances/scales in Great Britain. Oertling became part of the Avery group of companies, and from 1968 onwards Stanton Instruments were merged into this conglomerate.

Nicola is attempting to find and record all locations of Oertling Scales in the Southern Hemisphere. This is what she says:

I’m very pleased to introduce you to our society of Oertling – hunters!
The Southern Hemisphere Oertling Survivor count is now 309, which I’m really pleased about. Only a couple of new ones this year, but I feel there are still more tucked away in museums, and even on mantlepieces in private homes.
Any Oertling’s you can find or know of will be most welcome, to add to my database.

We have quite a number from Kalgoorlie, and one from Coolgardie, I expect there could be more there. I have two from Leonora, one from Southern Cross, even one, most unexpectedly, from the Broome Pearling Museum. Perth Mint also has a wonderful collection. Any small museums are likely to have balances, also banks, antique shops, etc. And of course relatives of ex-assayers, miners, etc. Just ask everyone!

If anyone can help, do Nicola – She can be contacted by email at:   nicolahw9@gmail.com

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Moya Sharp

Owner at Outback Family History
My name is Moya Sharp, I live in Kalgoorlie Western Australia and have worked most of my adult life in the history/museum industry. I have been passionate about history for as long as I can remember and in particular the history of my adopted home the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia. Through my website I am committed to providing as many records and photographs free to any one who is interested in the family and local history of the region.

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  1. Tony says

    I have an Oertling sovereign scale. Two Becker scales Oertling’s associate in America. I have 8 sets of weights over a period 1880 to 1940. I have collected over a period of about 10 years.

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