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Kiwi Boot Polish and ANZAC Pride.

On April 24, 2025   /   History   /   1 Comment
Tags: Great Depression, Keith Dunstan, Kiwi Boot Polish, Kiwi Company, William Ramsay, WWI
Kiwi Boot Polish and ANZAC Pride.

Kiwi polish was first produced in 1908 by Melbourne business  partners  Hamilton McKellan and William Ramsay.  The name Kiwi was a tribute to Ramsay’s New Zealand born wife. For two reasons the product was a major improvement on the old boot blacking (remember Charles Dickens working in

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