C. F. Donges Canned Fruits, Stanthorpe Q Fruit box labels ca. 1920s

Courtesy Paech family. Photograph by Sandra McEwan.

The Donges orchard was located at Severnlea and produced fruit from the 1920s until the 1980s. These illustrated labels are an example of the packaging used in the early 20th century and were designed by Bob Barnett and printed by Samuel Lee & Co and The Stanthorpe Border Post.