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Mello-Lite Pty. Ltd., Pacific Highway, Waitara
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DescriptionMello-Lite Pty. Ltd. Pacific Highway, Waitara.
It was near the station, built on land owned by the well-known Jimmy Wilton who had a Riding School there. Mello-Lite Pty. Ltd. had commenced in a shed in Hornsby Street in 1947, originally known as Pain Manufacturing Pty. Ltd. It manufactured Venetian blinds, awnings, insect screens and curtain rods. It later built a second factory at Sefton Road, Thornleigh. Eventually the Company was taken over, then moved to Rydalmere in the 1970s. The firm was a real Hornsby business success story. Hornsby Mazda Car Sales now occupies the site.
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It was near the station, built on land owned by the well-known Jimmy Wilton who had a Riding School there. Mello-Lite Pty. Ltd. had commenced in a shed in Hornsby Street in 1947, originally known as Pain Manufacturing Pty. Ltd. It manufactured Venetian blinds, awnings, insect screens and curtain rods. It later built a second factory at Sefton Road, Thornleigh. Eventually the Company was taken over, then moved to Rydalmere in the 1970s. The firm was a real Hornsby business success story. Hornsby Mazda Car Sales now occupies the site.
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Mello-Lite Pty. Ltd., Pacific Highway, Waitara (1960s). Hornsby Shire, accessed 25/07/2026, https://hornsbyshire.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/4416