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Rubbermaid is an American manufacturer and distributor of household items. A subsidiary of Newell Brands , it is best known for producing food storage containers and trash cans . It also produces sheds , step stools , closets and shelving, laundry baskets , bins, air fresheners and other household items.
Hopkins and Riley followed up that book with Inventions from the Shed (1999) [17] and a 5-part film documentary series with the same name. [18] Gordon Thorburn also examined the shed proclivity in his book Men and Sheds (2002), [19] as did Gareth Jones in Shed Men (2004). [20] Recently, "Men's Sheds" have become common in Australia. [21]
The first men's shed (by that name) was opened in Tongala, Victoria, Australia on 26 July 1998. [20] Named after its founder, Dick McGowan, the shed predates the Lane Cove Community Shed in New South Wales by just a few months, though both likely originated from ideas discussed at the National Rural Health Conference in 1995.