In the Woolen Mill. Series 40, History of the Golden Fleece, c. 1907 / after Charles H. Kerry
In the Woolen Mill. Series 40, History of the Golden Fleece, c. 1907 / after Charles H. Kerry
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c. 1907
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SPG/200
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Pictures and Photographs
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1 photographic postcard - 9.25 x 14 cm - black & white
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Out of copyright : Created before 1955
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
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Photograph of women textile mill workers in printed photographic postcard format. Image probably taken from an 1890s glass plate negative by Charles Henry Kerry. Printed title ‘In The Woollen Mill. Series 40 – History of the Golden Fleece’ & ‘Kerry (Copyright) Sydney.’ Includes a brief ink manuscript message to ‘Lily’ on verso.
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In the Woolen Mill. Series 40, History of the Golden Fleece, c. 1907 / after Charles H. Kerry
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Purchased from Ancanthe in 2017
Administrative / Biographical history
By 1849 the Australian colonies became the dominant suppliers of wool, selling England a staggering 16,300 tons of wool that year. This was more than all of Europe’s production combined. Around Australia there was also an expanding local textile production industry. Throughout most of the 1800s, wool was Australia's most important export increasing...
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SPG/200
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9qoallE1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9qoallE1
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1009596
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