Wises Post office Directories list the names of THOMAS KIRKPATRICK, W LANGLEY, GEORGE A PIESSE and F & C PIESSE as early manufacturers in the town of Katanning, followed by GSR MINERAL WATER CO LTD in the mid 30’s. Katanning is 280 km’s south east of Perth and the Roads Board was first gazetted in 1892 although the town…
Leonora is situated 833km north east of Perth and north of Kalgoorlie in the Mount Margaret and Malcolm goldfields. The townsite was gazetted on 15 Apr 1898 and even earlier, many blocks had been sold and buildings erected, even if some were only made of hessian and iron. Wises Post Office Directory lists the first manufacturer of cool drinks…
Letterpress printing, that is, printing from a raised surface, is generally considered to have started with Gutenberg back in the 15th century. In reality, printing from a raised surface had been around for hundreds of years with the Chinese printing from terracotta tablets and other printing from carved wood surfaces. It is said the oldest known printed book was…
COURTLAND Pottery Works – Great Eastern Highway, Belmont, Western AustraliaAlso known as Sydney Pottery Works; Courtland & Pedersen;C.R. Courtland Pty. Ltd., and G.T. Courtland Ltd. Courtland’s Pottery was one of the early potteries in Western Australia to concentrate on wheel thrown pottery – as distinct from potteries that made building materials. Although at one stage they made some drain…
This treadle powered printing press, serial number 2169, was part of a batch of presses numbered 2163 to 2192 that were finished at the Golding factory on 31st October 1905 and has been dated from factory records1. It is a hand-fed and foot-operated letterpress printing press, i.e. a printing press that prints from lead printers’ type onto a flat…
This table top printing press, serial number 1161, was part of a batch of presses numbered 1140 to 1164 that were finished at the Golding factory on 30th June 1891 and has been dated from factory records. It is a hand-fed and hand-operated letterpress printing press, i.e. a printing press that prints from lead printers’ type onto a flat…
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