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Girard's advertisement in The Sydney Gazette, 1834

Girard's advertisement in The Sydney Gazette, 1834

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(Sydney Gazette, 24 July 1834 p 1)

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Girard's wharf

French-born ex-convict and entrepreneur François Girard had a range of business interests, all centred on his Cockle Bay wharf which received goods and raw materials from the colonies and the world.

Advertising

Wheat

Food processing

Girard, François

French emancipist who became a baker, trader and mill owner in early Sydney.

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Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser

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First newspaper published in Sydney, from 5 March 1803 until 20 October 1842.

Originally printed in a lean-to shed at the back of Government House, the newspaper moved to different premises in Macquarie Place in 1808 and then to a building on lower George Street in December 1810. In 1824 the printery moved again to a larger two storey building further south on George Street on the corner of Charlotte Place.

Girard's steam mill

Steam flour mill and warehouse at Darling Harbour built by Francois Girard in 1833. It was taken over by Sydney Flour Company in 1841.

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