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Colonial industries - Dixson's Twist Tobacco Manufactory 1864

From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[TN115]
(Illustrated Sydney News, 16 September 1864, p 12)

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Dixson, William Royal Commission into Noxious and Offensive Trades 1882
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State Library of New South Wales

Royal Commission into Noxious and Offensive Trades 1882

The stinking industries of mid-nineteenth century Sydney, combined with the theory of miasmas, or infection through smells, led to agitation to move 'noxious' trades away from the city. The Royal Commission of 1882 recommended changes to the siting of polluting industries, but this did not happen until well into the next century.

Dixson, William

William Dixson's dream was to make Australia's history better known. His passion for collecting and his enormous generosity made this dream a reality and a lasting legacy for the cultural and historical records of Australia

Manufacturing