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The freezing room on board the steamship Strathleven December 1879

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[IAN24/12/79/197]
(Illustrated Australian News, 24 December 1879 p197)

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Sydney's first ice

Natural ice, imported from the lakes of the north-eastern United States, cooled the drinks of Sydneysiders for the first time in 1839. During the early 1850s, the trade provided relief during Sydney summers, as well as a spur to local engineers to improve ice manufacturing.

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Food processing