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Canterbury Refinery Sydney 1894

Canterbury Refinery Sydney 1894

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State Library of New South Wales

[a737004 / PXA 6914, p 2 (detail)]

(Mitchell Library)

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Minns, B.E.

State Library of New South Wales

Industrial building

Manufacturing

Canterbury

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Inner-western suburb bisected by the Cooks River which was a hub of industry during the nineteenth century. The area's first land grant was to the Rev. Richard Johnson, Chaplain of the First Fleet, who named it as a tribute to Canterbury in England.

Canterbury Sugarworks

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One of the oldest factory complexes in Australia, the site in Sugar House Road Canterbury has housed a variety of manufacturing and processing companies including sugar, bacon and engineering before conversion to residential apartments.