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Wool washing estate, Botany c1870

By
Samuel Elyard
From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[a2085019 / DGD 5, f 19]
(Dixson Galleries)

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Maroubra
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Industrial building Secondary industry Wool
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Botany

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Elyard, Samuel

State Library of New South Wales

Maroubra

Originally fishing and camping grounds for the local Muru-ora-dial Aboriginal people, Maroubra is now the largest suburb in the area governed by Randwick City Council, in both area and population. However, its early beginnings did not foresee such developments. Industry and the spectacle of dramatic shipwrecks drew Europeans to the area in the late nineteenth century but development didn't begin in earnest until the early twentieth century.

Industrial building

Secondary industry

Wool

Botany

Industrial and residential suburb on the northern shore of Botany Bay, immediately east of Sydney Airport. Originally seen as a country retreat, it saw industry flourish in the post-Second World War era.

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