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Albion Mills c1840

By
Frederick Garling
From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[ML 43]
(Mitchell Library)

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Garling, Frederick

Customs official and marine artist.

State Library of New South Wales

Food processing

Albion Mills, Darling Harbour

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Steam flour mill opened in January 1833 by John Terry Hughes and John Hosking in Darling Harbour on Sussex Street at the foot of Market Street. The mill was underinsured when it was destroyed by fire in March 1841, and Hughes and Hosking borrowed extensively from the Bank of Australia to try to recoup their losses. Their subsequent bankruptcy in 1843 led to the collapse of the bank.  Hughes continued trading after 1846 with a new Albion Steam Mill on his estate in Surry Hills.

Darling Harbour

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Waterway to the west of the city once surrounded by wharves, goods yards, woolstores and factories which contributed enormously to the city's economic wealth. The former rail lines and goods yards were transformed from commercial port to a recreational and pedestrian precinct in the 1980s.