The industrial history of Marshall Street, Surry Hills / John W. Ross
- Bib ID:
- 10011380
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Ross, John W. (John Walter), 1946-, author
- Online Access:
- National edeposit
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- Access Conditions:
- National edeposit: Available online
- Description:
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- Surry Hills, [N.S.W.] : John Walter Ross, 2023
- 1 online resource (60 pages) : illustrations (mainly colour), portraits (some colour), 1 colour map.
- File Characteristics:
- text file PDF 1.9MB
- Technical Details:
- Mode of Access: Available online.
- Summary:
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"Much has been written about the residential development of inner Sydney in the nineteenth century, but not as much about its industrial development ... The gold rushes of the 1850s heralded a long economic boom where cottage industries grew into factories and warehouses, culminating in the 1880s when the inner suburbs were fully built out before the banking crash and economic depression of the 1890s brought a temporary halt to the expansion.Marshall Street in Surry Hills is documented here as an example of the wide range of businesses and industries that characterised this era, from grocers, butchers and bootmakers that served the street to small companies that served the surrounding suburbs right up to national and international businesses that served the country. There were even four pubs in the street to cater for thirsty residents and workers ... " -- Foreword, Page 2.
- Notes:
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- Title from title screen.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
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- Business enterprises -- New South Wales -- Sydney -- History
- Hotels -- New South Wales -- Sydney -- History
- Industrial buildings -- New South Wales -- Sydney -- History
- Small business -- New South Wales -- Sydney -- History
- Local history
- Surry Hills (Sydney, N.S.W.) -- Biography
- Surry Hills (Sydney, N.S.W.) -- Buildings, structures, etc -- History
- Surry Hills (Sydney, N.S.W.) -- History
- Genre/Form:
- Electronic books
- Copyright:
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- Published
- Publication date:
- 2023
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