Textile factory

Textile Industry.

By bella.baker99

  • Sydney Mill.

    Simeon Lord established the first mill in Sydney.

  • Female Factory at Paramatta.

    Governor Macquarie and Simeon Lord agreed to mill, dye and dress Cloth obtained from the Female Factory in Paramatta.

  • Blackwattle Bay Textile Factory.

    The 'finest as well as the coarsest cloths' were manufactored by the Blackwattle Bay Textile Factory, established in 1832.

  • Seven Woolen Mills.

    In New South Wales by 1838 there were seven woolen mills in use.

  • Tweeds.

    Most people were dressed in tweeds manufactored in Paramatta by 1841.

  • 235 000 Yards Per Annum.

    235 000 yards per annum was the output of woolen cloth in 1852.

  • Waverley Wooden Mill.

    Near Launceston the Waverley Wooden Mill was established in 1873 and went on to win a prize money of 1000 pounds.