This essay was written in 1937. In the Fairfield Mill of the Australian Paper Manufacturers Limited, the city of Heidelberg possesses the largest unit in Australia for the manufacture of paper and paper boards. Paper is a commodity which lies at the very roots of modern civilisation. There are so many uses for paper in […]
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Intoxicated cows in Mernda
Apple growing was once an important part of the local economy around Mernda. So bountiful was the supply of apples that a number of cider factories operated in the area in the first half of the twentieth century. One of the earliest was built by Kitz & Co in 1916. In 1928, several cows belonging […]