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National Wool MuseumContainer - Display Case, Phoenix Wool Company Pty Ltd, 1950-1955
... wool carbonising... of the first to develop the wool carbonising process (the removal... sections, each containing samples of carbonised wool...THE PHOENIX WOOL COMPANY / PTY. LTD. / WOOL CARBONISERS... of the first to develop the wool carbonising process (the removal ...The Phoenix Wool Company was started in 1919 by Brigadier-General Robert Smith. The works were located on the Barwon River, near the end of Shannon Avenue; some remnants of the original buildings can still be seen at the site. Phoenix was one of the first to develop the wool carbonising process (the removal of vegetable matter from wool through the use of chemicals) and during its heyday in the 1930s-50s the company operated 24 hours per day and employed a workforce of over 100. The company closed in 1997. This box of carbonised wool samples may possibly have been used by a salesman promoting the activities of the company.Display case, brown cardboard printed with text in black on the lid at the top. Lined in blue. Interior divided into five sections, each containing samples of carbonised wool. There are five labels attached to the inside of the box lid.THE PHOENIX WOOL COMPANY / PTY. LTD. / WOOL CARBONISERS / GEELONG / VICTORIA / AUSTRALIA / TELEPHONE: 2241, GEELONG / CABLE AND TELEGRAPHIC ADRESS: / "PHOEWOOL" GEELONGphoenix wool company pty ltd, wool industry, wool carbonising, barwon river, geelong, company history, brigadier-general robert smith -
National Wool MuseumBook, Wool industry information: report no 3
... Carbonising Wool - research Agriculture Wool Marketing Wool Brokering ..."Wool industry information: report no 3"- M V Frew, Victorian Govt, Dept of Agriculture, Sheep Industry Branch, May 1975wool - research agriculture wool marketing wool brokering wool sales - floor price scheme agriculture - education shearing, australian wool corporation, wool clip preparation, carbonising, wool - research, agriculture, wool marketing, wool brokering, wool sales - floor price scheme, agriculture - education, shearing -
National Wool Museum
Book, Wool
... Processing Wool - characteristics Fellmongery Carbonising Wool ..."Wool from the raw material to the finished product" 6th ed. reprinted - S. Kershaw, 1947wool growing wool processing wool - characteristics, fellmongery, carbonising, wool growing, wool processing, wool - characteristics -
National Wool Museum
Book, Woolclassing
... Polwarth sheep Wool Processing Carbonising Galloway Mr Ken Wool ...Notes compiled by Ken Galloway, Contains information on wool growing, sheep breeds. especially little known breeds, wool classing, wool processing etc.K Gallowaywool growing woolclassing sheep breeding merino sheep corriedale sheep lincoln sheep border leicester sheep cheviot sheep dorset horn sheep sheep breeding romney marsh sheep southdown sheep shropshire sheep polwarth sheep wool processing, carbonising, galloway, mr ken, wool growing, woolclassing, sheep breeding, merino sheep, corriedale sheep, lincoln sheep, border leicester sheep, cheviot sheep, dorset horn sheep, romney marsh sheep, southdown sheep, shropshire sheep, polwarth sheep, wool processing -
National Wool Museum
Book, An examination of proposals to expand scouring and combing of wool in Australia, 1974
... Carbonising Combing Scouring Wool Processing Woollen Mills Textile ..."An examination of proposals to expand scouring and combing of wool in Australia" -Ms Jenny Dickson, Australian Wool Corporation, 1974wool processing woollen mills textile industry - pollution trade - international, australian wool corporation, carbonising, combing, scouring, wool processing, woollen mills, textile industry - pollution, trade - international -
National Wool Museum
Book, Sheep and wool: grade 2
... National Wool Museum 26 Moorabool Street Geelong geelong ..."Sheep and wool: grade 2. 1st ed, 1956" - J Page Sharp and T B Harmsworth, Royal Melbourne Technical College Press, Technical Publication No 41shearing shearing sheds sheep stations - management woolclassing wool processing, fellmongery, carbonising, scouring, shearing, shearing sheds, sheep stations - management, woolclassing, wool processing -
National Wool Museum
Book, I.C.S Reference Library No. 106
... , wool washing, wool drying, burring and carbonising, wool oils... drawings, wool, wool washing, wool drying, burring and carbonising ..."I.C.S Reference Library no. 106: arithmetic, logarithms, mensuration, woollen and worsted yarn calculations, mechanical definitions, mechanical calculations, reading textile drawings, wool, wool washing, wool drying, burring and carbonising, wool oils and oiling" International Correspondence Schools Ltd, 1923.textile production wool processing, international correspondence schools ltd, cloth - woollen, cloth - worsted, carbonising, burring, textile production, wool processing -
National Wool MuseumCalendar
Acquired when "Classweave Industries" closed down.With Compliments from/ G H Michell and Sons Limited,/ Wool Merchants/world war ii woollen mills wool processing, federal woollen mills ltd classweave industries pty ltd commonwealth woollen mills g.h. michell and sons (aust.) pty ltd, carbonising, scouring, world war ii, woollen mills, wool processing -
National Wool MuseumBook, Finishing Machinery
"Finishing Machinery" - James Bailey, Textile Machine Maker, Huddersfield, c. 1926. Catalogue of machinery for fulling, scouring, carbonising, dyeing and finishing woollen and worsted and other types of textiles.Catalogue of textile finishing machinery from James Bailey, textile machine maker, Huddersfield, c.1926.textile machinery textile finishing, james bailey, textile machine maker, milling, scouring, carbonising, dyeing, raising, textile machinery, textile finishing -
National Wool Museum
Book, Proceedings: 5th International Wool Textile Research Conference vol. IV, 1975
... National Wool Museum 26 Moorabool Street Geelong geelong ..."Proceedings: 5th International Wool Textile Research Conference, vol. IV" Sept. 1975.wool - chemistry weaving yarn production, deutsches wollforschungsinstitut an der technischen hochschule aachen e.v., scouring, carbonising, carding, combing, wool - chemistry, weaving, yarn production -
National Wool MuseumStencil - LENINGRAD CARBONISED
... - transportation wool sales wool class wool classers LENINGRAD CARBONISED ...This stencil was used as a location stamp for the transportation of wool bales. Leningrad, now Saint Petersburg is a Russian port city on the Baltic Sea. Wool bales marked LENINGRAD would have been transported to Russia by sea.Wool bale export stencil - LENINGRAD CARBONISEDLENINGRAD CARBONISEDwool - transportation, wool sales, wool class, wool classers
