Exhibition, Melbourne's Living Museum of the West, Pobblebonk, 2005
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Melbourne's Living Museum of the West
Booklet, Melbourne's Living Museum of the West, Meat and By-Products, 1993
The meat industry and animal by-product works of Melbourne's West, in the series "Interpreting the Cultural Landscape", with the assistance of the Department of Planning and Development, Victoria
The Australian Meat Preserving Company was established on the banks of the Maribyrnong River in 1870 on the site of boiling works dating from the 1840s.
32 page booklet, A5, Cover illustration of Raleigh's boiling down works on the Maribyrnong River, from water-colour by Greeves C. 1850s
Title: Meat and By-Products Author: Gary Vines Melbourne's Living Museum of the West Inc.
western suburbs, meat industry
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Melbourne's Living Museum of the West
Book, St Albans History Society Inc, Pubs, Punts and Pastures, 1988
Tells the story of early Irish Pioneering Women who settled the Maribyrnong River Valley (formerly Salt Water River) and founded the first hotels, punts (river crossing barges) and farms in the region; and focuses on six particular women and their stories.
Book now out of print. Funds from the sales of this book were used to build the monument "The Pioneer Womens Shelter" in Pipemakers Park.
Book, soft card cover, 178 pages
ISBN 0958808406 Book dedication "This book is dedicated to all women who made the voyage under sail"
book, womens history, irish women, pioneers, maribyrnong river, salt water river