Historical information
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
Significance
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.
Physical description
32 page booklet, A5,
Cover illustration of Raleigh's boiling down works on the Maribyrnong River, from water-colour by Greeves C. 1850s
Inscriptions & markings
Title: Meat and By-Products
Author: Gary Vines
Melbourne's Living Museum of the West Inc.
