Book - Meat and By-products. The meat industry and animal by-product works of Melbourne's west, Melbourne's Living Museum of the West, 1993

Physical description

Slim A5 book, well-illustrated. The cover is an illustration of Joseph Raleigh's boiling down works on the Maribyrnong River, from a water colour by Greeves in the 1850s.

Publication type

non-fiction

Inscriptions & markings

Meat and by-products - The meat industry and animal by-product works of Melbourne's West

Summary

The book describes the history and development of the abattoirs, meat preservers, freezing works and noxious trades in Melbourne's West.

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