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Simeon Lord established a mill in Sydney
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Simeon entered into a agreement with Governor Macquarie to mill, dye and dress cloth from the Female Factory at Paramatta
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A Textile Factory was established at Blackwattle Bay, Sydney
It manufactured the finest as well as the coarsest cloths. -
There were seven woollen mills in NSW
By 1841 most people in the colony were dressed in tweeds made at Paramatta. -
The output of woolen cloth reached 235,000 yards per annum
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Introduction of weaving machinery
According to the historian GJR Linge treadle aand steam-driven sewing machinews werre used in Melbourne clothing factories less than a decade after the development of tths equipment in the USA. -
First cloth woven in Victoria
Linge suggested that it was produced by the Victorian Woollen and Clth manufacturing Company. However it may actually have been a few years earlier at Pentridge Prison. -
The Waverley Woollen Mill at Distillery Creek, Launceston
This mill won a £1000 prize offered by the Tasmanian Colonial government for the first woollen goods manufactured in the ccoony from locally produced wool.