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EARLY ACCOUNT OF STEAMING AND BOILING DOWN ESTABLISHMENTS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.
 

Steaming & Boiling Establishments date their origin to the embarrassed State of the Colony during the Years 1843 &1844. Strenuous exertions were made during these years, to call into operation the various resources, as well as to search for new markets for the produce of the Colony. On the 22nd of May 1843 a letter appeared in the Columes [columns] of the Sydney Morning Herald signed FE " On the value of sheep, when their fat is extracted by boiling". This letter directed the attention of the Stockholders to Boiling & Steaming Establishments, for the purpose of Converting their Surplus stock to an export in Tallow.
Previous to this "The graziers, not being able to get a fair price from the Butchers for their sheep, had come to the determination of slaughtering their own, and selling at one penny per pound, either by the Carcass, half or less if required".
 

FIRST BOILING DOWN ESTABLISHMENTS
 

John Hamilton Esqr was first to commence to boil down Sheep & Cattle for the tallow market,

his boiling down establishment was formed at Petersham within a few miles of Sydney.
A correspondent in the Herald signed SPES takes notice of this establishment, in a letter headed sheep farming, which is dated 16th June 1843. He calculates on the advantages this new
experiment had produced, in the prospects of the Colony within the last four weeks, by boiling down Sheep & Cattle for the sake of the tallow - In the advertising colums [columns] of the Sydney Newspapers for the months of June & July 1843. Various boiling down establishments appear.
Viz      Mr John Hamilton at Petersham, near  
           Sydney   
           Mr Armstrong at St Johns farm, tree miles
           from Liverpool
           Mr Robert Dawson at Waverly, near
           Sydney
           Mr Francis MItchell at five dock farm, Six
           miles from Sydney
           Mr Wentworth at Windemere, near
           Maitland
           Mr W.B. Allen Sussex Street, Sydney -

 

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