South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary

Building Stone

Also see:
Adelaide - Housing and Architecture and Ancillary Matters
Place Names - Burdett, Hundred of. "Adelaide Building Stone" is in the Observer,
30 July 1859, page 5g.
South Australian marble is discussed in the Register,
25 November 1859, page 2h;
1 October 1863, page 2d;
the marble industry on
13 September 1923, page 16e.
Also see Place Names - Kapunda.

Appleton's steam stone-breaker is described in the Register,
20 August 1863, pages 2e-3h.

Brickmaking in South Australia is described in the Observer,
24 December 1859, page 5h,
"Colonial Bricks" on
1 March 1879, page 22c.

The brick kilns in country districts are discussed in the Register,
30 July 1868, page 2b.
The manufacture of fire bricks is discussed in the Register,
22 August 1902, page 7i.

The prevalence of "Grand Building Stone" in the colony is discussed in the Register,
18 April 1877, page 5b,
"Manoora Freestone" in the Chronicle,
3 November 1877, page 13c,
"The Great Freestone Interest" on
14 and 28 February 1880, pages 5e-8b and 9e.

"Colonial Stone for Paris" is in the Register,
11 December 1877, page 5b.

"SA Building Stone" is in the Register,
17 and 27 June 1879, pages 7b and 6g,
12, 16, 25 and 28 February 1880, pages 4d-1e (supp.), 5c-6f, 4f-5a-1a (supp.) and 3b (supp.),
9, 10, 11, 13 and 20 March 1880, pages 6e, 5g, 4f-6f, 6f and 5c,
Advertiser,
23, 28 and 31 July 1902, pages 7f, 6i and 9e.

"Public Stoneyards" is in the Express,
25 November 1880, page 2c.

"Concrete v Stone" is in the Chronicle,
21 March 1885, pages 7c-22b.

Information on sandstone deposits at the River Finniss is in the Register,
14 September 1885, page 7f.

"Little Para Freestone Quarries" is in the Express,
29 July 1893, page 5h,
Express,
29 July 1893, page 5f,
Observer,
5 August 1893, page 45a.

An obituary of Mr F.W. Temme, quarryman, is in the Observer,
17 March 1894, page 30b.

"Our Building Stone - A Trip to the Burdett Quarries" is in the Chronicle,
5 October 1901, page 31e,
"Burdett Building Blocks - Stone for the State" in the Register,
29 April 1902, page 9h,
"South Australia's Building Stones" on
26 July 1923, page 7g,
9 August 1923, page 5c,
"Building Stones" on
29 November 1923, page 7e.

"Imported and Local Building Stone" is in the Register,
18 and 23 July 1902, pages 6e and 3h,
6 August 1902, page 3e.

A photograph of a "Quarry Team" is in the Observer,
14 February 1903, page 26.

"South Australia's Flagstone Industry" is in the Observer,
15 June 1907, page 51c.

"The Brick Industry - Kilns to Close Down" is in the Register,
9 March 1910, page 7b.

"South Australian Marble" is in the Observer,
27 December 1913, page 39d.

"Bricks Without Straw - Story of a Socialistic Enterprise" is in the Observer,
7 February 1920, page 52c.
"The Brick Industry" in the Register,
28 June 1923, page 7c.

A proposed government quarry is discussed in the Observer,
12 March 1921, page 45a,
21 May 1921, page 29b,
28 May 1921, page 37b,
19 November 1921, page 29c.

"Building Stones - Varieties in South Australia" is in The Mail,
28 July 1923, page 23a,
18 August 1923, page 17g,
Register,
9 August 1923, page 5c,
Register,
29 November 1923, page 7e.

"Building Stone Cut From the Earth With Saws" at Mount Gambier is in The Mail,
7 November 1925, page 17.

"Latent Wealth in Stone" is in The News,
23 March 1932, page 8d.

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Cotton

A report of cotton growing by Mr Struthers "on the Torrens above Adelaide" is in the Southern Australian,
2 June 1840, page 3b; also see
28 September 1841, page 3b.

"The Growth of Cotton in South Australia" is in the South Australian Magazine,
1841-1842, page 118; also see
Observer,
15 June 1844, page 5a.

Cotton growing is discussed in the Register on
3 July 1850, page 4a,
3 March 1851, page 3d,
"Cotton and Slavery" on
17 June 1857, page 2d; also see
30 November 1860, page 2g,
4 and 5 December 1860, pages 3h and 2g,
25 April 1861, page 2e,
17 June 1861, page 2g, page 3c,
Chronicle,
11 May 1861, page 4b.
"Native Cotton" is in the Register,
19 November 1861, page 3c.

Also see Advertiser,
23 August 1861, page 2b,
3 September 1861, page 3d,
Register,
19 November 1861, page 3c,
28 and 30 January 1862, pages 2g and 2g,
16 and 28 May 1862, pages 2f and 2f, 3,
9 and 17 June 1862, pages 3d, 2g and 2e,
1 and 28 July 1862, pages 3b and 2h,
27 August 1862, page 2f,
24 December 1862, page 3a,
Observer,
15 February 1862, page 1d (supp.),
31 May 1862, page 1a (supp.),
7 June 1862, page 1b (supp.),
5 July 1862, page 1b (supp.),
7, 21 and 28 March 1863, pages 4g, 3c-d and 1g-h (supp.).

Also see Register,
14 January 1863, page 2e,
14 January 1863, page 2e,
21 and 27 February 1863, pages 2h and 3b,
4, 14, 17, 26 and 27 March 1863, pages 2d, 2g, 3a, 2d and 2f,
23 June 1863, page 3e,
10 July 1863, page 2f,
11 August 1863, page 2d,
Observer,
15 August 1863, page 8b,
5 September 1863, pages 4h-5a,
17 October 1863, page 1e (supp.),
Register,
10 September 1863, page 2d,
12 October 1863, page 2h,
23 January 1864, page 3c,
Observer,
20 February 1864, page 2f (supp.).

Also see Register,
15 February 1864, page 2h,
7 May 1864, page 2g,
16 January 1866, page 2g,
10 February 1869, page 3d,
Chronicle,
9 May 1896, page 20b,
Advertiser,
22 March 1904, page 5e,
29 and 30 March 1921, pages 4g and 6h,
26 and 28 April 1921, pages 6h and 10f,
Chronicle,
18 March 1922, page 33a,
24 February 1923, page 42d.

Also see Register,
25 February 1922, page 6d,
6 March 1922, page 6g,
Observer,
8 July 1922, page 28c,
Register,
1 July 1922, page 6g,
25 August 1922, page 5f,
13, 14 and 18 November 1922, pages 9i, 7d and 10d,
16 and 22 December 1922, pages 10g and 8e,
25 and 26 January 1923, pages 11h and 4e,
13 March 1923, page 7c,
5 April 1923, page 10d,
7 May 1923, page 12f,
The Mail,
19 May 1923, page 3d,
Register,
28 July 1923, page 13c,
11 July 1924, page 9e,
20 August 1924, page 8d,
30 April 1926, page 10a,
6 August 1926, page 10f.

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