User:Dave Rave/Fitz Roy Iron Works
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| Formerly | Fitz Roy Iron Works |
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| Founded | 1848 |
| Products | pig iron |
| Wingecarribee New South Wales | |
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The Fitz Roy Iron Works was the first iron smelting works in Australia, built in 1848,[1] years before the railway industry was founded.
Location
[edit]Just South West of the current Mittagong town, the original mine deposit was located just South of the Main Road. The Iron Works were established on the North side old Hume Highway and Mt Alexander.[2]
Discovery
[edit]anthracite found beside the south road
coal originally from black bobs creek, a few miles
coal found over Mt Alexandra in the gorge, horse track, then steam rail over the top
1848
Early Times
[edit]1850 Ironstone Bridge
1851 Fitz Roy Iron Mining Co.
1854 Fitz Roy Iron and Coal Mining Co.
Medway supercedes Black Bobs [1]
1856
[edit]something[3]
1867
[edit]Cataract Coal Mine
Wingello Coal
1874-1878
[edit]The Fitzroy Bessemer Steel, Hematite Iron, and Coal Company.
Mittagong B K S F & C
MBKSF&C[4]
Second Wind
[edit]Something, taken over briefly by William Sandford[5] who shortly after went on to take over the Lithgow iron works.
1889 Mittagong Iron Foundry - W. Brazenall[6]
Failure
[edit]Relic Re-Discovery
[edit]During excavation work for a new Woolworths store in 2004, the remains of the Iron Works were found.[7] The site was excavated and researched, and the new development was expanded to incorporate the historic artifacts. The displays are viewable in the under-ground car park area.[8]
Mittagong Town [2]
Southern Highlands News 2006 [3]
The Sydney Mail [4]
Else-Mitchell, R. (1981). Early Industries in the Mittagong District. Berrima District Historical Society. ISBN 0-9598208-7-6.
McKillop, Bob (2006). Furnace, Fire and Forge. Light Railway Research Society of Australia Inc. pp. 14–19. ISBN 0-909340-44-7.
McColgan, John (1995). Southern Highlands Story. pp. 75–76, 80, 115–144. ISBN 9780646261751.
- Fitzroy Bessemer Steel Hematite Iron and Coal Company
- Fitzroy Bessemer Steel, Hematite Iron and Coal Company
External links
[edit]Trove searches
- http://trove.nla.gov.au/result?l-publictag=Fitzroy%20Iron%20Works
- http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/result?q=%28%28Fitzroy+Iron+Works.+%281848-1886%29%29+OR+%28Fitzroy+Iron+Works.%29%29+NOT+exact_creator%3A%22Fitzroy+Iron+Works.+%281848-1886%29%22+NOT+exact_subject%3A%22Fitzroy+Iron+Works.+%281848-1886%29%22&l-state=New+South+Wales
- http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/sandford-william-8340
- http://www.higround.com.au/docs/THFitzRoy.pdf
- ftp://ftp.dpa.net.au/dpa/samplepages/SAMPLE-Search_of_the_Southern_Highlands.pdf
- https://www.southern-highlands.com.au/uploads/277/fitz-roy-iron-works-heritage-circuit-2015_a4.pdf
- http://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/documents/projects/south-western/hume-highway/history-begins-with-a-road.pdf
- http://www.niha.org.au/staticpages/index.php/20070824213020469
- http://enquiries.southern-highlands.com.au/accom_result1/fitz-roy-iron-works/
- http://www.visitnsw.com/destinations/country-nsw/southern-highlands/mittagong/attractions/fitz-roy-iron-works
- ftp://ftp.dpa.net.au/dpa/samplepages/SAMPLE-Search_of_the_Southern_Highlands.pdf
- https://trove.nla.gov.au/book/result?q=in+search+of+the+SOUTHERN+HIGHLANDS
- http://books.google.com.au/books?id=PYpNYjr_xQEC&pg=PA221&lpg=PA221&dq=mrs+keith+stewart+fitzroy&source=bl
- http://www.canyonleighchronicle.com.au/coal-mining/
- http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Burragorang,_New_South_Wales
- http://www.stonequarry.com.au/nature/burragorang.html
- "A VISIT TO THE FITZROY MINES". The Sydney Morning Herald. Vol. LI, , no. 8436. New South Wales, Australia. 6 June 1865. p. 5. Retrieved 1 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
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References
[edit]- ^ Lithgow Iron Works
- ^ "Mittagong Land Compy. Limtd". National Library of Australia. Richardson & Wrench. 1891.
- ^ "FITZ ROY IRON AND COAL MINING COMPANY". The Sydney Morning Herald. Vol. XXXVII, , no. 5740. New South Wales, Australia. 21 October 1856. p. 5 – via National Library of Australia.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - ^ "LEASE FOR A SPECIAL OBJECT". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 59. New South Wales, Australia. 13 March 1874. p. 787 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Perkins, John. "Sandford, William (1841–1932)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
- ^ "Advertising". The Southern Mail. Vol. 3, , no. 180. New South Wales, Australia. 19 February 1889. p. 1 – via National Library of Australia.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - ^ "Woolworths Development - Fitz Roy Iron Works".
- ^ "Fitzroy Ironworks Heritage Listed Site". Fitzroy Ironworks.
- "Government Gazette Tenders and Contracts". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 108. New South Wales, Australia. 29 May 1866. p. 1295.
Category:Southern Highlands (New South Wales) Category:Industries of the Southern Highlands (New South Wales) Category:Archaeological sites in Australia Category:Iron and steel mills