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Tanneries

  • A study of businesses in High Street Preston 1892 -1975

    Drawing from a number of sources, including local newspapers and street directories, this history gives a...
  • Braithwaite's tannery

  • Bubonic Plague

    In January 1900 Sydney was terrified by an outbreak of bubonic plague. In May a case was reported in...
  • Bullen's drain

    Bullen’s Drain was a watercourse which ran down from Preston, along Oakover Road and then down the...
  • History of tanneries in Darebin

    The tanning of animal hides and skins into leather was a major industry in Preston which began in the 1860s,...
  • James Lambert

    James Lambert (1838-1914) was a Londoner who arrived in Victoria in 1852. Coming from a family of tanners,...
  • John P. Howe

    John P. Howe (1854 - 1917) established, in partnership with Sir Herbert Onley, the Howe & Co. Tannery in...
  • Oakover Road from St. Georges Road to Gilbert Road

    Oakover Road's origins stretch back to the early days of Preston's settlement, leading as it did to Oakover...
  • Parkside Tannery

  • Robert Broadhurst

    Robert Broadhurst was born in Preston in 1884. His father, Thomas had established the Thos. Broadhurst...
  • Sir Herbert Horace Olney

    Sir Herbert Olney (1875 – 1957) was born in Ballarat in 1875, the eighth child of Charles Olney and Annie...
  • South Preston Tannery, 60-68 High Street South Preston

    In the 1890s Paul Hardenack ran a tannery from 46 High Street South Preston. High Street has subsequently...
  • Thomas Broadhurst

    Thomas Broadhurst was born in Windsor, Victoria in 1858. In 1874 he began working at Braithwaite's tannery in...
  • William B. Howe

    William Howe was the son of J. P. Howe, founder of the Howe & Co. Tannery in High Street Preston....
  • William Madsen

    William Madsen arrived in Victoria in 1878 and was a journeyman tanner before starting his own business in...
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