Ron Ringer.. The Brickmasters 1788-2008 massive comprehensive reference Brickmaking

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h/c + d/j,  29.5x23cm,434 pages, illustrated, pictorial endpapers.,over 450 colour and B&W plates, tables, diagrams, maps and hand-drawn illustrations, light general wear. This book explores the history of Austrlia’s brick making industry from the discovery of workable clay at Cockle Bay (1788), through various 19th century industrial transformations to the advent of the Austral Brick Company (1908); Brickworks Ltd (1938) and their amalgamation (1969). Dry Press Publishing (Australia), quarto hardcover in slipcase, 2008, 1st ed., 2008.

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