Sydney Park Brick Kilns

Alexandria, NSW

Archway in brick kiln brick lower building with white corrugate upper part and roof with tall chimneys in background peope with bare deciduous trees and chimneys of brick kiln in background people and brick building bricks and archway in kiln kiln with tall chimney

"The north-western part of Sydney Park is on Wianamatta shale from which brick-making clay was extracted. Before European settlement this area was a forest of turpentine and ironbark trees...." - www.dictionaryofsydney.org

"The Sydney Park site played a significant role in the development of Sydney during the 19th century. Brick making was begun on the site in the 1840s by Henry Goodsell and became a major industry in 1871 with the introduction of machine manufactured bricks. Bricks manufactured here built Sydney’s suburbs over a period of more than 100 years...."www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au

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