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    South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary

    Flax

    For remarks on the growth of the flax industry in South Australia see Register,
    15 and 18 March 1843, pages 3c and 2d,
    Observer,
    15 May 1844, page 3c,
    Register,
    11 November 1846, page 4b,
    7 November 1850, page 2e,
    6 April 1852, page 3b,
    27 May 1857, page 2e,
    3 October 1857, page 2e,
    20 December 1862, page 2g,
    Advertiser,
    11 June 1863, page 2f,
    Observer,
    20 June 1863, page 6c.

    Also see Register,
    11 July 1863, page 2g,
    16 January 1864, page 3d,
    24 and 25 October 1864, pages 3c and 3b,
    7 November 1864, page 2h,
    26 March 1866, page 3d,
    Observer,
    16 May 1868, page 9b.

    "Flax Cultivation as a Paying Industry" is in the Observer,
    6 and 13 June 1868, pages 9c and 9e.

    Also see Advertiser,
    16 December 1868, page 2c,
    19 February 1869, page 2d,
    23 March 1869, page 2f,
    8 and 15 April 1869, pages 2e and 2c,
    15 July 1869, page 2c,
    22 November 1869, pages 2d-3b.

    Also see Register,
    18 December 1868, page 2d,
    6 March 1869, page 2e,
    1 April 1869, page 2e,
    9 April 1869, page 2f,
    28 May 1869, page 2g,
    12 June 1869, page 3f,
    15 July 1869, page 2h,
    11 December 1869, page 3g,
    10 January 1870, page 3b.

    Also see Advertiser,
    27 July 1870, page 2e,
    1 and 9 August 1870, pages 3b and 3d,
    Observer,
    29 October 1870, page 3b,
    Register,
    23 December 1870, page 4e,
    18 April 1871, page 3a,
    8 and 19 May 1871, pages 6c and 3e,
    2 June 1871, page 6b,
    13 October 1871, page 5b,
    16, 18 and 21 November 1871, pages 6d, 5c and 7a,
    27 January 1872, page 6f,
    14 and 31 May 1872, pages 5c and 5b,
    11 June 1872, page 5b,
    11 and 25 October 1872, pages 5b and 5b,
    18 and 21 December 1872, pages 5b and 5a.

    "The Northern Flax Harvest" is in the Register,
    23 May 1873, page 5b.

    "South Australian Flax in London" is in the Observer,
    27 September 1873, page 10b.

    The trial of a flax-pulling plough is reported in the Observer,
    29 November 1873, page 3e; also see
    Chronicle,
    9 May 1874, page 8d,
    Farmers Weekly Messenger,
    6 November 1874, page 6b,
    Register,
    25 November 1875, page 7c.

    Also see Register,
    4 February 1873, page 6d,
    Advertiser,
    29 March 1873, page 2e,
    Register,
    23 and 26 May 1873, pages 5b and 5b,
    29 November 1873, page 7b,
    12 December 1873, page 5c,
    12 January 1874, page 6a,
    Advertiser,
    13 and 17 March 1874, pages 3b and 3b,
    16 April 1874, page 3e,
    1, 9, 20 and 25 May 1874, pages 3b, 2d, 1d (supp.) and 3c,
    25 October 1874, page 2e,
    8 January 1875, page 2g.

    Also see Register,
    17 March 1874, page 7b,
    9 May 1874, page 4f,
    29 July 1874, page 7g,
    30 and 31 October 1874, pages 5c and 5a-6c,
    2 November 1874, page 5f,
    1 December 1874, page 4f,
    31 July 1875, page 6e,
    29 October 1875, page 5c,
    9 and 25 November 1875, pages 6f and 7c,
    21 January 1876, page 7e,
    Express,
    31 July 1875, page 2f,
    Observer,
    15 May 1880, page 793b,
    3 July 1880, page 9a-d,
    Register,
    31 May 1880, page 4f,
    15 and 30 June 1880, pages 7b and 5f,
    19 and 26 March 1881, pages 5f and 7b,
    30 April 1881,
    16 July 1881, page 2c (supp.),
    Observer,
    26 March 1881, page 537e,
    7 May 1881, page 801a,
    18 June 1881, page 1057a,
    16 July 1881, pages 9a-10c,
    Advertiser,
    7 June 1881, page 4d,
    9 March 1882, page 6a.

    Also see Register,
    16 July 1881 (supp.), page 2c,
    4 August 1881, page 5d,
    18 May 1920, page 10d,
    18 August 1881, page 5d,
    2 December 1881, page 5c,
    9 January 1882, page 5b,
    6 May 1882, page 5a,
    17 June 1882, page 5e,
    23 September 1882 (supp.), page 2b,
    21 October 1882, page 5e.

    Information on the Barossa Flax-Milling Company is in the Observer,
    7 April 1883, page 35c,
    22 September 1883, page 21b,
    3 November 1883, page 7d.

    Also see Register,
    2 April 1883 (supp.), page 2c,
    24 May 1883, page 6g,
    21 September 1883, page 6e,
    13 November 1883, page 5b,
    31 October 1884, page 7a,
    10 November 1884, page 5b,
    9 June 1885, page 6e,
    Advertiser,
    18 May 1920, page 10d,
    Observer,
    3 July 1920, page 4b,
    Register,
    26 June 1920, page 9d,
    22 October 1920, page 3f,
    The Mail,
    1 January 1921, page 3f,
    Register,
    16 February 1921, page 9b,
    27 July 1921, page 3f,
    Observer,
    6 May 1922, page 5,
    Advertiser,
    1 April 1937, page 15b.

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