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	Former Melbourne Meat Preserving Company Hume Pipe Company Van Ness Avenue,, MARIBYRNONG VIC 3032 - Property No B4730	Meat canning became really important in world trade in the late 1860s, when a major export trade developed between Australia and Britain. This trade was effectively pioneered and for some years dominated by the Melbourne Meat Preserving Co. Established in 1868, it employed several hundred workers to operate the first large scale meat cannery in Australia. It provided the inspiration and model for many later meat canning companies as well as trained personnel. The main buildings of ... more	B4730	Regional

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Former Melbourne Meat Preserving Company

Hume Pipe Company

Van Ness Avenue,, MARIBYRNONG VIC 3032 - Property No B4730

Meat canning became really important in world trade in the late 1860s, when a major export trade developed between Australia and Britain. This trade was effectively pioneered and for some years dominated by the Melbourne Meat Preserving Co. Established in 1868, it employed several hundred workers to operate the first large scale meat cannery in Australia. It provided the inspiration and model for many later meat canning companies as well as trained personnel. The main buildings of ... more

B4730

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