Clay and ‘civilisation’ – imperial ideas and colonial industry in Sydney, 1788–1823
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DOI: 10.1080/14490854.2019.1588749
Abstract: Abstract Sydney clay formed one of the earliest points of scientific interest in colonial New South Wales. Thanks to Josiah Wedgwood and Erasmus Darwin, it became associated with elite ideas surrounding the development of a… read more here.
Keywords: sydney; imperial ideas; civilisation; clay ... See more keywords