A decision was made by Mr Justice Lowe in the First Civil Court on 20 July 1933 that permits granted by the Geelong Harbor Trust for the erection of boathouses on the beach at the Barwon River at Barwon Heads were illegal, also an injunction to restrain the trust from issueing further permits and a mandatory injunction for the removal of existing boathouses. However, he ordered that the buildings should be allowed to remain until January 14, 1933. He did this to avoid hardship to the owners of the buildings. The trust took prompt steps to have its wrong-doing condoned by taking action. It was amazing that the government announced on 10 January 1933 that the boathouses could remain for another year. Licences renewed for 1933: Barwon Rowing Club Mrs G Brownlee, Marnock Vale CN Brown, Geelong TS Barnfather, Newtown A Bell, Geelong CR Bernard, Geelong Miss A Blakiston, Geelong W Carr, Colac Church of England Grammar School, Corio KJ Coughlan, Ballarat DT Casey, Geelong Captain Cumming, Geelong Dr Crawford, Ballarat Miss EN Clarke, Ballarat Miss EJ Cathcart, Newtown A Davies, Ballarat BW Douglass, Geelong Mrs L Flockhart, Melbourne Mrs P Fraser, Geelong TJ Fowler, Geelong Mrs N Francis, Melbourne JS Gray, Geelong Dr AS Grimwade, Geelong Miss Goodwin, Geelong HC Giles, Geelong J Hancock, Geelong West EJ Heywood, Geelong Mrs H Hitchcock, Geelong PH Holden, Geelong Mrs May Hoban, Melbourne Rev AT Holden, Kew Mrs FE Humble, Geelong P Hoskin, Geelong Mrs Helen Hodges, Geelong EF Holden, Geelong M J Illingworth, Geelong WJ Jarman, Barwon Heads EL Julien, Geelong Mrs OA James, Geelong WC Kernot, Geelong TJ Kerley, Geelong Mrs M Langhorne, Barwon Heads Mrs AM Little, Geelong TF Murray;, Geelong Miss L Millett, Ballarat Rev John Nall, Geelong ECE Opie, Geelong Miss AW & Mrs AL Storrer, Geelong JFS Shannon, Geelong PH Spargo, Geelong SH Thompson, Geelong JMcN Turnbull, Camberwell RJ Thomas, Melbourne CH Tutton, Melbourne Mrs AR Thear, Geelong Mrs Thiemeyer & Mrs F Evans, Melbourne Mrs MH Williams, Geelong |
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You might ask what are these occupations. A fellmonger is a dealer in fells or sheepskins, who separates the wool from the pelts. He is the person who prepares the skin prior to leather making. The wool was then scoured. A wool scouring factory might have bought fleeces and then scoured the wool. A tanner is the person who processes the skins to produce leather. A currier applies the dressing, and colouring to the tanned hide to make it strong, flexible and waterproof. Boiling down is the process of rendering fat from animal carcasses to produce tallow. Tallow was used for making soap and candles. It brought the price of old animals up considerably and was a boost to the farmer when animal prices were low. Glue is produced by the boiling of animal connective tissue. Bone mills produce fertiliser and glue by processing animal bones. These industries were an important part of Geelong's economy. Hundreds of men were employed at these factories. At first the river was used to wash the skins. Later they were washed in vats. The area probably smelled like the abattoirs and sale yards at Newmarket in Melbourne which I remember well from my childhood. Maybe it was worse. A number of streets have names that reflect the activities carried on in the area: Tanner Street, Leather Street, Currier Street and Fellmongers Road in Breakwater Woolscour Lane and Tannery Road in Marshall Some of the owners of factories on the south and west side of the Barwon were (from North): Charles John Dennys, sold to Samuel Bradley Corrigan Patrick McDonald and Laurence Webster, later leased by George Kingsbury and George Connor, later became Corrigans Henry Concannon Foster Marshall Alfred Douglass John Wright James Munday George Gardiner Charles Frederick Palmer Joseph and Sharp Brearley
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