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THOMAS MORT & HIS LITHGOW PICNIC

On August 24, 2022   /   Blue Mountains   /   2 Comments
Tags: Darling Harbour, Early refrigeration, Lithgow, Thomas Mort
THOMAS MORT & HIS  LITHGOW PICNIC

Thomas Sutcliffe Mort was an Australian pastoralist, and a pioneer of preserving food for export by freezing. In September 1875 he organized a picnic lunch for 300 influential people (all men of course 😎) at Lithgow, where he had established a vast meat works and chilling complex.

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