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Sugar Bay from Brightwaters
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Creator: Weir, Greg - LMCC
Joseph Marshall of Paddington Brewery purchased foreshore land in the early 1860s, in the location now known as Mirrabooka and Brightwaters. In 1864 he established Marshall's Fishery and Curing Factory there. Within three years Marshall had branched out into sugar production, probably to help meet the needs of his brewery in Sydney. A sugar plantation was planted, and a mill was built capable of crushing from three to six tons of cane per day. In 1875 a bushfire swept through the plantation. Despite the successes Marshall achieved, the climate of the Lake was far from ideal for easily growing the cane, and after the mill was destroyed in the blaze, it was abandoned.
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