F1a-191: 'The Alpaca - Its Introduction to Australia' · Saltaire Collection

F1a-191: 'The Alpaca - Its Introduction to Australia'

Identifier: F1a-191
Title: 'The Alpaca - Its Introduction to Australia'
Type: booklet
Format: photocopy
Date Created: 1861
Creator: Ledger, George
Publisher: Acclimatisation Society Victoria
Place created: Melbourne, Australia
Description: Booklet: 'The Alpaca - Its Introduction to Australia, and its Probabilities of its Acclimatisation there. A paper read before the Society of Arts London by George Ledger. George Ledger was the brother of Charles Ledger the main importer of alpacas from Peru. The paper outlines the story of Titus Salts involvement with the early production.
Subject: Textile industry
Source: Gift: Watson, Ian