Australian Innovation in Textile Technology
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Description: A review of the history, development and current state of the art in textile technologies and processes. From the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering's Technology in Australia 1788-1988.
Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Chapter 5, page 264 Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Chapter 5 - Australian Innovation in Textile Technology One textile fibre -wool -has dominated the development of trade from Australia for the most part of its first 200 years, but it is perhaps not so widely known that another fibre -flax -probably played a very important role in its initial settlement. When Captain Cook returned to Britain in 1771, he reported finding the New Zealand Maoris well clad in garments made from the fibre. At that time, of course, the British Navy was the dominant force internationally. Maintaining the ships in proper supply was an important consideration, and in the late 18th Century Britain's traditional supplies of flax (from the Baltic countries) for making sailcloth, canvas and rope were under threat. In announcing the decision in 1786 to colonize Australia, Lord Sydney used the argument that the new colony would provide a sure supply of flax which 'would be of great consequence to us as a naval power'.
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| Page title: | Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Chapter 5, page 264 |
| Keywords: | Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Chapter 5, page 264, technology, science, Australia, biography, history, heritage, index |
| Description: | Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Chapter 5, page 264, Bicentenary study by distinguished Fellows of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering of development of technology over two hundred years. |
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