Old Mills at Darlinghurst
This sketch shows Clarkson's Mill as it appeared on
the Darlinghurst
skyline in the early 1830's. No less than 6 windmills could be seen on
the hills there. The two shown in the sketch were not far from St.
James Church, which can be seen faintly in the background. The mill
known as Clarkson's was built by him and Richard Palmer. It was
constructed of stone and turned mechanically into the wind.
This mill was referred to in a letter sent to the Sydney Morning Herald
in the 1880's by "Patria". He located the mill "at or near the corner
of Upper Dowling and Liverpool Streets while two others of wood were
situated at the rear of a house known as Rosebank... " This corresponds
to an allotment above Liverpool St, and immediately behind Rosebank as
shown on Woolcott and Clarke's Map of 1854 and also to that on the
survey map,1828. [5 acres]
Page last updated - 7
July 2006
