By the 1870s and 1880s Melbourne had emerged as Australia's primary centre of manufacturing. Factories and workshops produced a wide array of commodities, from drinks and foodstuffs, to furniture, machinery and building materials. Recent archaeological investigations at Casselden Place suggest that Melbourne was also an important destination for the import of commodities from international markets. Glass and stoneware containers from the site indicate the diversity of beverages, medicines, perfumes, condiments and other items routinely acquired by working people of an inner-city neighbourhood in the later-nineteenth century.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Similar content being viewed by others
REFERENCES CITED
Adams, W. H. (1977). Silcott, Washington: Ethnoarchaeology of a Rural American Community, WSU Laboratory of Anthropology, Pullman, WA.
Adams, W. H. (1991). Trade networks and interaction spheres: A view from Silcott. In Miller, G. L., Jones, O. R., Ross, L. A., and Majewski, T. (eds.), Approaches to Material Culture Research for Historical Archaeologists, The Society for Historical Archaeology, California, PA, pp. 385–398.
Arnold, K. (1990). A Victorian Thirst, Crown Castleton, Maiden Gully, Victoria.
Bate, W. (1994). Essential But Unplanned: The Story of Melbourne's Lanes, State Library of Victoria with The City of Melbourne, Melbourne.
Blainey, G. (1966). The Tyranny of Distance, Sun Books, Melbourne.
Brown-May, A. (1998). Melbourne Street Life: The Itinerary of Our Days, Australian Scholarly/Arcadia and Museum Victoria, Kew, Victoria.
Davies, P. (2001). A cure for all seasons: Health and medicine in a Bush Community. Journal of Australian Studies 70: 63–72.
Davies, P. (2004). Glass and Stoneware Containers. In Godden Mackay Logan, La Trobe University, and Austral Archaeology, Casselden Place (50 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne) Archaeological Excavations Research Archive Report, prepared for ISPT and Heritage Victoria, volume 3(i): Artefact Reports, pp. 225–288.
Davison, G. (1978). The Rise and Fall of Marvellous Melbourne, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne.
Deutsher, K. M. (1999). The Breweries of Australia: A History, Lothian, Port Melbourne, Victoria.
Farrer, K. T. H. (1980). A Settlement Amply Supplied: Food Technology in Nineteenth Century Australia, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne.
Finch, L. (1999). Soothing syrups and teething powders: Regulating proprietary drugs in Australia, 1860–1910. Medical History 43: 74–94.
Ford, G. (1995). Australian Pottery: The First 100 Years, Salt Glaze Press, Wodonga, Victoria.
Gresswell, D. A. (1890). Report on the Sanitary Condition and Sanitary Administration of Melbourne and Suburbs, Board of Public Health, Government Printer, Melbourne.
Hayter, H. H. (1891). Victorian Year-Book for 1890–1, Government Printer, Melbourne.
Lack, J. (1985). ‘Worst Smelbourne’: Melbourne's noxious trades. In Davison, G., Dunstan, D., and McConville, C. (eds.), The Outcasts of Melbourne, Allen and Unwin, Sydney, pp. 172–200.
Lewis, M. (1995). Melbourne: The City's History and Development, City of Melbourne, Melbourne.
Mayne, A., and Lawrence, S. (1998). An Ethnography of Place: Imagining “Little Lon.” Journal of Australian Studies 57: 93–107.
Murray, T. and Mayne, A. (2001). Imaginary landscapes: Reading Melbourne's “Little Lon.” In Mayne, A., and Murray, T. (eds.), The Archaeology of Urban Landscapes: Explorations in Slumland, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 89–105.
Peel, L. J. (1974). Rural Industry in the Port Phillip Region 1835–1880, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne.
Sands and McDougall's Melbourne and Suburban Directory (1892). Sands and McDougall, Melbourne.
Sands and McDougall's Melbourne and Suburban Directory (1895). Sands and McDougall, Melbourne.
Schlereth, T. J. (1991). Victorian America: Transformations in Everyday Life, 1876–1915, Harper Collins, New York.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Davies, P. Mapping Commodities at Casselden Place, Melbourne. Int J Histor Archaeol 10, 336–348 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10761-006-0018-y
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10761-006-0018-y