TOODYAY INDUSTRIAL EXTRACTS 'WOOD EXTRACT' BAGS
c. 1962 - 1960B&W photo.
Most of the photo is dominated by hundreds of bags of wood extract stored at Industrial Extracts Factory for exporting overseas.
The extract would be used in tanning of leather goods.
In 1952 Industrial Extracts Ltd. established a factory at Toodyay.
The company extracted tannin from wandoo (Eucalyptus wandoo) to be used for leather tanning, oil drilling and boiler compounds.
In 1971 the factory closed and many of the 70 workers, along with their families, left Toodyay.
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Industrial Extract Limited, Myrtan Wood Extract
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