Farrington and Co.
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Town | Ballarat |
Street | Drummond Street |
Known dates | 1865-1869 |
Other names |
Red Lion Brewery Ballarat Brewery Company |
Farrington and Co. were brewers in Ballarat, Victoria, <1865-1869.
Site[edit | edit source]
The brewery was in Drummond Street, Ballarat.[1] The site, on the south west corner of Drummond Street and Webster Street, had opened c.1859, as the Red Lion Brewery.[2]
Background[edit | edit source]
The brewery was originally the Red Lion Brewery:
Mather’s, Ballarat or Red Lion brewery was opened at the south-west corner of Drummond and Webster streets. It afterwards became Farrington and Ellis', and the actual corner of the site was occupied as the Red Lion hotel.[3]
Farrington and Co. operated a brewery in Drummond Street which by 1870 had been taken over by the Ballarat Brewery Company.[1]
History[edit | edit source]
The brewery was advertising its beers in November 1865:
BALLARAT BREWERY, Corner of Webster and Drummond streets, C. M. FARRINGTON and CO. INVITE hotelkeepers of Ballarat and the district to sample their bright and sparkling ALE.[4]
In August 1866 the brewery exhibited its stouts at the Ballarat Exhibition.[5]
The brewery won awards at the Intercolonial Exhibition in February 1867:
In the ale, wine, and spirit section, Messrs Farrington and Co., of the Ballarat Brewery, were awarded honorable mention for the exhibit of bulk ale.[6]
The brewery advertised for a cook and a hotel in October 1869:
WANTED a strong YOUTH about 18, to Cook for Men and make himself generally useful. Farrington's Ballarat Brewery.
WANTED TO RENT, a HOTEL in Ballarat or Suburbs. Must be doing a fair trade, and in-going moderate. Apply B. C. Y., Farrington's Ballarat Brewery.[7]
The People[edit | edit source]
- C. M. Farrington - owner.[4]
- Ellis
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1870 'THE BALLARAT BREWERIES.', The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924), 7 November, p. 4. , viewed 27 Mar 2018, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article218799870
- ↑ Victoria. Mines Department & Braché, J. (Jacob), 1827-1905 & Smyth, Robert Brough, 1830-1889 & Humffray, J. B & Victoria. Surveyor General's Office et al. 1861, Ballaarat gold field. No. 1, R. Brough Smyth, Secretary for Mines, [Melbourne],https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/27942967
- ↑ 1889 'BALLARAT CHRONICLES AND PICTURES.', The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924), 28 September, p. 2. (Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924)), viewed 25 Apr 2018, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article209458669
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 1865 'Advertising', The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924), 22 November, p. 1. , viewed 05 Oct 2018, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article112880649
- ↑ 1866 'THE OPENING OF THE BALLARAT EXHIBITION.', The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), 29 August, p. 6. , viewed 27 Apr 2018, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5771838
- ↑ 1867 'SOUTH AUSTRALIA.', The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924), 14 February, p. 2. , viewed 28 Mar 2018, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article112861473
- ↑ 1869 'Advertising', The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924), 11 October, p. 3. , viewed 28 Mar 2018, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article112855074