This work grew from a hobby and a love of history, particularly that of
Australia's colonial days. It takes you on a 200-year voyage back to when
life was a lot less complicated and about as fast as a plodding horse.
To a time when lemonade was made from real lemons,
sarsaparilla was made from plants, cordials were pure fruit juices
and soda water spurted fresh from glass syphons.
It documents the tribulations, the failures and successes of Sydney's
early ginger beer, aerated water and cordial manufacturers whose
personal lives are laid bare; exposing unbearable grief, the hardship
of every-day life and the misery endured by some.
The skeletons are out of the closet revealing murder, theft, lust, subterfuge
and embezzlement. Some lives defy belief and are truly worthy as the
basis for a modern-day movie script. All this and more is richly illustrated
in this important reference volume.
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