Sydney's first ice

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Nigel Isaacs

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Until the invention of reliable mechanical refrigeration, Sydney's only experience of ice was the American ice imported by ship in 1839-40, and 1853-56. Insulated with sawdust, and transported across the world by ship, the natural ice from the lakes of Massachusetts caused a sensation in Sydney summers.

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Nigel Isaacs, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

Nigel Isaacs is a senior lecturer at the School of Architecture at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, and a principal scientist at BRANZ Ltd