In 1896 George Adams started the Waterloo Paper Mill on a six acre site at Waterloo, Botany, New South Wales, bounded by Paul Street, Epsom Road and Victoria Street. He acquired the papermaking machine and all the other machinery and equipment from the Austral Paper Mill at Geelong, Victoria and shipped it to New South Wales.

This mill was said to have used water from an old brick pit adjacent to the mill. It was put up for sale in 1901 but is thought to have closed down shortly afterwards. One report claims that it failed due to a shortage of water.

The mill site was later used by Burroughs Welcome, Manufacturing Chemists.

( Footnote: Confusion about the starting date of this mill appears to have been caused by the paper mill at Liverpool, New South Wales having been referred to as the Waterloo Paper Mill in the mid 1870s and possibly at other times. )

Sources:

Amcor Archives (University of Melbourne Archives, Baillieu Library, Melbourne)

Saunders, John A. Some Notes on Old Paper Mills of New South Wales (Amcor Archives, University of Melbourne Archives, Baillieu Library, Melbourne)

Newspapers:

Tasmania "Hobart Mercury"

Victoria "The Argus"

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