ANNUAL ADDRESS. XXI. 



Cox, of Windsor, when he took Governor Macquarie to Bathurst 

 over the new Blue Mountain road already referred to. 



A very antiquated old beam engine is still working at Dickson's 

 mill, and it is said that some of the original condenser, and other 

 parts, are in the foundations yet. It has, however, for many 

 years worked "non- condensing, "perhaps because the waters of the 

 harbour (continually receding as reclamations were made) at last 

 became too far away for the cold water pump. In spite of the 

 generally ancient garb which this engine wears, it is evident to 

 an expert eye that several of its most important parts are modern. 

 This mill has been known by many names since Dickson made 

 himself famous by his enterprise; but, alas for the instability of 

 such fame! Dickson-street, which at least should perpetuate his 

 memory, as it runs through his original grant, has recently, by 

 some municipal vagary, had its spelling changed to Dixon-street. 



The Second Steam Flour Mill. — After a lapse of eight years, 

 the second steam flour mill appears to have been established in 

 the year 1823 by Mr. Thomas Barker, who was a most successful 

 mercantile man, and afterwards a member of the Legislature. 

 This mill was erected about four hundred feet from the corner of 

 Bathurst and Sussex-streets, and as steam engines were at this 

 date, and even for ten years later, of great importance in public 

 estimation, this mill — like Dickson's — was known as Barker's 

 " Steam Engine," and both are so distinguished on the early maps 

 of the town printed with the Sydney Directory as late as the year 

 1838. 



Barker's mill stood on the grant of nearly seven acres, which 

 was made to him, and comprised nearly all the block bounded by 

 Bathurst-street, Sussex-street, Liverpool-street, and the waters of 

 Darling Harbour. There were not a dozen houses in the locality 

 at the time, and there were only two other wharves, besides the 

 one which Mr. Barker built, in the whole of Darling Harbour. 

 About the year 1830, Mr. Barker erected two new flour mills 

 alongside his original one, and it was in those days considered a 

 colossal undertaking. The work was so well done that the 



