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4 unusual facts about Colonial Sugar Refining Company


Charles Freer Andrews

The ex-indentured labourers and their descendents wanted him to help them overcome a new type of 'slavery', by which they were bound to the Colonial Sugar Refining Company, which controlled all aspects of their lives.

Colonial Sugar Refining Company

Chelsea Sugar Refinery - the New Zealand company formed by Colonial Sugar

Harwood Mill

Harwood mill is currently owned by the New South Wales Sugar Milling Co-operative, formed when cane growers purchased the three NSW sugar mills in 1978 from the Colonial Sugar Refining Company (CSR).

Johannes Christian Brunnich

In 1887 BrĂ¼nnich became chief chemist and mill manager for the Colonial Sugar Refining Company at Homebush, near Mackay.


Ami Chandra

While in Ba Chandra was also recruited by the Colonial Sugar Refining Company (CSR) to teach company employees and overseers to speak proper Hindi and understand Indian culture.

Viria Sugar Mill

The Colonial Sugar Refining Company built a mill at Viria, on the Rewa River, on the southern side of the island of Viti Levu on Fiji.


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