Adelaide Times in Adelaide, South Australia

Vast 19th Century Market Listing Speaks of Goods and Prices

Late arrivals from London Liverpools and Scotland fill a dense catalog of groceries, wines, timbers, fabrics, hardware, and household items. Names such as Wal Williams and Charles Draper appear amid references to wheat, clean wheat, port wine, sherry, Malaga, rum, gin, tobacco, guns, and various drapery goods. The fragment shows a bustling, multi-merchant swap with quantities, brands, and assorted commodities.