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Sydney has many important buildings made of locally quarried sandstone.These masonry tools, used to work that sandstone, signify an important aspect of Sydney's working and industrial past that continues today in the refurbishment of old buildings and some current decorative use of sandstone. The tools complement other objects in the Museum's collection that relate to Sydney's building industry.

Tradesmen were needed in the colonies to help build housing and to work in industry. By the early 1800s, Pyrmont and Ultimo were becoming the industrial heart of Sydney and home to the men and women who worked in its quarries, factories, abattoirs, wharves and woolstores.

Stonemasons were a highly organised workforce; in 1858 they were the first tradesmen to win the right to an eight hour day. They dressed formally, wearing white linen aprons, and the head mason wore a waistcoat.

The Pyrmont peninsula was one of the major sources of sandstone, and of employment for stonemasons. Quarries were started there by the Saunders family in 1853. The three main Saunders quarry sites, said to have been nicknamed by Scottish workmen in the 1860s, produced stone with distinctive qualities. Hellhole was located north-east of Wentworth Park on Wattle Street; it was a deep hole some six metres below street level which filled to the brim with every heavy downpour. Purgatory, adjacent and further north, produced a very hard stone with a grey streak which could crack. Paradise, or Half Way, was less than a kilometre north of Hellhole and produced the best stone, yellow block.

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A stone mason is a person who is skilled in the art of stone carving, stone laying and stone fitting. This is a specialised profession and requires a high degree of sculpting skills and expertise. A stone mason is generally found working on projects involving the construction of artistic structures and monuments. Stoneworking is the skill of working with stones and comprises of stone carving, stone laying and stone fitting. Yellow™ contains a comprehensive list of stone masons and stoneworkers across Australia.

A stone mason usually works in a workshop or on the client’s construction site. A stone mason is often referred to as a banker mason when the job involves carving and shaping stones according to specific design instructions. The stone mason also uses electric powered tools to give the stone structure a textured or polished finish. A stone mason is called a fixer when the job involves building stone walls by using mortar and special fixings. If you are a caretaker of an old heritage building and you want to conduct repairs, it is recommended that you always hire a stone mason. Like a sculptor, a stone mason can also carve stone statues and construct memorial headstones.


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