Drew of West Penwith and Beyond

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Monday, November 27, 2006

Bosisto's Eucalyptus Oil Products

Was browsing a shelf at the local supermarket, when some bottles caught my eye because of the brand name - Bosisto's
See for yourselves! http://www.fgb.com.au/BosHome.htm

The Bosisto's company is based in Victoria. However, if you read the history of the eucalyptus oil industry, the Bosisto involved was a "Yorkie".

"Baron Ferdinand von Meuller, the Government Botanist in Victoria, encouraged Joseph Bosisto, a Victorian pharmacist, to investigate the essential oils of the eucalyptus on a commercial basis. Joseph Bosisto was a Yorkshireman who had qualified as a Pharmacist in Leeds and London. He arrived in Adelaide in 1848 at the age of 21. In 1851 he moved to Victoria in search of gold, but instead opened a pharmacy in Richmond, where he built a laboratory to investigate the chemical and medicinal properties of Australian plants."

from: http://www.fgb.com.au/AdditionalInfo/EucOilHistory.htm

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