TocTheEternal t1_ismgzvu wrote on October 17, 2022 at 2:02 AM

Reply to comment by shinobi500 in TIL that before the invention of regfrigeration in 1851, ice had to be imported to Australia from Boston, Massachusetts. The ice blocks travelled through the tropics inside ships insulated with timber, straw, peat, and sawdust by stumcm

If it was 240 tons over a period of decades, it could probably have been used for minor industrial and artisanal purposes that weren't strictly high class luxury. That's a lot of ice and it's not like Perth had a huge population overall.