The best and most comprehensive source is Dard Hunter's Papermaking: The
History and Technique of an Ancient Craft, Alfred Knopf 1943.  It's been
reprinted several times and is now in paperback.  In addition, there is the
Institute of Paper Science and Technology (IPST) (formerly the Dard Hunter
Museum in Atlanta -- (404) 894-7840 which will probably answer all your
paper chronology questions
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> Firstly, I am trying to find information on 19th Century papermaking. I am
> doing a preliminary assessment on an 1870s paper mill near the city of
> Geelong in Victoria. I am wondering whether anyone knows of any standard
> texts on paper production and/or paper mill technology. Also are there any
> reports on paper mills in the literature. I'm afraid my searching is too
> unfocused and I keep getting billions of hits!
>