Dominion Flour Mill

Dominion Flour Mill Kent Street, Maryborough, ca. 1930. 

The Dominion Flour Mill (Local Heritage Register Entry 153) was the most northerly flour mill in Australia when it was built in the 1890s for the Maryborough Milling Company (Trove). In October 1892, this mill, owned by Messrs Creaser and Emmet (Trove), was opened in Kent Street. Local farmers were encouraged to grow wheat to supply the mill (Trove).The Co-operative Milling Association bought the mill on 1 March 1938 and the mill ceased operation in 1977 (Trove).It was known for selling the Silver Spray brand flour (Trove). After closure it was turned into a sawmill by Fairlie and Sons before becoming a second-hand warehouse called Bower Bird House.

Dominion Flour Factory Employees (Source: Maryborough Family History Pininterest)

 In 1919, the Dominion Flour Milling Company who now owned the mill bought the remaining relic of Aldershot smelting works, the chimney (Trove).

Dominion Flour Mill October 2018

After having it dropped the recoverable bricks were used to build the smoke stack, the remaining bricks were then used to build the fence supervised by P.O.E Hawkes (Trove). 

1957 Dominion Flour Mill, Maryborough, looking from Pallas Street ( Source: Maryborough Family History)

 The Maryborough Family History Pininterest site describes the construction of the mill as a:
"USA design of wood and iron. It's 72ft x 40ft and from the surface of the ground floor to the apex of the roof is 43ft 5in - 3 floors with an attic roof formed out of the Mansard Roof. The mill contained 4 lge bins, 20ft 6in deep by 12ft 6in square. Foundation is made of hardwood logs 2ft 3in in diameter with a clay bottom. The engine room (24ft sq of iron) and office is attached to Mill. Rear of building is a dble floor platform, top for delivery, bottom receiving."

Do you remember the Flour Mill or the Saw Mill when it was working?

References:

Newspapers Home - Trove. (2018). Trove. Retrieved 16.10.2018, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/