FORMER ALISON & KNIGHT FLOUR MILL COMPLEX
5 LYDIARD STREET ROSEBROOK, MOYNE SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
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FORMER ALISON & KNIGHT FLOUR MILL COMPLEX - History
The large basalt flour mill at Rosebrook was built by James Atkinson in 1846 for the Melbourne millers, Alison & Knight. The grain grinding equipment at the Rosebrook mill was disposed of after milling ceased, but the mill became the Rosebrook Cheese & Butter Factory in 1888, when Charles Lydiard and T F Rutledge formed a cooperative to take advantage of government subsidy to export butter to England in 1888. The massive structure, with natural airflow cooling, provided good conditions for milk processing without refrigeration. The business flourished for a decade or so, but the export trade was challenged by Danish product and Melbourne producers offering for local product moved by rail. The factory introduced Reid kerosene gas generation, moved to dried and then condensed milk production, but when the business failed, the factory was sold for materials in 1917.
FORMER ALISON & KNIGHT FLOUR MILL COMPLEX - Archaeological Significance
The flour mill footings, quarry and infrastructure works are an unusual example of a commercial investment in an industry to encourage settlement.
FORMER ALISON & KNIGHT FLOUR MILL COMPLEX - Historical Significance
The remaining footings of the mill and surrounding infrastructure imprints are a very early example offlour mill/dairy processing factory, potentially the earliestsurviving in the State. The housing, for both manager and labourer, are the oldest in Victoria.The flour mill complex is of social significance as one of the earliest surviving examples of industrial workers accommodation in Victoria.
Heritage Inventory Description
FORMER ALISON & KNIGHT FLOUR MILL COMPLEX - Heritage Inventory Description
The site comprises the foundations of the mill, well, gas holder and other site infrastructure (draught shafts, water intake piping). In addition, non-archaeological features survive (intact) from the same period including the manager's residence and workers' cottages, and basalt quarry.
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GREAVES COTTAGEVictorian Heritage Inventory
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FORMER ALISON & KNIGHT FLOUR MILL COMPLEXVictorian Heritage Inventory
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