ST ARNAUD BREWERY

Location

8669 WIMMERA HIGHWAY ST ARNAUD EAST, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE

Level

Heritage Inventory Site

Statement of Significance

THE BREWERY WAS VERY IMPORTANT SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY TO THE PEOPLE OF ST ARNAUD AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS FOR ALMOST 50 YEARS. HISTORIC RECORDS SHOW THAT THE BEWERY HAD ITS OWN BOTTLE AND MAKERS STAMP AND THAT ITS PRODUCTS SERVICED A LARGE PORTION OF THE WIMMERA DISTRICT OF WESTERN VICTORIA. THE BREWERY IS A RELATIVELY RARE EXAMPLE OF A ONCE COMMON INDUSTRY IN RURAL 19TH-C VICTORIA.

Group

Manufacturing and Processing

Category

Brewery