CARRAH MILL COMPLEX ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE

The Carrah Water-powered flour mill, miller's cottage, water race and weir date to c. 1856. The complex was constructed by prominent local squatter Dr Robert Hope. The comprises substantial ruins (on the Heritage Overlay) and is likely to contain archaeological features, deposits and artefacts associated with the occupation of the mill throughout the nineteenth century. 

The Carrah mill is of historical, scientific and archaeological significance. 

The Carrah Mill is of historical significance as one of a number of early water-powered flour mills in Victoria, demonstrating the process of technology transfer from Britain and the development of local industries in the pioneering colony. It is of archaeological significance for its potential to reveal information on the nature of milling technology in the mid nineteenth century and the lives of the millers and workers on an isolated rural property.