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Darling's Flour Mill

Location Sydney Street, ALBION VIC 3020 - Property No 2 File Number 2032 Level Included in Heritage Overlay

[1/1] 2032 - Brimbank City Council

Statement of Significance

The Darling & Son Flour Mill survives substantially intact as a representative large capacity roller flour mill of the early 20th century. The technology involved is similar to that adopted widely by flour millers throughout Australia from the 1880s on and which was responsible for the demise of many small country stone mills. Much of the plant is unchanged from its appearance and layout during construction, the primary difference being the concrete grain silos and steel flour silos which flank the mill. The location of the mill was probably a key to its success, being on the main rail line serving the north and west of the state, and within easy reach of the docks and the later Grain Board silos. The mill is an important example of a technology which, although still common, is to be seen in fewer locations as mills close and amalgamate. The degree of originality and intactness adds further significance The John Darling & Son mill was one of the earliest of the large-scale factories to be established at Sunshine and part of a major phase of development encouraged by H.V. McKay and developed around the concept of the garden industrial suburb.