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	Former Ballarat Woollen & Worsted Mill Cnr Humffray & Hill Streets,, BALLARAT CENTRAL VIC 3350 - Property No B5599	The former Ballarat Woollen and Worsted Mill is architecturally the best surviving example of the 19th Century woollen mills built in Victoria. In its heyday it was second only, in volume of production, to the earlier Victoria Woollen Mills in Geelong. However in 1895 the Ballarat Mill was described as the most perfect of its kind in the southern hemisphere. Its economic importance to Victoria cannot be over-emphasised. It was established at the time when gold mining, as an employer ... more	B5599	Local

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Former Ballarat Woollen & Worsted Mill

Cnr Humffray & Hill Streets,, BALLARAT CENTRAL VIC 3350 - Property No B5599

The former Ballarat Woollen and Worsted Mill is architecturally the best surviving example of the 19th Century woollen mills built in Victoria. In its heyday it was second only, in volume of production, to the earlier Victoria Woollen Mills in Geelong. However in 1895 the Ballarat Mill was described as the most perfect of its kind in the southern hemisphere. Its economic importance to Victoria cannot be over-emphasised. It was established at the time when gold mining, as an employer ... more

B5599

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