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	Murtoa Grain Store No 1 Murtoa Stick Shed , Marmalake/Murtoa Grain Store No 1 Wimmera Highway,, MURTOA VIC 3390 - Property No B6183	Murtoa Grain Store No 1 is the earliest and only remaining of three such sheds built in Victoria during the early 1940's. It was constructed earlier than surviving similar sheds in Western Australia and New South Wales. The shed was originally built for the purpose of temporary wheat storage in World War 11 when grain exporting was impossible. It is also representative of the change in wheat storage, handling and transport from merchant trading (individual bags) to bulk ... more	B6183	State

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Murtoa Grain Store No 1

Murtoa Stick Shed , Marmalake/Murtoa Grain Store No 1

Wimmera Highway,, MURTOA VIC 3390 - Property No B6183

Murtoa Grain Store No 1 is the earliest and only remaining of three such sheds built in Victoria during the early 1940's. It was constructed earlier than surviving similar sheds in Western Australia and New South Wales. The shed was originally built for the purpose of temporary wheat storage in World War 11 when grain exporting was impossible. It is also representative of the change in wheat storage, handling and transport from merchant trading (individual bags) to bulk ... more

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