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69747

Former Butter Factory

Gelantipy Main Road,, BUCHAN VIC 3885 - Property No B6205

Buchan Butter Factory is significant historically at a local level. It may be significant architecturally at a higher level if further research is undertaken. It is a prominently situated building of poured or reinforced (pise?) concrete with a variety of roof styles immediately visible from the Caves Road bridge over the Buchan River on the north side of the town. Built in 1921 to replace an earlier milk processing plant, its site on the edge of the river beside rich grazing flats ... more

B6205

Local
70744

Warehouse - Port Fairy & Rosebrook Flour Mill / Cheese & Butter Factory

Port Fairy Aquarium ,  Steam Packet Wharf/ warehouse

37 Gipps Street,, PORT FAIRY VIC 3284 - Property No B0859

This building comprises the remains of the quite extensive wharf warehouses constructed by Belfast & Koroit Steam Navigation Company on the banks of the River Moyne. The stone building housing the aquarium was built c.1849 for Alison & Knight flour millers & prominent businessmen and landowners in the early years of Port Fairy. In 1868, it was absorbed into Captain Lewis Grant's 'Steam Packet Wharf'. The office section fronting Gipps Street was built for Grant in ... more

B0859

Local
71201

Former Maffra Butter Factory

Cnr Bundalaguh Road & Railway Place,, MAFFRA VIC 3860 - Property No B6163

B6163

File only
69833

Former Cohuna Co-Op Butter Factory

Murray Goulbourn Co-Op

Western Road,, COHUNA VIC 3568 - Property No B6334

B6334

File only
70764

Butter Factory - Koroit

Koroit/Warrnambool Road, KOROIT VIC 3282 - Property No B6241

B6241

File only
71204

Butter Factory

Commercial Road, YARRAM VIC 3971 - Property No B5060

The Yarram Butter Factory building was erected in 1908 and designed by Crawley and Knights. It is an elegant double storey building of sandstone blocks, cement faced, with an additional single storey attached, probably at a later date, although in a similar style. Although situated on the edge of town it fronts the highway. The building is remarkable for its ornate lettering and for the visual contribution it makes to the town streetscape. It is indicative of the importance the ... more

B5060

State
69837

Former Koondrook Butter Factory

Cnr View and Perglase Streets,, KOONDROOK VIC 3580 - Property No B6341

B6341

File only
70859

Former Stawell Butter Factory & Ice Company

15 Curtis Street,, STAWELL VIC 3380 - Property No B6374

The Stawell Butter Factory and Ice Company buildings are historically significant as one of the few surviving butter factory buildings in the Wimmera. Architecturally the charcoal lined timber buildings of 1894 gain significance by being one of the few remaining buildings of this type, once a common feature of butter factories, in Victoria. Unremarkable in appearance, setting or technological importance the buildings gain social significance through the long relationship with the ... more

B6374

Local
71230

Cowwarr Butter Factory Co Ltd

Main Road,, COWWARR VIC 3857 - Property No B6078

The Cowwarr Butter Factory Company Limited began operations in 1893 but the present building was erected in 1918 on a new site close to the railway line on the main road to Walhalla. It ceased operations as a butter factory in 1959. The decorative Chateau style of the building and its large chimney are substantial reminders of the importance of such a major industry in a small country town. The extensive use of trimmings and special design indicate that local shareholders in the ... more

B6078

State
69839

Former Macorna Butter Factory

MACORNA VIC 3579 - Property No B6359

The Macorna Butter Factory is of local historical significance as a poignant reminder of a once bustling small town situated at a now discontinued, but once important, local railhead. Architecturally this small red brick building displays the typical dairy roof line ventilation. The pleasing symmetrical lines of the simple rectangular shape and placement of windows and doors demonstrate a thoughtful response to the requirements of the industry - the need to keep the produce as cool ... more

B6359

Local
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