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Flour Mill, Hay Valley [B 11539] • Photograph

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Summary

John Dunn's wind-driven flour mill at Hay Valley in ruins. John Dunn arrived in South Australia in 1840 and built a windmill in 1842 for grinding flour on land purchased near his brother's property at Hay Valley (near Nairne) The windmill was possibly the first in Australia. In 1844 he built his first steam mill in Mount Barker when South Australia was the only colony in Australia producing wheat.

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Physical description

Photograph;

Dates / Publication details

1869

Photographer

Duryea, Townsend

Collection

Part of Hay Valley Collection

Subject

Windmills -- South Australia -- Hay Valley

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Digitisation information

Date

13/02/2013

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

5,155 x 3,946 pixels (20.3 MP)

Size

61.05 MB

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