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Dr. Wehl's Flour Mill [B 15823] • Photograph

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Summary

Dr. Wehl's flour mill ; this was the site for the Vansittaret Park. Dr. Wehl's hand driven flour mill. He built the flour mill in 1857 and it was the first to be built in the district. After most his patients left for the gold rush in 1852 Dr Wehl commenced milling. He also owned 3000 acres in Gambier East but this proved unsuitable for cropping. He was civic minded and belonged to many local organisations and was married to the sister of Baron von Mueller of Melbourne and together they raised 15 children. He was a kindly man with a generous disposition who treated both poor and rich alike. Vansittart Park was created on land owned by Reverend William Vansittart and later by his brother Captain Spencer Vansittart. It was bought by the Mount Gambier Corporation and became the well known recreation ground

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Physical description

Photograph; 13.9 cm x 8.6 cm

Dates / Publication details

1870

Collection

Part of Mount Gambier Collection

Subject

Flour mills -- South Australia -- Mount Gambier

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Date

17/08/2006

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image/tiff

Resolution

3,458 x 2,163 pixels (7.5 MP)

Size

22.47 MB

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