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Old Mill, Mount Barker [B 4969] • Photograph

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Summary

[General description] This is a bronze tablet which is to be erected at Nixon's Mill, Windmill Hill, Mt. Barker Road. The text on it reads: 'Preserved as a memorial of the pioneering days of South Australia / This windmill was built by F.R. Nixon in 1842 who sold it to Walter Paterson in 1844. It was worked by him until 1853 when it was sold to F.W. Wittwer. It ceased operations in 1864 and was donated to the public in 1928 by A.E. Braendler / Tablet presented by Walter Paterson's grandchildren' [On back of photograph] An article describing the process behind the renovation of this historic mill has been cut from the Advertiser, January 11th, 1929 and is attached to the back of the photograph.

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Physical description

Photograph; 19.7 cm x 14.1 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1929

Photographer

Krischock, Henry

Collection

Part of Mount Barker Collection

Subject

Windmills -- South Australia -- Mount Barker

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Digitisation information

Date

28/06/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,144 x 2,258 pixels (7.1 MP)

Size

7.13 MB

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