Unloading at the Murrumbidgee Milling Co-operative circa 1910. Photo taken from the Anthony Brunskill Album at the Museum of the Riverina.
The Murrumbidgee Cooperative Milling Company commenced operations in Edward Street Wagga in June 1890. By 1896 it had a capacity to produce 2160 bags of flour and by 1910 it was capable of producing over fifty tons of flour per day.
Working of the Mill is described in two Wagga Wagga Advertiser articles which can be found here and here.
Further information from CSURA can also be found here.
Listen to John Winterbottom speaking about Flour Mills in Southern NSW here.
The Anthony Brunskill Album is a Photo Album of Wagga and District photos presented along with an illuminated Address to Anthony Brunskill on the occassion of a farewell dinner prior to his visit in 1910 to his United Kingdom to revisit his homeland in Westmoreland and to promote emmigration of farm workers to Australia.
