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Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Ruins of Coulstocks Mill, Janefield, South Morang
... Five colour photographs of ruins of Coulstocks Mill... melbourne Photograph Photograph Ruins of Coulstocks Mill, Janefield ...Mill Park Farm at Janefield on the Plenty River was established around 1840 by George Coulstock where he grew wheat. His flour mill was one of the first in Victoria, under construction as early as 1841. After bushfires and Coulstock's early death in 1842, the farm and its mill were taken over by local landowners Henry Miller and John Brock. Peter Hurlestone took charge of the mill. With water diverted from the Plenty River to fill the newly built Yan Yean Reservoir which opened in 1857, the Hurlestone family quit and that was the demise of the mill.Five colour photographs of ruins of Coulstocks Mill, Janefield (Mill Park - Bundoora)mills, flour mills, coulstock, janefield, plenty river, ruins, stone walls, bundoora, plenty gorge -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Ruins of Coulstocks Mill, Janefield, South Morang
... Four colour photographs showing the ruins of Coulstocks... melbourne Photograph Photograph Ruins of Coulstocks Mill, Janefield ...Mill Park Farm at Janefield on the Plenty River was established around 1840 by George Coulstock where he grew wheat. His flour mill was one of the first in Victoria, under construction as early as 1841. After bushfires and Coulstock's early death in 1842, the farm and its mill were taken over by local landowners Henry Miller and John Brock. Peter Hurlestone took charge of the mill. With water diverted from the Plenty River to fill the newly built Yan Yean Reservoir which opened in 1857, the Hurlestone family quit and that was the demise of the mill.Four colour photographs showing the ruins of Coulstocks Flour Mill (Janefield Mill), Janefield. 1. Stone wall 2. Old mill 3. Stone remains of old mill 4. Tree near old mill sitemills, flour mills, coulstock, janefield, plenty river, ruins, stone walls, plenty gorge, bundoora -
Greensborough Historical Society
Article, Gary Vines, Mills of the Plenty River, by Gary Vines, 2017_10
... Coulstock's Janefield Mill and Moses Thomas's Mayfield Mill. The paper... Carome Mill, George Coulstock's Janefield Mill and Moses Thomas's ...Transcript of conference paper on flour mills on the Plenty River, including Arthur Sergeantson's Carome Mill, George Coulstock's Janefield Mill and Moses Thomas's Mayfield Mill. The paper was presented at the 19th Australasian Engineering Heritage Conference in Mildura, October 2017Transcript of conference paper, 26 pages, illus. (some col.), maps.plenty river, flour mills -
Greensborough Historical Society
Article, Greensborough RSL, Memorabilia: Did You Know [Article on water powered flour mills], 1842o
... mills and their fate. janefield mill george coulstock john brock ...Contains a brief history of the various flour mills that existed on the Plenty River upstream from Greensborough and some others in the district.Contains some hard to find information on district flour mills and their fate.A one page article on Plenty River flour mills written by Jim Allen.Niljanefield mill, george coulstock, john brock, peter hurlestone, carome mill, thomas mill, plenty river, yan yean reservoir, boadles mill, marsh farm, diamond creek