This is a photograph of the site and the remains of the Lochton flour mill which was situated on a horse shoe bend along Deep Creek at Bulla. Captain William Morrison Hunter took up land along Deep Creek and built his home in 1850.He opened the flour mill in 1856, which was worked by a number of millers until it ceased operations in 1961.Flour milling was one of the early industries carried out in the Sunbury and Bulla district. The mills were established along Jacksons Creek in Sunbury and Deep Creek in Bulla.A coloured photograph of a tree lined horseshoe bend in a river with the remains of a bluestone building in the bottom RH corner.lochton flour mill, bulla, flour mills, captain william morrison hunter

Lochton was owned by William Morris Hunter who built and established the three storey flour mill on the horseshoe bend near Deep Creek in Bulla in the mid 1850s. The mill was steam driven. Since the 1960s when the Boral Company acquired Lochton, the property was leased out until January 1994.A coloured photograph of a former bluestone flour mill on a horseshoe bend of the Deep Creek. Trees are growing along the banks of the creek and sparsely covered hills are along the skyline.flour mills, hunter, william morris, lochton flour mill, deep creek, boral company, george evans collection

This is a photograph of Hannah Hillary, Annie Baker and Martha Gregor standing near the ruins of Lochton Flour Mill.A sepia photograph of three females standing next to the ruins of a bluestone building.Written on the back in biro:" Bulla Mill/Bob Gregor/18 Aitken Street/Sunbury. Left. Hannah Hilary/Right. Annie Baker/Annie, aunt of Hannah/ Annie, aunt of Bob Gregor/ Annie, sister /of/Martha.lochton mill, bluestone buildings, flour mills, deep creek, gregor, bob, hillary, hannah, baker, annie, martha, george evans collection

Lochton Flour Mill was established in the 1850s and is only one of a few surviving mills in Victoria. It is situated on a horseshoe bend on the Deep Creek at Bulla.A coloured photograph of a horse shoe bend in a river and the open flood plain. The river is tree-lined. The ruins of a stone building are on the river bend. A damaged fence and prickly pears are in the foreground.lochton mill, deep creek, hunter, william morrison, george evans collection

The building in the photograph is a present day view of the former Lochton Mill which was built on a bend of Deep Creek in Bulla on 1856 on property owned by Captain William Morrison Hunter. Lochton Mill was one of a few flour mills that were set-up on the banks of Deep Creek in Bulla and Jacksons Creek in Sunbury.A non-digital coloured photograph of the ruins of a bluestone mill that was built on a bend of a river. It is an elevated view and clearly shows the river's course in the deep valley as well as the surrounding hilly countryside. lochton mill, bulla, deep creek, captain william morrison hunter, milling