Sabina and William Henry Mills lived at "Golden Valley", Upper Diamond Creek (Wattle Glen) and had nine children in total. Here they are pictured with seven young children. Sabina died in 1916 aged 57 and William died in 1921 age 64. They are buried together at Diamond Creek (Nillumbik) cemetery. Reproduced on p46 of 'Pioneers & Painters'This photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book, "Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital image 4 x 5 inch B&W Neg 20 x 25 cm printsepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, wattle glen, sabina mills, will mills, mills family, pioneers and painters, upper diamond creek

Black and white photograph of Barwon Mill. Hirsts Woollen Mill (Excelsior) F.H. Gliddon (foreman) centre.Black and white photograph of Barwon Mill.Barwon Mill Hirsts Woollen Mill (Excelsior) FH Gliddon (Foreman) centrewoollen mills history, barwon woollen mill excelsior woollen and worsted mills, woollen mills - history

A copy of a colour photograph of the Cambarville timber mill in Victoria. Cambarville was established as a timber mill town in the 1940s. Timber mill owners A. Cameron and F.J. Barton named Cambarville. They established the mill to salvage timber from trees destroyed in the 1939 bushfires. Cambarville was impacted by the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires and any remaining structures were destroyed. The original photograph was taken in 1957.A copy of a colour photograph of the Cambarville timber mill in Victoria.Timber Mill. Marysville/ 1957marysville, victoria, 1939 bushfires, 2009 black saturday bushfires, cambarville, a. cameron, f.j. barton, australia, sawmill, photograph, timber mill

DVD of the Black Powder Mill created by film maker Stefan Raabe in conjuction with the Friend's of the Black Powder Mill and Brimbank CouncilBlack Powder Mill created by film maker Stefan Raabe in conjuction with the Friend's of the Black Powder Mill and Brimbank Councilblack powder mill, explosive factory, deer park, cainlea

A copy of a colour photograph of the Cambarville timber mill in Victoria. Cambarville was established as a timber mill town in the 1940s. Timber mill owners A. Cameron and F.J. Barton named Cambarville. They established the mill to salvage timber from trees destroyed in the 1939 bushfires. Cambarville was impacted by the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires and any remaining structures were destroyed. The original photograph was taken in 1960.A copy of a colour photograph of the Cambarville timber mill in Victoria.CAMBARVILLE TIMBER MILL - EARLY 60S/ 1960marysville, victoria, 1939 bushfires, 2009 black saturday bushfires, cambarville, a. cameron, f.j. barton, australia, sawmill, photograph, timber mill

A copy of a colour photograph of the Cambarville timber mill in Victoria. Cambarville was established as a timber mill town in the 1940s. Timber mill owners A. Cameron and F.J. Barton named Cambarville. They established the mill to salvage timber from trees destroyed in the 1939 bushfires. Cambarville was impacted by the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires and any remaining structures were destroyed. The original photograph was taken in 1960.A copy of a colour photograph of the Cambarville timber mill in Victoria.CAMBARVILLE TIMBER MILL - EARLY 60S/ 1960marysville, victoria, 1939 bushfires, 2009 black saturday bushfires, cambarville, a. cameron, f.j. barton, australia, sawmill, photograph, timber mill

A copy of a colour photograph of the Cambarville timber mill in Victoria. Cambarville was established as a timber mill town in the 1940s. Timber mill owners A. Cameron and F.J. Barton named Cambarville. They established the mill to salvage timber from trees destroyed in the 1939 bushfires. Cambarville was impacted by the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires and any remaining structures were destroyed. The original photograph was taken in 1960.A copy of a colour photograph of the Cambarville timber mill in Victoria.CAMBARVILLE TIMBER MILL - EARLY 60S/ 1960marysville, victoria, 1939 bushfires, 2009 black saturday bushfires, cambarville, a. cameron, f.j. barton, australia, sawmill, photograph, timber mill

A copy of a colour photograph of the Cambarville timber mill in Victoria. Cambarville was established as a timber mill town in the 1940s. Timber mill owners A. Cameron and F.J. Barton named Cambarville. They established the mill to salvage timber from trees destroyed in the 1939 bushfires. Cambarville was impacted by the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires and any remaining structures were destroyed. The original photograph was taken in 1960.A copy of a colour photograph of the Cambarville timber mill in Victoria.CAMBARVILLE TIMBER MILL - EARLY 60S/ 1960marysville, victoria, 1939 bushfires, 2009 black saturday bushfires, cambarville, a. cameron, f.j. barton, australia, sawmill, photograph, timber mill

Aunde / Norwellan Textiles North Western Woollen Mills became Norwellan Textiles then AUNDEColour landscape photo: Male worker inserting / extracting blanket into milling machine. Trolly with blanketsMillingindustry, aunde

A colour photograph of a house that was located at Cooks Mill in Victoria. Located in the Cathedral Range State Park near Marysville, Cooks Mill was established as Cathedral Mill in 1938. Processing Mountain Ash and Manna Gum, it was a major local employer before ceasing operations in 1955. Early settlers initially used the harsh, rocky country of the Cathedral Range for grazing. However, wild dogs and difficult terrain eventually ended this. In 1938, timber workers established the Cathedral Mill near the junction of Little River and Storm Creek. The mill was later renamed Cooks Mill and supported local milling operations through the 1940s and 1950s, supplying sawn timber to the Healesville railway station and Melbourne builders. The mill itself stopped operating in 1955, though logging continued in the surrounding forests until late 1971.A colour photograph of a house that was located at Cooks Mill in Victoria.Cook's Mill House/ (Tom Lewis lived there) 1970'smarysville, victoria, australia, taggerty, cathedral range state park, cathedral mill, mountain ash, manna gum, little river, storm creek, cooks mill, healesville railway station, melbourne, photograph, tom lewis

An early black and white photograph of the Cambarville timber mill in the Cumberland Valley. Cambarville was established as a timber mill town in the 1940s. Timber mill owners A. Cameron and F.J. Barton named Cambarville. They established the mill to salvage timber from trees destroyed in the 1939 bushfires. Cambarville was impacted by the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires and any remaining structures were destroyed. The photograph was taken in August 1952.An early black and white photograph of the Cambarville timber mills in the Cumberland Valley.CAMBARVILLE TIMBER/ MILLS CUMBERLAND AUGUST 1952cambarville, marysville, victoria, australia, a. cameron, f.j. barton, 2009 black saturday bushfires, photograph

Dr Barbara MillsBW Head and Shoulders portrait of Dr Barbara Mills, looking over her right shoulder at the camera.Dr Barbara Mills to Thailanddr barbara mills; thailand

Blanket label from the RSS Mill, Geelong for a Retsol rug.Retsol rug label from the RSS mill.THE GEELONG R.S.&S. WOOLLEN MILLS / PURE / WOOL / RETSOL RUGStextile mills, returned soldiers and sailors mill, retsol rugs, label, 1918: australians in france - exhibition (19/02/2000 - 30/04/2000) logo merino: sheep in australian art and design - exhibition (29/07/2000 - 04/02/2001)

Blanket label from the RSS Mill, Geelong for a Retsol rug.Retsol rug label from the RSS mill.THE GEELONG R.S.&S. WOOLLEN MILLS / PURE / WOOL / RETSOL RUGStextile mills, returned soldiers and sailors mill, retsol rugs, label, 1918: australians in france - exhibition (19/02/2000 - 30/04/2000) logo merino: sheep in australian art and design - exhibition (29/07/2000 - 04/02/2001)

Group photograph, possibly depicting the staff of a Geelong woollen mill, c.1880s.Photograph of the staff of a Geelong Woollen Mill, c.1880s.Geelong Wollen Mills [sic] / Taken in early 80'stextile industry - history textile mills - history textile mills - staff, geelong woollen mills, textile industry - history, textile mills - history, textile mills - staff

This card is the second in a set of 16 information cards produced by the Stamina Clothing Company re: Australian Woollen Mills as give aways. It looks the process of sheep shearing.Card no. 2 from the Crusader Mills information card set, c.1945-55. Verso of card no. 2 from the Crusader Mills information card set, c.1945-55.No. 2 Shearing merinos for the Crusader Mills.shearing, australian woollen mills pty ltd stamina clothing company

This card is the fifth in a set of 16 information cards produced by the Stamina Clothing Company re: Australian Woollen Mills as give aways. It looks the process of wool scouring.Card no. 5 from the Crusader Mills information card set, c.1945-55. Verso of card no. 5 from the Crusader Mills information card set, c.1945-55.No. 5 Wool scouring at the Crusader Mills.australian woollen mills pty ltd stamina clothing company, scouring

This card is the fourth in a set of 16 information cards produced by the Stamina Clothing Company re: Australian Woollen Mills as give aways. It looks the process of wool sorting and classing.Card no. 4 from the Crusader Mills information card set, c.1945-55. Verso of card no. 4 from the Crusader Mills information card set, c.1945-55.No. 4 Wool Sorting at the Crusader Mills.woolclassing, australian woollen mills pty ltd stamina clothing company

The Warrnambool Woollen Mill was established in South Warrnambool in 1909 and was officially opened in 1910 with John Bennett as the first manager. In 1968 the mill was sold to the Dunlop company and in 1982 Dunlop sold the mill to Onkaparinga Woollen Company. In 1983 Onkaparinga was taken over by Macquarie Worsteds and traded in Warrnambool as Warrnambool Textiles. This arrangement ceased in 1994. In 2000 the mill closed after 90 years of operations.This is not a very significant item but it is interesting as it is connected to one of the major industries operating in Warrnambool for 90 years (1910-2000). It highlights also one aspect of the mill’s history- the years 1983-1994 when the mill operated as Warrnambool Textiles. This is a plastic shopping bag from the Warrnambool Woollen Mill shop. It has red printing on the front and back.‘Bargains Galore at the Woollen Mill Shop, Located at the Mill, Warrnambool Textiles, Harris Street, South Warrnambool, 3280, Phone: (055) 64 0044’warrnambool woollen mill

This card is the eighth in a set of 16 information cards produced by the Stamina Clothing Company re: Australian Woollen Mills as give aways. It looks the process of top making at a gilling machine.Card no. 8 from the Crusader Mills information card set, c.1945-55. Verso of card no. 8 from the Crusader Mills information card set, c.1945-55.No. 8 Top making at the Crusader Mills.australian woollen mills pty ltd stamina clothing company, gilling, top making

Rug label produced by the RSS Mill in Geelong for the Blamey rug.Rug label from the RSS Mill's Blamey rug.THE GEELONG R.S.&S. WOOLLEN MILLS / PURE / WOOL / THE / T.A. Blamey / RUGworld war i textile mills, returned soldiers and sailors mill, 1918: australians in france - exhibition (19/02/2000 - 30/04/2000) logo merino: sheep in australian art and design - exhibition (29/07/2000 - 04/02/2001), blamey, lt gen. sir thomas albert gbe, kcb, cmg, dso, world war i, textile mills

This card is the tenth in a set of 16 information cards produced by the Stamina Clothing Company re: Australian Woollen Mills as give aways. It looks the process of spinning.Card no. 10 from the Crusader Mills information card set, c.1945-55. Verso of card no. 10 from the Crusader Mills information card set, c.1945-55.No. 10 Spinning the rovings into yarn at the Crusader Mills.australian woollen mills pty ltd stamina clothing company, spinning

This card is the fifteenth in a set of 16 information cards produced by the Stamina Clothing Company re: Australian Woollen Mills as give aways. It looks the process of dry blowing the cloth, which fixes the width and imparts lustre.Card no. 15 from the Crusader Mills information card set, c.1945-55. Verso of card no. 15 from the Crusader Mills information card set, c.1945-55.No. 15 Dry blowing at the Crusader Mills.textile finishing, australian woollen mills pty ltd stamina clothing company

This card is the sixth in a set of 16 information cards produced by the Stamina Clothing Company re: Australian Woollen Mills as give aways. It looks the process of wool carding.Card no. 6 from the Crusader Mills information card set, c.1945-55. Verso of card no. 6 from the Crusader Mills information card set, c.1945-55.No. 6 Carding the scoured wool at the Crusader Mills.australian woollen mills pty ltd stamina clothing company, carding

The woollen mill was a vital part of Warrnambool for all but 22 years of the town’s history since it's the establishment in 1847 when the first land sales were held and white settlement began. In 1869 the Warrnambool Meat Preserving Company began operations on the mill site, in 1875, shareholders of the then defunct Warrnambool Meat Preserving Company happily sold the land and buildings on the Merri river to Warrnambool Woollen Mill Company Ltd for £5,000. The site was sold again in 1876 to grazer Robert Hood of Sherwood, who was chairman of directors of the failed company, which couldn’t raise sufficient capital to keep the works operating. The entrepreneurial Hood then used the existing plant to turn his own wool into tweed cloth. But just as the mill was starting to show a profit, a fire destroyed the building and plant on the night of 25 March 1882. So again, the mill was operational for six short years. Insurers only paid a fraction over 10% of the damage, Hood couldn't raise sufficient capital to rebuild on his own, and so the site lay unused until 1910. In 1908 Marcus Saltau and Peter John McGennan convinced the Warrnambool Chamber of Commerce to invest in a secondary industry with local capital. A public meeting in September 1908 agreed to raise £40,000, electing Saltau chairman of directors, a post he held for 34 years. A year later, using mostly local money, the Warrnambool Woollen Mill Company dispatched its first manager, John E. Bennett, to buy a plant and recruit 20 experienced staff from the Yorkshire woollen industry in December 1909. Another year more, the new mill was officially opened on 14 November 1910 by Marcus Saltau as company chairman and town mayor. Eighteen months on, in May 1912, the mill paid its first half-yearly dividend of 2 ½%. It was now working two shifts, with a year's orders to fill. In 1914 the mill ordered its own generator, providing the town with electricity and effectively doubling its plant size by October 1915, six months after Gallipoli. Thereafter, government orders for cloth and military supplies assured the mill’s success right through the First World War and on until 1923. A plant upgrade in 1922 for machinery to make worsted fabric drained profits, which, with a fall in demand, led to a loss in 1925. Profits were restored by the 1930s, despite the Depression, mostly due to tight management and robust marketing. Production boomed again during the Second World War, but soon foreign competition bit into profits, forcing the company to consolidate operations. The ‘50s and ‘60s were golden years for the mill. Security and growth gave the company confidence to trial Australia’s first electric blanket in 1958 and to install Swiss Sulzer looms in 1965. Over time, the building facades took on the modern look that the mill presented until it closed. The Dunlop company bought the mill in 1968, fending off a challenge from Onkaparinga in South Australia, and continued to expand by adding Wendouree Woollen Mill in the same year and Dream-spun Textiles a decade later, in 1979. Soon after that purchase, however, the mill began its slippery slide into decline. Dunlop sold to its former rival bidder Onkaparinga Woollen Co. Ltd in 1982, which in turn was taken over by Macquarie Worsted's only a year later, in 1983. Operations remained stable for a decade until 1994 when the Macquarie Group signaled that its newly rationalised operations left no room for the Warrnambool investment. The final operator of the mill was The Smith Family charity group, which ran the site by agreement with the Warrnambool City Council and a state government grant in that same year, 1994. The mill became more of a fabric recycler than a manufacturer. The site was sold to private operators in February 2003 and rezoned four months later to allow for the mixed housing development. The embossing press is significant for its association with the Warrnambool Woollen Mills 1910-1968, a major employer in the Warrnambool district. The press is also significant as an example of commercial office equipment used in the 19th and 20th century.Press, metal, for Company seal of Warrnambool Woollen Mill, stamping their brand as Western District Worsted Mills Pty Ltd. Metal is black with red and gold floral markings. Inscription of stamp reads "WESTERN DISTRICT WORSTED MILLS PROPRIETRY LIMITED" flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, warrnambool woollen mills, western district worsted mills proprietry limited, worsted fabric, printing press, logo printing press, stamp printing press, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village

A black and white postcard of the Cambarville Timber mill near Marysville. Cambarville was established as a timber mill town in the 1940s. Timber mill owners A. Cameron and F.J. Barton named Cambarville. They established the mill to salvage timber from trees destroyed in the 1939 bushfires. Cambarville was impacted by the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires and any remaining structures were destroyed. This postcard was produced by Valentine's Publishing Co as a souvenir of Marysville.A black and white postcard of the Cambarville Timber mill near Marysville.V.18. CAMBARVILLE MILL, MARYSVILLE. VALENTINE'S/ POST CARD A GENUINE PHOTOGRAPHmarysville, victoria, souvenir, cambarville, 1939 bushfires, 2009 black saturday bushfires, postcard, valentine's publishing co, a. cameron, f.j. barton

This card is the third in a set of 16 information cards produced by the Stamina Clothing Company re: Australian Woollen Mills as give aways. It looks the process of wool buying and wool sales.Card no. 3 from the Crusader Mills information card set, c.1945-55. Verso of card no. 3 from the Crusader Mills information card set, c.1945-55.No. 3 Buying the 'Golden Fleece' for the Crusader Mills.wool brokering wool sales, australian woollen mills pty ltd stamina clothing company, wool brokering, wool sales

This card is the seventh in a set of 16 information cards produced by the Stamina Clothing Company re: Australian Woollen Mills as give aways. It looks the process of wool combing and shows a Noble comb.Card no. 7 from the Crusader Mills information card set, c.1945-55. Verso of card no. 7 from the Crusader Mills information card set, c.1945-55.No. 7 Combing the carded slivers at the Crusader Mills.australian woollen mills pty ltd stamina clothing company, combing, noble comb