Historical information
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.
Physical description
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 site
Subjects
References
- Coulstock's Mill Brief history with link to a full report on Geoege Coulstock and his family, Mill Park farm and his Mill at Janefield via Wikinorthia
