Photograph, late 1980s

Historical information

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.

Significance

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.

Physical description

A coloured photograph of a tree lined horseshoe bend in a river with the remains of a bluestone building in the bottom RH corner.

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