The Maryborough Flour Mill images below show a three storey brick building, with a detached iron shed at the rear. The silos and brick chimney still remain. The walls are 18 inches (45cm) thick and the building is 40 feet (12m) high at the ridges. When used as a flour mill, the shed was capable of storing 20,000 bags of wheat, with a siding from the railway to both the mill and shed.In 1974 the [...]
When Charlie Bovalino acquired the Maryborough Flour Mill in 1997, it had been vacant for 17 years and needed improvements to make it secure. Charlie began renovating and making the building secure, and then used it as a furniture gallery, displaying unique items of furniture made from his fine furniture timbers. More recently, he has upgraded the old flour mill into a secure [...]
Grey Box timber (Eucalyptus microcarpa) is a large hardwood of eastern Victoria and NSW. The heartwood is pale brown, sometimes with a tinge of pink. The sapwood is distinctively paler. Texture is relatively fine and even. Grain usually interlocked, often producing an attractive fiddleback figure. Green Density is about 1180 kg m3. Air dried density is about 1100kg m3. Due to the density of Grey [...]
Ironbark timber (Eucalyptus tricarpa) is a medium to large tree occurring in north central Victoria. Heartwood is dark red. Sapwood pale yellow, to 25mm wide. Texture is medium and even. The grain is interlocked. Often producing an attractive fiddleback figure. Green density is about 1220 Kg/m3. Air dried density about 1130 Kg/m3. Due to the density and interlocked grain of Ironbark it sands and [...]
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