Oxley Flour Mill, Milawa

Photograph of the Oxley Flour Mill. Image is copyright Campbell Mattinson.

The Oxley Flour Mill is in Milawa, on the corner of the Snow Road and Woodberrys Lane. It was built in 1861 by William Allen. Allen also operated the (first) flour mill in Wangaratta, which is of course on the Sydney-Melbourne train line, which would have been important. The Oxley Flour Mill is four storeys, and is made with all local bricks; these bricks can be seen everywhere in the houses of the local towns. This building is completely un-renovated and disused. I used to drive past it each week when I’d drive my daughter to work at the Milawa Cheese Factory. It was also the first photograph I ever sold.

Campbell Mattinson

Campbell Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer for forty years. He founded The Winefront, is a former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion (and former editor of Halliday magazine), and is the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He is 100% independent, and tastes between 5,000 and 10,000 wines each year, blind and in comparative brackets as often as is practicable.

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Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.

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