Flour Mill, Ipswich
former mill in Ipswich, Queensland
Flour Mill is a heritage-listed former mill at 231 Brisbane Street, Ipswich, City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by George Brockwell Gill and built from 1901 to 1902. It is also known as Bridal Mill, F.W. Johnson and Sons Motor Showroom, and Old Flour Mill. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
History
The Flour Mill was built in 1901–1902 for the Ipswich Milling Company Ltd, one of a series of flour mills connected with Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Francis Kates. The architect was G.B. Gill and the contractors were Worley and Whitehead.
The son of a miller, Kates was born in Berlin and, after graduating from Berlin University, migrated to Queensland in 1858. He settled on the Darling Downs and gradually acquired properties and capital. He built the Allora Flour Mills in 1871. He was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly in 1878 and showed interest in the development of the rural sector, presenting a bill in parliament in 1885 for the establishment of an agricultural college in Queensland.
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