Callington Flour Mill
The Callington Flour Mill at Oatlands is Australia’s only remaining example of a Lincolnshire style windmill, and possibly the only example still standing. Built in 1837 to take advantage of the commercial opportunities inherent in the system of colonisation and administration of the convict system, the mill experienced a challenging commercial life until it was abandoned in the late 1890s to fall into disrepair. From the 1970’s onwards a series of partial stabilisation and restoration attempts occurred until a 2004 feasibility study identified the potential to restore the mill to full working order and to create a historic heritage tourism facility in combination with the milling of Tasmanian grown grains into flour
References: Murphy, Hugh and Farley, Martin, 2011: The Callington Mill at Oatlands: A story of Dreams, Booms, Busts and Recoveries. Engineering Heritage Conference, Hobart.
Bruce Cole Proposal to Nominate - Callington Mill at Oatlands
