Hart's Mill is a former

flour mill A gristmill (also: grist mill, corn mill, flour mill, feed mill or feedmill) grinds cereal grain into flour and middlings. The term can refer to either the grinding mechanism or the building that holds it. Grist is grain that has been separat ...

complex located on a bend in the

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, in the north-western corner of

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. Now partially restored, it has become the suburb's cultural hub. It has been listed as a state heritage place on the

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since 27 May 2004. Its significance is described as follows:

Built c. 1889, this substantial mill building is associated with the development of the wheat industry in South Australia in the latter part of the 19th century and specifically with the export of flour from the state through Port Adelaide. It is a rare example of a purpose-built late 19th century flour mill in South Australia, and when considered with the adjacent 1855 Hart's Mill, provides the only known example of two generations of flour mill buildings surviving on one site. The Packing Shed is an uncommon surviving example of an ancillary milling industry building. (HB Assessment Report 12/03)

Background

After his final voyage to England in 1846 John Hart settled near

, where he joined with H. Kent Hughes as merchants Hughes and Hart then, as Hart & Company, established large and successful flour mills. The flour mill at Port Adelaide, now colloquially referred to as Hart's Mill, was regarded as one of the best, and "Hart's Flour" commanded the highest prices in Australia.Heaton, J. H. ''Australian Dictionary of Dates and Men of the Time'' George Robertson, Sydney, 1879 John Hart & Co. merged with the Adelaide Milling Co. in 1882.

References

External links

South Australian History Hub - Hart's Mill complexHart's Mill ProjectOut Port - Hart's Mill
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