Yarraville’s Woolmills History 1875 - 2 Banool Ave Yarraville
Yarraville’s Wollen Mill Co Estate - 2 Banool Ave
This print is a must if you have purchased a piece of Yarraville’s earliest history!
The 2 Banool Ave, Yarraville site will be given an architectural overhaul that retains bluestone walls and features sawtooth design elements, plus exposed brickwork, in nods to its industrial history.
We’ve restored and enhanced this very old Department of Lands and Survey from 1875 shows it’s the historical location and the Woollen Mill Co., the Footscray abattoirs and the Victoria Meat Preserving Co with Francis Street, Stephen Street, and Hyde Street land divisions.
Oh, and in case you are wondering. The entire of the inner west was historically known as Parish of Cut Paw Paw, County of Bourke, from very early pioneers to the early 1900s.
Site history:
Construction of this bluestone structure started in 1873. Established by the brothers Edwin and Walter Gaunt, who had gained their expertise in the north of England and were significant in the development of the Woollen industry in Australia, the company was for a time the largest of its kind, but collapsed in 1884. Its assets were taken over for 21,530 pounds in 1885 to form the Yarraville Woollen Mills with John Tayler as manager until 1889.
The site, at 2 Banool Ave Yarraville was then repurposed, becoming the Australian Porcelain Insulator Company, then the Melbourne Pottery Company, and finally Morlynn Ceramics Pty Ltd.
Please also see our 2 Banool Ave Unrestored section for some extra content.
Yarraville’s Wollen Mill Co Estate - 2 Banool Ave
This print is a must if you have purchased a piece of Yarraville’s earliest history!
The 2 Banool Ave, Yarraville site will be given an architectural overhaul that retains bluestone walls and features sawtooth design elements, plus exposed brickwork, in nods to its industrial history.
We’ve restored and enhanced this very old Department of Lands and Survey from 1875 shows it’s the historical location and the Woollen Mill Co., the Footscray abattoirs and the Victoria Meat Preserving Co with Francis Street, Stephen Street, and Hyde Street land divisions.
Oh, and in case you are wondering. The entire of the inner west was historically known as Parish of Cut Paw Paw, County of Bourke, from very early pioneers to the early 1900s.
Site history:
Construction of this bluestone structure started in 1873. Established by the brothers Edwin and Walter Gaunt, who had gained their expertise in the north of England and were significant in the development of the Woollen industry in Australia, the company was for a time the largest of its kind, but collapsed in 1884. Its assets were taken over for 21,530 pounds in 1885 to form the Yarraville Woollen Mills with John Tayler as manager until 1889.
The site, at 2 Banool Ave Yarraville was then repurposed, becoming the Australian Porcelain Insulator Company, then the Melbourne Pottery Company, and finally Morlynn Ceramics Pty Ltd.
Please also see our 2 Banool Ave Unrestored section for some extra content.
Yarraville’s Wollen Mill Co Estate - 2 Banool Ave
This print is a must if you have purchased a piece of Yarraville’s earliest history!
The 2 Banool Ave, Yarraville site will be given an architectural overhaul that retains bluestone walls and features sawtooth design elements, plus exposed brickwork, in nods to its industrial history.
We’ve restored and enhanced this very old Department of Lands and Survey from 1875 shows it’s the historical location and the Woollen Mill Co., the Footscray abattoirs and the Victoria Meat Preserving Co with Francis Street, Stephen Street, and Hyde Street land divisions.
Oh, and in case you are wondering. The entire of the inner west was historically known as Parish of Cut Paw Paw, County of Bourke, from very early pioneers to the early 1900s.
Site history:
Construction of this bluestone structure started in 1873. Established by the brothers Edwin and Walter Gaunt, who had gained their expertise in the north of England and were significant in the development of the Woollen industry in Australia, the company was for a time the largest of its kind, but collapsed in 1884. Its assets were taken over for 21,530 pounds in 1885 to form the Yarraville Woollen Mills with John Tayler as manager until 1889.
The site, at 2 Banool Ave Yarraville was then repurposed, becoming the Australian Porcelain Insulator Company, then the Melbourne Pottery Company, and finally Morlynn Ceramics Pty Ltd.
Please also see our 2 Banool Ave Unrestored section for some extra content.