Murtoa Stick Shed interior, 1992 - Wimmera Stories: Murtoa Stick Shed, Enduring Ingenuity - Culture Victoria
The 560 unmilled tree trunks supporting the roofing timbers and iron of the Stick Shed might be view…
Murtoa Stick Shed exterior - Wimmera Stories: Murtoa Stick Shed, Enduring Ingenuity - Culture Victoria
Measuring 280 metres in length, 60 metres in width and 19 metres in height, the roof and walls of th…
Postcard of Murtoa Railway Station posted in 1913
The town of Murtoa is a wheat centre in the Wimmera area of Western Victoria. This postcard of the Railway Station was posted by Jack Finlay in 1913. The card was produced by O. Hiller, Murtoa, but was printed in Germany,
Murtoa Stick Shed
Murtoa became the major receival and consolidation point for surplus wheat - Victoria's largest inland grain storage.
Murtoa Band Rotunda c1909
This postcard is labelled Rotunda, Lake Marma, Murtoa and was sent c1909
Strawboard Factory Murtoa
Taken from www.smh.com.au Strawboard Factory Just over the railway line Thomas Rd heads north off the highway, parallel to Soldiers Ave. Along here, beside the railway track, is the Solomit Strawboard Factory which welcomes visitors for a tour through the operations, tel: (03) 5385 2260. The strawboard manufacture occurs in a section of the four-storey structure. The rest is unused. Part of the complex contains the six-cylinder diesel engines that drove the flour mill. They are in working…
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