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Aubrey Heidenreich established Cummins Milling Company in 1930 during the depression, and the Mill is one of very few original flourmills operating in rural Australia.
High quality flour has been produced at Cummins for 75 years with a combination of original and modernised plant and equipment. The mill is heritage listed and is a unique building with a significant link to the past. The first mill burnt down in 1933, and the existing building was rebuilt in 1934. It was constructed with local freestone for the walls, and large timber uprights and beams with timber recovered from an old graphite mine near Port Lincoln.
High protein wheat continues to be sourced from upper Eyre Peninsula, which provides an excellent base product from which to manufacture extremely high quality flour. |
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A stockfeed plant was established in the late 1960’s to utilise some of the by-products of the flour milling process. Nowadays pelleted stockfeed is produced for all types of animals, birds, fish and crustaceans.
The Cummins Mill employs five people on a permanent basis and remains a significant part of the fabric of the Eyre Peninsula community. |
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Photos supplied by Earl and Roma Heidenreich |
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