Published Resources Details
Journal Article
- Title
- The Industrial and Engineering Heritage of the Floor Malting Industry in Queensland: The Former William Jones & Son (Maltsters), 1907 Malt House, Toowoomba
- In
- Australian Journal of Multi-disciplinary Engineering
- Imprint
- vol. 3, no. 1, 2005, pp. 43-50
- Url
- https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.194713956861355
- Description
Paper presented at the National Engineering Heritage Conference (12th: 2003 : Toowoomba).
- Abstract
Floor malting is the traditional method of converting barley to malt. Malting using this method commenced in Queensland in 1871, but only lasted eight years. Malting recommenced in 1892, and by 1902 six floor malt houses had been built. The largest malting site, with two malt houses, was at Black Gully, Toowoomba. In 1904, William Jones & Son (Maltsters), Shropshire, England, a major exporter of malt to Australia, purchased this site in response to the equalisation of import tariffs on malt following Federation. In 1907 it opened the largest malt house in Queensland on the site, but the company ceased operations in 1914. The Black Gully site was used intermittently until 1968, when a mechanical maltings was constructed. The former William Jones & Son 1907 maltings was, however, left intact and is one of the best examples of industrial and engineering heritage of its type in Australia.
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- '12th National Engineering Heritage Conference - Selected Papers (2003 : Toowoomba)', Australian Journal of Multi-disciplinary Engineering, 3 (1) (2005), https://search.informit.org/toc/ajmde/3/1. Details