Corporate Body

Kimpton's Flour Mills

From
Kensington, Victoria, Australia
Functions
Food or beverage industry
Location
Kensington, Victoria

Summary

Kimpton's Flour Mill was established by W. S. Kimpton and produced biscuit flours from local wheat and supplied the major biscuit manufacturers throughout Australia. In 1936 it became the first Australian flour mill to have a laboratory and the first to run a commercial plant to trial the air classification of flour technique in 1959.

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Published resources

Books

  • Jones, W. Lewis, Where Have all the Flour Mills Gone? A History of W.S. Kimpton and Sons - Flour Millers (Melbourne: The Flourmillers' Council of Victoria, 1984), 221 pp. Details

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See also

Ailie Smith

Created: 26 July 2001, Last modified: 3 February 2010

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