PEOPLE with an interest in Bathurst’s milling history and the future of Tremain’s Mill attended the latest in a series of events at the site.
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On Tuesday night, guests met in the refurbished art gallery space within the Tremain’s Mill precinct for the fourth Trades Training workshop.
The series has been arranged by the Australian Milling Museum (AMM) team to keep people informed about the progress at the historic site.
The latest workshop covered the topic of the forecourt, providing guests with an explanation of the site, the work to date and what challenges had to be overcome.
Owner of Tremain’s Mill, Steve Birrell, was there to introduce the building speaker, Murray Arnold, who used a series of photographic slides about the building process to help his presentation.
He was followed by AMM executive officer, Jess Jennings, who updated the audience on the progress of the museum.
His address touched on the Tremain family tree, the white bread wars, and the link aeronautical pioneer and World War One fighter pilot Nigel B Love had to the milling industry.
He had set up a major milling enterprise upon returning to Australia from the war, his first business being set up with assistance of the Arnott family, and he was a major player throughout much of the 20th Century milling industry.
During he war days, Love was also involved in “bringing down the Red Baron”.
“He fought against the Red Baron as a fighter pilot in WWI and was in the squadron back at base the day that they bought the Red Baron’s body back to the squadron,” Mr Jennings said.
In addition to being a key figure in the milling industry, Love had an impact on aviation.
He personally selected the Mascot aerodrome site, now Sydney Airport, in 1919, established the first aircraft manufacturing business in Australia, and built the first aircraft for QANTAS.
Mr Jennings said many people stayed after the presentations were finished to keep chatting about what they had seen.
The feedback from the audience was quite positive, he said, and he was both surprised and pleased to see the level of interest people had in the developments at Tremain’s Mill.
“I can’t believe it myself, people turn up and sit and listen to a builder talking about a work site,” Mr Jennings said.
“It was impressive how keen they were.”
Tuesday night’s event at the mill was the last of the workshops for the year, with one more planned to be held in 2019.
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