Defiance Flour Mill, Toowoomba

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2. Landmark & Historical Place

Defiance Flour Mill is a heritage-listed mill at 269-291 Ruthven Street, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1911 to 1920s. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 26 February 2002.HistoryThe Defiance Flour Mill is located in Ruthven Street on a prominent site adjacent to the Toowoomba Foundry and the Toowoomba Railway Station. The company was established in 1898 by Patrick O'Brien, his wife Ellen, and George Crisp and initially operated from premises in Russell Street prior to moving to the present site in Ruthven Street in 1899.European discovery of the Darling Downs occurred in 1828 when Alan Cunningham provided a route through the Great Dividing Range which separated the Downs from the Moreton Bay region. In 1840, Patrick Leslie became the first settler on the Downs, quickly followed by others and in 1842, a more accessible route through the Range was opened. Drayton evolved from a stopping place for those reaching the top of the Range, although by 1848 water shortages prompted moves to The Swamp, which was renamed Toowoomba in 1858. From the 1860s Toowoomba prospered as a regional centre with the establishment of many industries.Patrick and Ellen O'Brien were both Irish migrants who were married in Toowoomba in 1884. They established a produce and grocery store in Russell Street, near the Dominion Flour Mill which was managed by George Crisp. Crisp, who had migrated to Queensland in 1887, was an experienced miller and had also worked in other mills on the Darling Downs.

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Defiance Flour Mill, Toowoomba is Toowoomba based place and this enity listed in Landmark category.