2015/365 August

Blacksmith Shop – 12 Maple Street in Cooroy, Queensland. Built and operated by Arthur Crees from 1920. The adjoining allotment was used as the holding yard for horses waiting to be shod. Taken over by Owen Norton in 1954 until it’s closure in 1989. Walk Cooroy, Sunshine Coast Council.

Have decided to include a vinyl LP record cover from my collection each month :-) August 2015 Abba/Waterloo 1974 The Alphabet Site W

Story of my photographic week… Monday, discovering Hockney, a single subject in a mosaic. Tuesday, afternoon light on a Pelican, Wednesday, view to Mt Eerwah, Thursday, Blacksmith mural in Cooroy, Friday, Fishermen on the Noosa River, Saturday, LP cover of Waterloo from my collection. Today, the background of a gum tree, and this mosaic :-)

Officially opened 7 April 1915. Campaigned for by the Dairy Farmers in the area. Newspaper article... trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/81855256 The current building was built in 1930, taking the place of the original timber factory constructed in 1915. A brick building, approximately 60 feet by 70 feet, which comprised the butter roller, churn room, cold storage room, testing room and a pasteurising room which was not included in the old building. Present churns were utilised as well as installation of a Flash pasteurising system, vats and cream cooler. Spiralling production costs and a decline in dairying forced the closure in 1975. Since then it has been a pottery and in 2005 became an Arts Centre, used for local and touring exhibitions. noosa.qld.gov.au/cooroy-butter-factory

Near the Post Office in Cooroy, country town in Queensland. The area was explored by timber-cutters as early as 1863. Cooroy railway station was opened in 1891 and in the same year a post office opened. A town survey was conducted in 1907. Cooroy's main industry developed from timber, having two operating sawmills, into dairying and fruit growing. In 1915, a butter factory opened.