List of windmills in Australia

Last updated September 14, 2022

A list of traditional windmills in Australia.

Locations

New South Wales

Location	Name of mill and coordinates	Type	Built	Notes
Appin	Larkin's Mill	Post	1846^[1]	Windmill World
Cattai	Arndell's Mill	Tower	c.1809^[2]	Windmill World
Darlinghurst, Sydney	Barker's Mill Hope Mill	Tower		Windmill World
Darlinghurst, Sydney	Clarkson's Mill	Tower		Windmill World
Darlinghurst, Sydney	Girard's Mill	Tower		Windmill World
Darlinghurst, Sydney	Hyndes' Mill Craigend Mill Hill's Mill Jenkins' Mill	Tower		Windmill World
Gilead	Mount Gilead Mill Rose's Mill	Tower	1836^[3]	Windmill World
Millers Point, Sydney	Underwood's Mill	Tower		Windmill World
Millers Point, Sydney		Post
Nimmitabel	Geldmacher's Mill	Tower	1872	Windmill World
Paddington, Sydney	Gordon's Mill	Post		Windmill World
Parramatta	Howell's Mill	Smock		Combined windmill and tide mill Windmill World
Port Macquarie		Smock		Windmill World
Singleton	Rosemount	Post		Windmill World
Somersby	Government Windmill, Old Sydney Town	Tower	1981	Windmill World
Sydney	Boston's Mill	Tower		Windmill World
Sydney	Government Mill (First) Fort Phillip	Tower
Sydney	Government Mill (Second) Military Mill	Tower
Sydney	Kable's Mill Lucas' Mill	Post	1805	Windmill World
Sydney	Palmer's Mill	Tower		Windmill World
Urana	Coonong Horizontal Windmill	Horizontal	1885^[4]	Dexter Turbine windpump Windmill World
Waverley, Sydney	Hough's Mill	Post		Windmill World

Norfolk Island

Location	Name of mill and coordinates	Type	Built	Notes	Photograph
Kingston	Kingston Mill	Post	1842-43^[5]	Windmill World

Queensland

Location	Name of mill and coordinates	Type	Built	Notes	Photograph
Brisbane	The Old Windmill	Tower	1828	Windmill World

South Australia

Location	Name of mill and coordinates	Type	Built	Notes
Adelaide	City Mill	Smock
Adelaide	West Terrace Mill	Tower
Hay Valley	Dunn's Mill	Smock	1842^[6]	Windmill World
Mount Barker (Hahndorf)	Nixon's Mill	Tower	1842	Windmill World
Port Lincoln	Old Mill	Tower	1846^[7]	Windmill World
Victor Harbor	Old Mill	Tower	1851	Windmill World

Tasmania

Location	Name of mill and coordinates	Type	Built	Notes
Battery Point	Luckman's Mill	Tower		Windmill World
Launceston	Penny Royal Windmill	Tower	1978	Windmill World
Maria Island	Darlington Mill	Post		Windmill World
Oatlands	Callington Mill	Tower	1837^[8]	Restored 2010
Richmond	Trafalgar Mill	Tower		Windmill World
Rokeby	Stanfield's Mill	Post		Windmill World
Sorell	Downward's Mill	Post		Windmill World

Victoria

Location	Name of mill and coordinates	Type	Built	Notes
Baxter	Westerfield	Smock	1925	For generating electricity Windmill World
Kyneton	Greenhill Windmill	Tower	1856	National Trust Register
Warrnambool	Lyndoch	Smock		Open framed smock mill^[9] Windmill World

Western Australia

Location	Name of mill and coordinates	Type	Built	Notes
Amelup	The Lily	Tower	1997	Inspired by Molen de Lelie, Puttershoek Windmill World
South Perth	Old Mill Shenton's Mill	Tower	1835^[10]
South Yunderup	Cooper's Mill	Tower	1847^[11]	Windmill World
Wonnerup	Chapman's Mill	Tower	1850^[12]	Windmill World

Notes

Names in bold denote surviving windmills. Known building dates are in bold text. Non-bold text denotes first known date. Unless otherwise stated, the reference for all entries is the linked Windmill World webpage.

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References

↑ "Windmill Hill Group, including Ruins". NSW Office of Environment & Heritage. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
↑ "Cattai Estate". NSW Office of Environment & Heritage. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
↑ "Mount Gilead". NSW Office of Environment & Heritage. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
↑ "The Dexter - Turbine Windmill". The Windmill Journal of Australia and New Zealand. 19 (1).
↑ "Kingston and Arthurs Vale Historic Area (KAVHA)". Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
↑ "Flour Mill, Hay Valley". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
↑ "Port Lincoln's Old Mill". South Australian Tourism Commission. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
↑ "The fires keep burning". The Mercury. Retrieved 22 August 2009.
↑ "The old Dutch Mill at Lyndoch". State Library of Victoria. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
↑ "The Old Mill". City of South Perth. Archived from the original on 26 June 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2009.
↑ "Cooper's Mill". Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
↑ "Inlet Park and Chapman's Mill". Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 8 January 2021.

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[Appin-1] "Windmill Hill Group, including Ruins". NSW Office of Environment & Heritage. Retrieved 7 January 2021.

[Cattai-2] "Cattai Estate". NSW Office of Environment & Heritage. Retrieved 7 January 2021.

[Gilead-3] "Mount Gilead". NSW Office of Environment & Heritage. Retrieved 7 January 2021.

[Urana-4] "The Dexter - Turbine Windmill". The Windmill Journal of Australia and New Zealand. 19 (1).

[Kingston-5] "Kingston and Arthurs Vale Historic Area (KAVHA)". Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. Retrieved 7 January 2021.

[HayValley-6] "Flour Mill, Hay Valley". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 7 January 2021.

[PtLincoln-7] "Port Lincoln's Old Mill". South Australian Tourism Commission. Retrieved 8 January 2021.

[Callington-8] "The fires keep burning". The Mercury. Retrieved 22 August 2009.

[Lyndoch-9] "The old Dutch Mill at Lyndoch". State Library of Victoria. Retrieved 7 January 2021.

[Perth-10] "The Old Mill". City of South Perth. Archived from the original on 26 June 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2009.

[Yunderup-11] "Cooper's Mill". Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 8 January 2021.

[Wonnerup-12] "Inlet Park and Chapman's Mill". Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 8 January 2021.

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