History

Murtoa and The Stick Shed

Murtoa is a proud wheatbelt town that was settled in 1872 with Lake Marma as the centre piece and the railways central to trade and…Read More

Why The Stick Shed was Built

There was a wheat glut in Australia beginning in the late 1930s. Australia’s main wheat export market was Asia and the Pacific. This came to…Read More

The Stick Shed Construction

 The designs for The Stick Shed were prepared in the months before the final site was chosen. Other bulk wheat storages were built around Australia…Read More

How the Stick Shed Functioned

It was located on the main Adelaide to Melbourne railway line. To service these storage sheds, a new railway siding called “Marmalake” was built in…Read More

Local Heritage versus Local Economics

Wheat buyer demands forced grain handlers to adapt to new measures. The Stick Shed mixed the good grain with the poor and offered no way…Read More

The Stick Shed Moving Forward

Slowly momentum increased and the Stick Shed gained recognition as a heritage building that could function within an active and regionally important grain storage facility.…Read More