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 shed as designed was approximately 265 metres long, 60 metres wide, 19 metres high at the hip and held 3.5 million bushels or about…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. Buyers wanted more options of grades and types, so the practice of stockpiling wheat…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