AUSTRALIAN WINDMILL CONTRACTORS

Windmills are possibly one of Australia's oldest continuing pieces of machinery, which throughout their history have facilitated the development of the Australian pastoral industry. Much of our pastoral lands could not have reached their current level of production were it not for the use of windmills to raise water from underground aquifers, or from surface storages into raised storages for distribution to stock. Windmill contractors have always played a significant role in the pastoral industry... Today there has been a resurgence in the use of windmills, despite the more recent development of alternative methods of transferring water on farms. Windmill technology is not new, but it is just as relevant today as the 1860's, when multivained windmills first appeared in North America, closely followed by Australia.

Also known as: Australian Windmill Contractors Association

Primary location: Seaforth