Yellow Rock Butter Factory

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NameYellow Rock Butter FactoryTypeBuildingComplexDescriptionIn 1890, dairy farmers of Yellow Rock cleared the valley from which Yellow Rock Creek flowed in order to build a butter factory, three miles from Albion Park. The butter factory was built on E Prior's land.

By 1903 the butter factory at Yellow Rock Creek, along with many others, had closed down.

Following the demise of the butter industry, emphasis was placed on milk. Cooperation between local farmers became essential to resist pressure and competition from Sydney-based "Fresh Food and Ice" company for the dairy market of the region, and so the Illawarra Co-operative Central Dairy Co. Ltd. was formed in 1898 and their factory built alongside the railway line at Albion Park Rail.

When the Dairy Farmers’ Cooperative Milk Company Limited formed in 1900 it worked in conjunction with the Central Dairy and took over trade in the Albion Park region.

External LinkButter Factory for Yellow Rock 1890Yellow Rock Butter Factory 1890Yellor Rock Dairy Compnay 1892Dairy Companies 1898

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