Murrumbidgee Co-operative Milling
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Murrumbidgee Co-operative Milling was built in 1890 in Wagga Wagga
Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
Wagga Wagga is a city in New South Wales, Australia. Straddling the Murrumbidgee River, and with an urban population of 46,735 people, Wagga Wagga is the state's largest inland city, as well as an important agricultural, military, and transport hub of Australia...

, New South Wales
New South Wales
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. After the Co-operative closed its operation in the 1980s the site was sold in 1987 to Goodman Fielder
Goodman Fielder
Goodman Fielder is a manufacturer, marketer and distributor of bread, small goods, dairy products, margarine, oil, dressings and various food ingredients. Its main operations are in New Zealand and Australia...

, operating for approximately a decade before ceasing its operation in December 2000. The Milling Co-operative was the second largest flour milling company in New South Wales outside Sydney
Sydney
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Future

The heritage-listed milling site is currently under a $35 million redevelopment which will restore the historic building back to its former glory.

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