Callington Mill

Callington Mill is a restored Georgian tower windmill located in Oatlands in the Southern Midlands of Tasmania. Built in 1837, it is the only fully operational Lincolnshire-type windmill in the Southern Hemisphere. The heritage-listed mill grinds flour using wind power and forms part of a precinct that includes a distillery, visitor centre and exhibition. It illustrates colonial milling technology and remains a landmark of Tasmania's Midlands heritage.

Visitors can explore a fully restored 1837 tower windmill set on a hill above Oatlands village. The precinct includes the working windmill with original milling machinery, an exhibition and visitor centre explaining milling history, and the adjacent Callington Mill Distillery. Guided tours take visitors through multiple levels of the mill to see wind-powered flour production, with views over Oatlands and Lake Dulverton. The site also has a cafe, gift shop and landscaped grounds.

Built in 1837 by John Vincent for the Callington Mill Company, the tower mill operated commercially until 1892 and later fell into disrepair. It is a rare surviving example of a Lincolnshire tower mill in Australia. After extensive conservation, it was restored to full working order between 2010 and 2013 by the Southern Midlands Council with heritage funding, returning to wind-powered flour production. It is listed on the Tasmanian Heritage Register as an important example of colonial industrial technology.

The mill represents colonial flour-milling heritage and the agricultural economy of Tasmania's Midlands in the 19th century. As a landmark in the historic village of Oatlands, which contains the largest collection of sandstone Georgian buildings in Australia, it contributes to the cultural identity of the Southern Midlands and serves as an educational site for traditional milling, local produce and craft distilling.