Reviving Waverley Mills with innovation and sustainability

Waverley Mills is the oldest working textile mill in Australia. Supplied
Waverley Mills is the oldest working textile mill in Australia. Supplied
The mill turns raw wool into yarn and eventually woven products like blankets. Supplied
The mill turns raw wool into yarn and eventually woven products like blankets. Supplied
Walking the windswept grounds of Waverley Mills on the outskirts of Launceston, Tasmania, it’s easy to imagine what Australia’s oldest working textile mill was like in its heyday.  Founded in 1874 by Scotsman Peter Bulman on the banks of Distillery Creek, the mill once commanded 80 per cent of the Australian blanket market and employed more than 300 people to card, spin, dye, weave and finish a wide range of woollen products.  At one time, the creek was used to clean the wool in it

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