Southern Cross Windmill

Windmills

type Year Description

1927 number size type Z year 1935

34712 number 10' size type ZC year 1939 Restored

40265 number size type ZB year 1941

48918 number size type Z year 1942 Still supplying house and garden On a 16 foot four post tower with odd broken

bits of another 1930's mill scattered on ground.

55066 number 12' size type Z year 1945 Original Still in use owner; Devon

55102 number 12' size type ZD year 1944 Restore have completely repaired and rebuilt, and it

is now working in my front yard and is soon to start pumping water for household use. 06 - Nth Qld

62916 number 8' size type Z year 1945 Original Still in use - owner; Devon

62939 number 6' size type Z year 1945 Model za1c -wet sump / 6ft fan /2 4ft tower /

3 legged, purchased off a farm at pine lodge ( near shepparton ) Victoria .Mill had been on the ground for the last 25 years .

Now relocated to Rushworth - Victoria . Tower has undergone a full rework including a new iron bark platform & new legs into

the ground Followed tower erection instructions as set out in a S.Cross manual of a 1950 vintage. The gear box/ engine

head had a lot of very worn , broken parts , along with completely worn out main shaft bearings. Near new original pinion

gears / a new orginal bronze oil scraper & new crank arms have been fitted. In terms of having the gearbox -main shaft

bearings recast in white metal , due to the excessive cost involved have opted to line-bore the casting & then fit 3 x self

lubricating brass bearing shells. ( took 7 hours to set up &bore on a small vertical milling machine ) I have been able to

source parts thru a 88 year old local who used to service mills when he -was in his twenties. Hardest part to date has

been repainting the southern cross name onto the corrugated iron tail.-Next stage is to refit gear box & fan into the stub

tower .Peter

65782 number 6' size type Z year 1945 original - location; WA

66887 number type ZB1B year 1946

84962 number 6' size type ZA year 1948 purchased new by previous farm owne - owner;

Rob location; Young

93160 number ? size type Z? year 1950 Un restored I rescued it from a development bulldozer,

but a large Box Thorn had bent the three legs so badly that it collapsed when the tree was

removed from it. I cant match the steel used, but will use a slightly larger angle to replace

the three lower sections and should have it re-erected in a working condition. The wheel

is in good condition, but the pump is a little rusted - owner; David - Emerald Vic

99853 number 8' size type ZB year 1950 came from Rye Park owner; Rob location; Young

139805 number size type I ZD year 1959 40' tower. Originally from Barringun NSW but was pulled down and

shifted to Bourke in the 70's. Never re stood. To be used once I work

out how to lift it it is Big and Heavy

144340 number size type I ZC year 1960 head only used for parts to repair s/n 19279

146687 number 10' size type IZ-C year 1961 Original Still in use location; Qld

146738 number 10' size type IZ-C year 1961 Original Still in use location; Qld

149279 number 10' size type IZ-C year 1962 Original Still in use location; Qld

149374 number 10' size type IZ-C year 1962 Original Still in use location; Qld

162313 number 12' size type IZ-D year 1967 Original Still in use location; Qld

163316 number 10' size type IZ-C year 1967 Original Still in use location;

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