Singletons Mill


Singletons Mill is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New [South Wales], Australia. It is located in the Hornsby Shire Local [government in Australia|local government area].
The town of Singleton was named after Benjamin Singleton. James and Benjamin had established a flour mill on Wheeny Creek near Kurrajong and later applied for land on the Hawkesbury River to set up a tidal mill, prior to 1820. The mill did very well; by 1834 James had built a larger mill downstream on the southern side. The water-driven wheel was five metres in diameter, and the grinding stones weighed one ton each.