What is the Dingo Flour Sign all about?
The Dingo Flour Mill is a heritage building in Samantha’s home town of Fremantle.
Still operational, it was built in 1922 and can be seen by those on the ocean and on the land. During World War II, the sign was painted over to reduce its visibility, but the outline remained enough for it to be repainted in peacetime.
This sign represents a lot to the people of Fremantle – its working class origins, the town’s ability to retain and celebrate its heritage, and for Samantha, whose family spans five generation in Fremantle, it represents home.
Her passion for communicating cultural wealth and the value of a shared sense of community is inspired by the ‘red dingo on the tin.’ It represents just one story in one town in the larger Australian landscape, and the image captures what Storytorch is all about.
Thank you to Great Southern Roller Flour Mills for permission to use the image.
