[1] The mill/brewery complex was originally part of a parcel of land promised to William Henry Broughton in 1818 as one of the first portions of the "New Country" south west of Sydney that Governor Macquarie proffered for settlement.

[1] Plans were announced in April 1859 in which malting would be renewed in the winter of 1860 and a call was made for 10,000 bushels of English barley.

[1] In December 1869 the complex ceased to function as a mill and Solomon Emanuel arranged for the transfer of his lease to the Goulburn Meat Preserving Company which took possession of the works in February 1870.

The mill/brewery complex lay idle from this time until June 1875 when Bartlett and Oddy leased the premises, proposing to operate it as a brewery and to manufacture their own malt.

Arrangements were made for the Maudslay steam condensing beam engine to revert to Bartlett in the event of Tooth and Co deciding to discontinue brewing at Goulburn.

The decision to stop brewing was prompted by several factors, including the need to replace the loco boiler in a period of economic depression in Australia.

All are substantial, some are of excellent quality, and the resultant grouping , which virtually reached its present form in the first half of the 19th century, possesses great visual charm.

[1] The Goulburn Mill/Brewery is one of the most substantial industrial establishments to survive in country New South Wales from early colonial times.

Its changes in function illustrate the fluctuating fortunes of the flour milling and brewing industries in country NSW in general and the Southern Tablelands and Goulburn in particular.

[1] Goulburn Brewery was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999 having satisfied the following criteria.

The group bears comparison with important historic industrial structures elsewhere in Australia, including the former Australian Sugar Company at Canterbury, the Venus State Battery at Charters Towers and the Cascade Brewery in Hobart.

The ownership of the site, firstly by large scale pastoralist land owners, then by merchant entrepreneurs, afterwards by monopolistic public companies, and more recently government and community involvement, has been well documented.

[7][1] The place is important in demonstrating aesthetic characteristics and/or a high degree of creative or technical achievement in New South Wales.

From the time of the earliest settlement of Goulburn, the Brewery complex has, by virtue of its location adjacent to the Mulwaree Ponds, its Georgian form, and the subsequent sympathetic additions, have been regarded as an aesthetic focal point and feathered in sketches, maps and photographs.

The complex demonstrates the Georgian use of geometry and proportion in the harmonious design of a group of buildings related in function and diversity of size.

The tourist potential of the place is great and there is evidence that the Brewery is considered locally to be an important part of Goulburn's future.

[8][1] The place has potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales.

Despite these dramatic improvements in building materials the standards of workmanship remained consistently simple, testifying to the utilitarian nature of the project.

[1] The alterations to the brewery provide a vivid record of the ways in which brewing and milling technology changed during a period of 120 years.

[1] The site is one upon which technological change and varied industrial activity have left many signs of usage over a long time span.

The layering effect of sequential activities has meant that building fabric and surfaces bear much unexplained evidence of previous uses.

Much of this evidence is capable of only archaeological interpretation, and this fact reinforces the significance of the existing fabric and surfaces, which convey virtually as much information as the structural forms and spaces.

[7] There is an extensive collection of moveable heritage items that provide research potential for changes in brewing and milling technology over a period of 120 years.