Glebe Island Silos

Victoria Road, Glebe Island

Glebe Island Grain Terminal is a seminal site in the development of the bulk wheat storage and export industry in Australia. As such it has a pre-eminent position in the historical development of one of Australia's most important primary industries. It was the first and most important of the port terminals and encompassed technologies that were specific to the industry and influential in the development of that industry throughout the country. The  first construction phase is particularly noteworthy because of the circumstances of its wholly imported design and technological expertise.

The carefully planned and integrated system, by the 1930's , was considered to be one of the largest, most efficient and well planned installations of its type.   The fabric contained within the site, although compromised by alterations and missing elements is capable of demonstrating and recording the evolution of the industrial processes that evolved over several decades. The silos, in particular are the most visible and easily interpreted elements of that former use and form a powerful and well known landmark. The site also has significance for its associations with, and demonstration of, Commonwealth and State government initiatives.