Tungamah Silos

The story boards at the site give some history of the project. The Tungamah Railway Station goods sheds and portable building opened in 1886. It was 1889 before the main station was erected which was followed by a more substantial grain shed in 1890. At its peak 60,000 bags of wheat were delivered to the station in a normal harvest. In 1944 the concrete silos were erected for receival and transport of grain, and the steel silo was added later when the concrete silo could not cope with the influx of wheat in times of good harvest. The position of Station Master in Tungamah was abolished in 1978 after 93 years, and at that time the passenger building and platform were demolished, leaving the silos. The silos are privately owned and operated today. These were the first silos to be painted in North East Victoria and set the precedence for other small towns in the area to follow, thus creating the North East Silo Art Trail. Sobrane Simcock, street artist from Broome, Western Australia, was commissioned for the project in 2018. She was the first female silo artist. She operated at heights of 27 metres from a cherry picker for the higher areas and from a 13 metre self-drive picker for the lower areas.