former John Darling Warehouse

The Grain King

Who was John Darling? In the 1880s he lived for some years in Melbourne where he founded another main office and, after a second visit to America and Europe, became known as the 'Grain King', the bigg...

Historic but not much else

Some old historic buildings are interesting and some are just old. This one is just old. Worth a brief stop if passing,otherwise give it a miss

now a steakhouse

John Darling's old grainstore dates back to 1883 and has a ground floor of bluestone. It is now an eatery - rare Steakhouse and the surrounding warehouses on this block have been re-purposed in the sa...