Old bakery, Pine Creek
Date Published
: Stores
: Northern Territory
: Pine Creek
: c.1908 to c.1942
Pine Ck bakery front
The baker's shop and bakery Pine Creek, are of historical and architectural significance as an example of a Top End galvanised iron store typical of the Pine Creek district. This is the earliest surviving example of this type of store and contributes to the Main Terrace streetscape.
Source: Heritage Council Northern Territory http://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/heritageregister/f?p=103:303::::NO:P303_PLACE_ID:116#
Pine Ck bakery rear
The Pine Creek Bakery started life in 1908 as Jim Ah You’s butcher shop at Mt diamond on the goldfields. When he moved to Pine Creek, building materials were scarce and expensive, so he took the shop with him!
The shop was relatively easy to move, however to rebuild it he had to cut local timber for a new frame.
He carted antbed mortar from the bush to make the ovens which are still standing out the back.
Jimmy Ah You and his son Jimmy Ah Toy baked bread for the community of Pine Creek until WWII when the family was evacuated south after the bombing of Darwin in 1942.
The bakery was taken over by the Army and used to bake bread for the troops. When the Ah Toy family returned to Pine Creek after the war, the bakery was in very bad condition, and soon after was shut down as larger bakeries opened in Darwin.
Source: visit Pine Creek https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1aWXpajPsjG8gTjt-39nhzqyBeU0&ll=-13.82318199999998%2C131.83471070000002&z=9
Pine Creek buildings
