Shopfront
This entire area was originally used for the cheese making vats. Once the whey had drained off, enormous beaters which were suspended from the ceiling trusses into the vats would constantly stir the curds. The current location of the shop counter is where the milk vats were located. These vats were filled from above by pipes.
The area above the shop is now the Melba’s office/administration area but was formerly the milk receiving area, remembering that milk only came in cans not tankers. It was a time of hard manual work and also a pre-fork lift era factory, as you will notice by the height and width of doorways.