Same thing, different day – as has been the case for Warracknabeal’s butcher shop for the past 130 years.

The shop at 138 Scott Street has seen about 13 different line-ups of ownership in that time, all bar one being butchers.

Isaac Tredrea was the first to occupy the site, in 1894, before moving to F. Tarrant’s Butchery at 74 Scott Street.

John Colley moved into 138 Scott Street the following year and ran his butcher shop for nine years until 1906. 

Owen Williams took over from 1906 until 1909, before Isaac Tredrea returned in 1909 until 1916, then Thomas Watson for another year until 1917.

A change of theme came with On Wah running a fruit shop from the premises until 1921, when Alick Wilson returned the shop to a butchery. 

Archibald Alexander Muir took over running the shop until 1956, before Dick Vander Knyff bought the business in 1957.

Les and Dulcie Peters then bought the butchery in 1971, running it until 1979 when Ray Bush from Dimboola bought the business, employing Les Peters and Mick Overall, who had done his apprenticeship with Ray in Dimboola. Mr Overall took over the business in 1996, renaming it Overall Quality Meats.

In 2004 the butchery was purchased by Marg Anson of Dimboola, who named the business Bazz’s Butchers after her late husband Barrie. 

Trevor Nichols was manager and Mr Overall and Nathan Woods were both employed there.

In 2005 Luke and Jamie Morgan opened Your Regional Butcher.

In 2020 Nathan and Ellie Priest took over the business and it is now known as Warrack Butchery. 

• Information and pictures courtesy of Warracknabeal Historical Society.

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