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Bakeries in Australia

NSW

• Sourdough House (Sydney) 9 Argyle St, Arncliffe (02) 9599 4588
• Sonoma Woodfired Baking Co. (Sydney)
  - Retail: 215 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe (02) 9660 2116
  - Bakery: 24/ 198 Young St, Waterloo (02) 8399 3487
• Bavarian Bakehouse (Sydney, north) 9 Duneba Ave, West Gordon (02) 9880 2242
• Victoire (Sydney, inner-west) 285 Darling St Balmain 2041 NSW, (02) 9818 5529
• Common Ground Bakery (Sydney, inner-west) 586 Darling St Rozelle (02) 9555 6369
• The Brasserie Bread Company (Sydney) 1737 Botany Road, Banksmeadow NSW 2019 (02) 9666 6845
• Infinity Sourdough (Sydney) 225 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, 9380 4320
• Bourke Street Bakery (Sydney)
  
  - 633 Bourke St Surry Hills (02) 9699 1011
  
  - 130 Broadway Chippendale (02) 9281 3113
  
  - 474 Gardeners Road, Alexandria (02) 8339 1001
• La Gerbe d'Or (Sydney, east) 255 Glenmore Road, Paddington (02) 9331 1070
• The Grumpy Baker (Sydney, east) 151 Oxford Street, Darlinghurst (02) 9380 4177
• Crispy Inn Bakery (Sydney, inner-west) 203 King St, Newtown (02) 9557 391
• Haberfield Bakery (Sydney, inner-west) 153 Ramsay St, Haberfield (02) 9797 7715
• Pan D'Oro Bread Shop, 67 Great North Rd Five Dock, (02) 9713 9285
• Dulwich Hill Hot Bread Shop (article), 396 New Canterbury Road, Dulwich Hill, (02) 9560 5008
• Fuel Bakery (Sydney) 19-21 Larkin Street Camperdown, (02) 9519 5055
• Dallas Bread (Sydney) 28 Cross St Brookvale, (02) 9905 6021
• Bowan Island Bakery (Sydney) 183 Victoria Rd Drummoyne (02) 9181 3524
• St Honore Sourdough Bakery (Sydney) Shop 5/ 50 Miller St North Sydney (02) 9929 4388
• Blue Moon Bakery (Sydney) Shop 5/ 335 Barrenjoey Rd Newport (02) 9997 3337
• Hominy Bakery (Blue Mountains) 185 Katoomba St, Katoomba (02) 4782 9816
• Bakehouse on Wentworth (Blue Mountains)
  
  - 105 Wentworth St Blackheath (02) 4787 7255
  
  - 50 Katoomba St Katoomba (02) 4782 4424
  
  - 1/206 Leura Mall Leura (02) 4784 3588
  
  - 226 Macquarie Road Springwood (02) 4751 5788
• Blackheath Bakery Patisserie (Blue Mountains) 6 Govetts Leap Road, Blackheath (02) 4787 8447
• Shepherds Bakehouse (Blue Mountains) 150 Great Western Hwy Blaxland (02) 4739 9966
• La Tartine Certified Organic Bakery (Central Coast) 111 Wisemans Ferry Rd, Somersby
• Bill's Organic Bread (Newcastle) B3/ 77 Munibung Road, Cardiff (02) 4956 9981
• Morpeth Sourdough (Hunter Valley) 148 Swan Street, Morpeth (02) 4934 4148
• Hearth Fire Bakery (North Coast) 401 McCabes Rd, Repton NSW 2454, 02 66534911
• Goanna Bakery and Cafe (North coast) 171 Keen St, Lismore (02) 6622 2629
• Berry Woodfired Sourdough Bakery (South Coast) 23 Prince Alfred Street (02) 4464 1617
• suzanne's Place (South Coast) Princess Highway, Mogo (also Maruya Country Markets, Saturdays)
• Wild Rye's Baking Company (South Coast) 26 Quondola Street, Pambula (02) 6495 6649

ACT

• Silo Bakery 36 Giles St, Kingston, (02) 6260 6060
• Cornucopia Bakery, Shop 1/ 40 Mort St Braddon (02) 6249 1494
• Bruno's Truffels 2/106 Mawson Place, Mawson (02) 6286 6377
• Flute, 8 Barrier Street, Fyshwick (02) 6280 8001

VIC

• Firebrand Sourdough Bakery (Melbourne) 69 Glen Eira Road, Ripponlea, (03) 9523 0061
• Himalaya Bakery (Melbourne)
• Natural Tucker Bakery (Melbourne) 809 Nicholson Street, North Carlton, (03) 9380 4293
• Phillippa's Bakery (Melbourne)
• Baker D. Chirico (article) (Melbourne) 149 Fitzroy Street St Kilda, (03) 9534 3777
• Il Fornaio (Melbourne) 2 Acland St, St Kilda, (03) 9534 2922
• Noisette 84 Bay Street, Port Melbourne (03) 9646 9555
• Gertrude Street Organic Bakery (Melbourne) 228 Gertrude St Fitzroy, (03) 9417 5998
• Kingfisher Organic Bakery (Melbourne) 371a High Street, Northcote, (03) 9486 6648
• Edwards Sourdough (Melbourne) 189 Barkly St Footscray, (03) 9687 0282
• Dench Bakers (Melbourne) 109 Scotchmer St Fitzroy North, (03) 9486 3554
• Loafer Bread (Melbourne) 146 Scotchmer St Fitzroy North, (03) 9489 0766
• Purebread Bakery (Melbourne) 114 Union Rd, Surrey Hills, (03) 9836 3789
• Sugardough Panifico & Patisserie (Melbourne) 163 Lygon Street, East Brunswick. (03) 9380 4060
• Fruition Bakery (Yarra Valley) Healesville, (03) 5962 3175
• Flinders Bakery 21 Hydrive Close, Dandenong, (03) 9799 8044
• Healthybake (Melbourne) 5, 36 Industrial Park Drive, Lilydale, (03) 9735 2488
• Irrewarra Sourdough Bakery (Western Vic)
  
  - Bakery: 85 Irrewarra School Rd Irrewarra, (03) 5233 6219
  
  - Shop and Cafe: 10 James St Geelong, (03) 5221 3909
• La Madre Bakery (Geelong) Shop 1/ 29 Milton St Bell Park
• Plump Harvest 72 Myrtle Street (Great Alpine Road) Myrtleford (03) 5752 2257
• Milawa Factory Bakery, Factory Rd Milawa (03) 5727 3589
• Boonderoo Farm 922 Upper Rose River Road, Cheshunt (03) 57298 441
• Hope Farm Bakery (03) 5628 1035 (Gippsland)

SA

• Rye Mill Bakery (Adelaide) 44 Woodlands Tce Edwardstown 5039, (08) 8357 4427
• Mattisse Bakery (Hahndorf) 21 Mt Barker Rd Hahndorf 5245, (08) 8388 1258

QLD

• Sol Breads (Brisbane) 1 Florence St Newstead and 23 Vulture St West End (07) 3257 2511
• Uncle Bobs Bakery (Brisbane) 2/185 Belmont Road, Belmont (07) 3890 3255
• Crystal Waters Artisan Bakery (Sunshine Coast) (07) 5494 4779
• Celtic Organic Bakery (Gold Coast) Shop 1/19 Alicia St Southport (07) 5528 4766
• Millaa Millaa Bakery (North Queensland)
• Loaf (North Queensland) Banfield Plaza, Stephens Street, Mission Beach (07) 4088 6420

TAS

• Where to buy bread in Tasmania
• Ross village Bakery 15 Church Street, Ross (03) 6381 5246

WA

• Bodhi's Bake House (Perth)
• New Norcia Woodfire Bakeries (Perth)

Building Wood-fired Ovens

• Ovencrafters, Alan Scott's Home Page
• How To Build a Wood-Fired Oven and Start a Home Bakery (Log Cabin Chronicles)
• Building "Toasty" our wood-fired oven (www.liveearthfarm.com)
• Build your own wood-fired earth oven (Mother Earth News)
• Wood pizza oven Building wood burning brick bread ovens
• The Brick Oven Project
• Brick Oven Cooking
• BlackOven, An enthusiasts view of wood fired hearth oven baking and building!
• The Breadhead and the Birth of an Oven
• Log of building of a brick oven
• The Brick Oven Page (Masonry Stove Builders)
• Bread Oven Basics (William Rubel)
• My adventures in building a brick oven in my backyard
• Panary (UK)

Books

• The Bread Builders: Hearth Loaves and Masonry Ovens by Daniel Wing, Alan Scott
• Build Your Own Earth Oven : A Low-Cost, Wood-Fired Mud Oven; Simple Sourdough Bread; Perfect Loaves by Kiko Denzer
• The Book of Masonry Stoves: Rediscovering an Old Way of Warming by David Lyle
• Building a Wood-Fired Oven for Bread and Pizza and Making Bread at Home by Tom Jaine
• The Tassajara Bread Book by Edward Espe Brown
• The Natural Tucker Bread Book by John Downs
• The Bread Bible by Rose Levy Beranbaum
• The Bread Baker's Apprentice: Mastering the Art of Extraordinary Bread by Peter Reinhart, Ron Manville
• Crust & Crumb: Master Formulas For Serious Bakers by Peter Reinhart
• Nancy Silverton's Breads from the La Brea Bakery: Recipes for the Connoisseur by Nancy Silverton
• Classic Sourdoughs: A Home Baker's Handbook and
  World Sourdoughs from Antiquity by Ed Wood
• Your Brick Oven; Building it and baking in it by Russell Jeavons
• Adobe Oven for Old World Breads: Bread Cook Book by Charel Scheele
• The Handmade Loaf and Baking With Passion by Dan Lepard
• Artisan Baking across America by Maggie Glezer
• Bread: From Sourdough to Rye by Linda Collister
• The Bread Book by Linda Collister and Anthony Blake
• The Laurel's Kitchen Bread book by Laurel Robertson, Carol Flinders and Bronwen Godfrey
• The Village Baker: Classic Regional Breads from Europe and America by Joe Ortiz
• The Italian Baker by Carol Field
• English Bread and Yeast Cookery by Elizabeth David
• The Taste of Bread by Raymond Calvel
• Chez Panisse Cooking by Paul Bertolli and Alice L. Waters (chapter on sourdough bread)
• The Moro Cookbook by Samuel Clark and Samantha Clark (chapter on sourdough bread)

Articles

• Wikipedia article on sourdough
• A slice of life, The Sydney Morning Herald, NSW
• Bread with a twist, The Sydney Morning Herald
• "A rising instinct", The Courier-Mail, Queensland
• "Pain's a Pleasure", The Sydney Morning Herald, NSW
• "Bread with a twist", The Sydney Morning Herald, NSW
• "Physical knead", The Sydney Morning Herald, NSW
• "A friend in knead", The Sydney Morning Herald, NSW
• "Bake by numbers", The Sydney Morning Herald, NSW
• A staple of life (the Age)
• Live sourdough cultures for bread with taste (British Society of Baking)
• How Sourdough Bread Works (from howstuffworks.com)

Sourdough and Artisan Baking Web Sites

• Wild Yeast Blog
  
• The Sour Dough
• Stir The Pots
• Sourdough FAQ
• Samartha's Sourdough Page
• Sourdough Home: An Exploration of Sourdough
• Sourdough Bread: How To Begin (easy sourdough for the beginner or novice)
• Sourdough Success!
• Joan's Sourdough Primer
• Sourdough Bread Australia
• e-info Sourdough Bread Recipes
• Open Directory Project listings for Sourdough
• Simple Sourdough: How to Bake the Best Bread in the World
• Sourdough Proof Box: the tricks of sourdough starters
• The Bread Bakers Forum
• Dan Lepard
• The Fresh Loaf
• Northwest Sourdough
• How to Make Authentic San Francisco Sourdough French Bread

Discussion Lists, Forums and Blogs

• Sourdough Companion Forum
• HowTo make Sourdough and Beginner Tutorials
• alt.rec.sourdough Newsgroup (via Google Groups)
• Forums on Hearth Cooking Bread, Bread Ovens and kitchen gardens (William Rubel)
• North West Sourdough Message Board
• Discussion of good sourdoughs in Melbourne
• Dan Lepard's forum
• Blogs at Sourdough Companion
• Don's Sourdough
• Sourdough & Bill44
• Baking With Sourdough Starters

Breadmaking courses

• Paddy's Bread (NSW, Southern Highlands)
• Convivial Times for courses at The Brasserie Bread Company (Sydney)
• Sourdough breadmaking run through the CAE (Melbourne)

Grain, Flour, Mills, Mixes, Starters and Cultures

• Bio-Oz. Supplier of spelt products and other organic specialty flours
• Wholegrain Milling Co Specialise in high quality Stoneground Certified Organic Flours
• All About Bread A range of bread mixes and flours
• Laucke Flour Mills
• Weston Milling
• Greengrove Flour Mills (Junee, NSW)
• Ben Furney Flour Mills (Dubbo, NSW) 101 Brisbane Street, 02 6884 4388
• Four Leaf Milling Pty Ltd Lot 120 Main Road (PO Box 83) Tarlee SA
• Kialla Pure Foods Greenmount QLD 4359
• Australian Flour Mills
• Listing of Australian Flour Millers and Wholesalers

List compiled by Richard Trowsdale (richard.trowsdale@uts.edu.au)

Last updated 2 June 2008