During the Walker occupation Yaralla Estate maintained a fine prize-winning dairy herd, supplying milk for the estate as well as for surrounding hospitals. In 1917, the Jersey dairy herd consisted of 1200 cows that were producing 300 gallons of milk each day.

Yaralla Estate continued to supply milk to hospitals after the death of Dame Eadith Walker only to cease when pasteurisation became compulsory in the mid 1950s. The cost of upgrading proved too expensive.

The building is a U-shaped face brick construction, with a high-pitched terracotta tiled roof. The gable fronts display timber battens in an ‘arrow’ pattern. The internal floors are corbel and flagged stone, and the former ‘Wash Room’ features original tessellated tile flooring.
 

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