CANNING MILLS<\/span><\/h1><\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n \n\n \n\n <\/div>\n\n\n \n\n Canning Mills is a part of the Eastern Rural Districts area of the Shire of Kalamunda and is bordered by Pickering Brook, Carmel, Lesmurdie and Wattle Grove.\u00a0 Canning Mills is mostly occupied by Korung National Park and the Victoria Reservoir.<\/h5>
It was the terminus and main destination of the Upper Darling Range Railway during the early stages of its operation until 1912 when the line was extended.<\/p>
Attractions<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>Korung National Park<\/a><\/p>
History<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>Canning Mills takes its name from the timber milling operation established in the area. In 1889 a concession to cut and export Jarrah timber from the vast forests in the Darling Ranges, was purchased from the State Government by\u00a0 Edward Keane (A shrewd businessman, member of State Parliament on several occasions, and twice Lord Mayor of Perth)who was at that time engaged in the construction of railways in the State of W.A. and needed a regular supply of timber for railway sleepers. In 1888, Keane and his brother-in-law Lionel White set up their timber mill in location 164,(a few miles south of Kalamunda), which became known as the Canning Timber Station trading under the name of Lionel White & Co. This company was taken over by the Canning Jarrah Timber Company, a company set up by Keane in Victoria. Part of Keanes timber license was a condition that a railway line connecting the mill and the Government Railway at Midland be constructed and operated by the company to carry freight and passengers for a period up to January 1900, when the Government would have the option to buy the line.<\/p>
At the height of its operations the Mill and its associated railway system employed some 150 men, who with their families formed a community of approximately 400 persons including between 30-40 children. A mill-township comprising of company owned houses, a hall (which served as a Church, a meeting place,and a school), a company store\/post office, a substantial Managers Residence and a resident Doctor, all of which, together with the privately owned \u201cForrest Inn\u201d(an establishment well known for its food and accommodation) completed the small township located just North of the Mill Site. In fact, the first telephone in the hills area was installed by the company to connect the mill office to the company head office in Perth.<\/p>
Whilst the mill ceased operating sometime between 1903 and 1905, the village carried on in a smaller scale serving the local community of small timber millers and orchardists, for a period of approximately 40 years. However, the de-licensing and subsequent demolition of the \u201cForrest Inn\u201d in 1925, plus the closure of the state owned Upper Darling Range Railway in 1949 signaled the end of this small community, and today no trace of the village remains except for a few piles of rubble hidden in the bush alongside the present Canning Road, and of course the name of the locality \u2013 \u201cCanning Mills\u201d.<\/p>
(Contributed by John Ellison, Archivist, Kalamunda & Districts Historical Society Inc.)<\/p>[Historical images for community profiles are contributed by The Kalamunda Historical Society]<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\n<\/span>\n\n\n Canning Mills children<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Canning Mills is a part of the Eastern Rural Districts area of the Shire of Kalamunda and is bordered by Pickering Brook, Carmel, Lesmurdie and Wattle Grove.\u00a0 Canning Mills is mostly occupied by Korung National Park and the Victoria Reservoir.<\/h5>
It was the terminus and main destination of the Upper Darling Range Railway during the early stages of its operation until 1912 when the line was extended.<\/p>
Attractions<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>Korung National Park<\/a><\/p>
History<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>Canning Mills takes its name from the timber milling operation established in the area. In 1889 a concession to cut and export Jarrah timber from the vast forests in the Darling Ranges, was purchased from the State Government by\u00a0 Edward Keane (A shrewd businessman, member of State Parliament on several occasions, and twice Lord Mayor of Perth)who was at that time engaged in the construction of railways in the State of W.A. and needed a regular supply of timber for railway sleepers. In 1888, Keane and his brother-in-law Lionel White set up their timber mill in location 164,(a few miles south of Kalamunda), which became known as the Canning Timber Station trading under the name of Lionel White & Co. This company was taken over by the Canning Jarrah Timber Company, a company set up by Keane in Victoria. Part of Keanes timber license was a condition that a railway line connecting the mill and the Government Railway at Midland be constructed and operated by the company to carry freight and passengers for a period up to January 1900, when the Government would have the option to buy the line.<\/p>
At the height of its operations the Mill and its associated railway system employed some 150 men, who with their families formed a community of approximately 400 persons including between 30-40 children. A mill-township comprising of company owned houses, a hall (which served as a Church, a meeting place,and a school), a company store\/post office, a substantial Managers Residence and a resident Doctor, all of which, together with the privately owned \u201cForrest Inn\u201d(an establishment well known for its food and accommodation) completed the small township located just North of the Mill Site. In fact, the first telephone in the hills area was installed by the company to connect the mill office to the company head office in Perth.<\/p>
Whilst the mill ceased operating sometime between 1903 and 1905, the village carried on in a smaller scale serving the local community of small timber millers and orchardists, for a period of approximately 40 years. However, the de-licensing and subsequent demolition of the \u201cForrest Inn\u201d in 1925, plus the closure of the state owned Upper Darling Range Railway in 1949 signaled the end of this small community, and today no trace of the village remains except for a few piles of rubble hidden in the bush alongside the present Canning Road, and of course the name of the locality \u2013 \u201cCanning Mills\u201d.<\/p>
(Contributed by John Ellison, Archivist, Kalamunda & Districts Historical Society Inc.)<\/p>[Historical images for community profiles are contributed by The Kalamunda Historical Society]<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\n \n\n \n<\/span>\n\n\n Canning Mills Forrest Inn<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Canning Mills takes its name from the timber milling operation established in the area. In 1889 a concession to cut and export Jarrah timber from the vast forests in the Darling Ranges, was purchased from the State Government by\u00a0 Edward Keane (A shrewd businessman, member of State Parliament on several occasions, and twice Lord Mayor of Perth)who was at that time engaged in the construction of railways in the State of W.A. and needed a regular supply of timber for railway sleepers. In 1888, Keane and his brother-in-law Lionel White set up their timber mill in location 164,(a few miles south of Kalamunda), which became known as the Canning Timber Station trading under the name of Lionel White & Co. This company was taken over by the Canning Jarrah Timber Company, a company set up by Keane in Victoria. Part of Keanes timber license was a condition that a railway line connecting the mill and the Government Railway at Midland be constructed and operated by the company to carry freight and passengers for a period up to January 1900, when the Government would have the option to buy the line.<\/p>
At the height of its operations the Mill and its associated railway system employed some 150 men, who with their families formed a community of approximately 400 persons including between 30-40 children. A mill-township comprising of company owned houses, a hall (which served as a Church, a meeting place,and a school), a company store\/post office, a substantial Managers Residence and a resident Doctor, all of which, together with the privately owned \u201cForrest Inn\u201d(an establishment well known for its food and accommodation) completed the small township located just North of the Mill Site. In fact, the first telephone in the hills area was installed by the company to connect the mill office to the company head office in Perth.<\/p>
Whilst the mill ceased operating sometime between 1903 and 1905, the village carried on in a smaller scale serving the local community of small timber millers and orchardists, for a period of approximately 40 years. However, the de-licensing and subsequent demolition of the \u201cForrest Inn\u201d in 1925, plus the closure of the state owned Upper Darling Range Railway in 1949 signaled the end of this small community, and today no trace of the village remains except for a few piles of rubble hidden in the bush alongside the present Canning Road, and of course the name of the locality \u2013 \u201cCanning Mills\u201d.<\/p>
(Contributed by John Ellison, Archivist, Kalamunda & Districts Historical Society Inc.)<\/p>[Historical images for community profiles are contributed by The Kalamunda Historical Society]<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
\n<\/span>\n\nCanning Mills children<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
\n<\/span>\n\nCanning Mills Forrest Inn<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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