Canning Jarrah Timber Company

The Canning Jarrah Timber Company was a timber and timber railway company operating in the Darling Range in Western Australia in the 1890s.

Canning Jarrah Timber
IndustryTimber and Railways
Founded1898 (1898)
Defunct1903 (1903)
FateAcquired by Western Australian Government Railways
Headquarters

The company was registered in London in 1898.[1]

It built the Upper Darling Range Railway. The railway developed the communities of Canning Mills, Kalamunda, and nearby locations, enabling delivery of materials to Perth; this included timber and other produce.

The railway was taken over by the Western Australian Government Railways in 1903.[2]

The company was absorbed into Millars Karri and Jarrah Forests Limited in 1902.[3]

References

  1. "Canning Jarrah Timber Co". The Inquirer and Commercial News. Vol. LVIII, no. 3, 171. Western Australia. 14 January 1898. p. 9. Retrieved 23 December 2018 via National Library of Australia.
  2. "Canning Jarrah Timber Company's Railway". Western Mail. Vol. XV, no. 745. Western Australia. 7 April 1900. p. 9. Retrieved 23 December 2018 via National Library of Australia.
  3. Shaw, W (1900), Canning Jarrah Timber Company Ltd 1891-1903, retrieved 23 December 2018
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