Jarrahdale Heritage Mill

Great spot to overnight with a van or rv, although the buildings are no longer there.

It was fun to explore the mill and the surroundings!

Different

so much history

Good place to free camp. Dump point and bins located towards the bottom of the site. Short walk into town. Would stay again

Nice place to stop and relax. Or enjoy a walk around the bush. Need to go and have a look before it all disappears. I hope they preserve it

Interesting old mill. Like the sorting table

Interesting but a shame it is not being better preserved.

Great friendly service & atmosphere

The 1950 Mill, Jarrahdale building is the third Mill on the site. It replaced the 1943 No. 1 Mill, which was destroyed by fire on the night of 16 August 1949, which was itself a replacement of the 1912-13 No. 1 Mill. The 1950 Mill, Jarrahdale is the remaining part of a complex that, at different times between 1912 and 1935, had contained two mills, a railway network, and the various support buildings that had survived the several Mill fires. The complex continued to be used from the time when both the 1912-13 No. 1 and No. 2 Mills were operating up to around 1968. The use of steam was traditionally the main power source available to operate timber mills and the industry depended on and developed this power source, firstly just to operate the mill machinery but ultimately extending to steam locomotives. Originally horse teams were used to transport the logs to the mill. The horses were gradually replaced by rail systems, initially using wooden rails, and eventually superseded altogether by steam locomotives hauling log rakes on steel rail systems. Log hauling by road was a significant change from previous methods and it is assumed that, as with Donnelly River Mill, every endeavor was made to design and construct the1950 Mill, Jarrahdale using the latest technology and materials. The mill was, however, still constructed in the same location, with a similar form, using local materials and possibly containing machinery gathered from other industrial sites. For these reasons, although the mill was constructed towards the beginning of the period when logs were hauled by road, the 1950 Mill, Jarrahdale can be seen as being representative of the basic aspects of traditional timber mill technology based on steam power.