W.A. Timber Company

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The Ballaarat locomotive

W.A. Timber Company was a syndicate of Victorian investors granted a timber concession of 181,500 acres on Geographe Bay in the south west of Western Australia in 1870.[1][a]

It went on to develop a mill and jetty at Lockeville.[b][3]

The locomotive ordered for the mill railway was the first steam locomotive to operate in Western Australia, as well as being the first to be built in Australia for the 3 ft 6 in gauge.[4][5] The railway was more commonly known as the Ballaarat Tramline.[6]

The W.A. Timber Company was liquidated in 1888 and its assets auctioned.[7]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Also found as WA Jarrah Timber company[2]
  2. ^ Lockeville and Lockville are variant spellings found in different sources

References[]

  1. ^ Gunzburg, Adrian & Austin, Jeff & Rail Heritage WA & Gunzburg, Adrian & Austin, Jeff (2008). In Rails through the bush : timber and firewood tramways and railway contractors of Western Australia. Rail Heritage WA, Bassendean, W.A. ISBN 978-0-9803922-2-7
  2. ^ West Australian Jarrah Timber Co. Ltd; Simpson, George; Anderson, J.G (1879), Prospectus [and] report on the plant, locality, position and concessions of the W.A. Timber Co. Ltd., Geographe Bay, W.A. by George Simpson [and] J.G. Anderson, Derrington & Co. print, retrieved 23 December 2018
  3. ^ Cresswell, Herbert Augustine (1927), "Some Features of Railway Construction and Maintenance in Western Australia", Transactions of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 8: 447–482, ISSN 0155-039X
  4. ^ Minchin, Ray S. (1976) The "Ballaarat" Locomotive. A collection of material relating to the 'Ballaarat' Locomotive Battye Library catalogue summary: WA Timber Co's locomotive operated between Yoganup and Lockville 1871-ca.1886. From 1937 on exhibition in Victoria Square. Busselton. Scale drawings from photographs and reprints of 1871.
  5. ^ Minchin, R.S.(1978) The locomotive Ballaarat. Bulletin (Australian Railway Historical Society), Jan. 1978, pp. 19–23
  6. ^ Australian Railway Historical Society. Western Australian Division. W.A.'s first railway : commemoration at Wonnerup historic train and vintage car rally, 10 November 1963.[Bunbury, W.A.] : Bunbury Times print, 1963.
  7. ^ "Ballaarat Tramline". Monument Australia. Retrieved 30 March 2016.

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