Sawyers Valley, Western Australia

Sawyers Valley is sited on the Great Eastern Highway about 40 kilometres from Perth, Western Australia in the Shire of Mundaring. The community began as a sawmill and railway siding to process timber from the forest surrounding the Helena River to the south. Local employment included forest and Goldfields Water Supply Scheme maintenance, small orchards, and the Midland Railway Workshops.

Sawyers Valley
Perth, Western Australia
Great Eastern Highway in Sawyers Valley from the west
Sawyers Valley
Coordinates31.946°S 116.246°E / -31.946; 116.246
Population954 (2011 census)[1]
Postcode(s)6074
LGA(s)Shire of Mundaring
State electorate(s)Swan Hills
Federal Division(s)Pearce
Suburbs around Sawyers Valley:
Stoneville Mount Helena Chidlow
Mundaring Sawyers Valley Gorrie
Mundaring Weir Reservoir Reservoir

The Art Deco Sawyers Valley Tavern sits on the Highway opposite the Railway Reserve Heritage Trail.

Looking west - Great Eastern Highway through Sawyers Valley in 2010

Notes
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Sawyers Valley (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 30 October 2012.

References
  • Elliot, Ian (1983). Mundaring - A History of the Shire (2nd ed.). Mundaring: Mundaring Shire. ISBN 0-9592776-0-9.
  • Spillman, Ken (2003). Life was meant to be here: community and local government in the Shire of Mundaring. Mundaring: Mundaring Shire. ISBN 0-9592776-3-3.


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