Canning Mills Perth, Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 32°03′47″S116°05′46″E / 32.063°S 116.096°E Coordinates: 32°03′47″S116°05′46″E / 32.063°S 116.096°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 26 (2016 census) [1] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 6111 | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | City of Kalamunda | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Kalamunda | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Canning | ||||||||||||||
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Canning Mills is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia in the City of Kalamunda. The suburb was gazetted on 22 September 1972. Its name relates to the Canning River. [2]
It was the terminus and main destination of the Canning Jarrah Timber Company-constructed Upper Darling Range Railway during the early stages of its operation [3] until 1912 when the line was extended. [4]
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The Upper Darling Range Railway was a branch railway from Midland Junction, Western Australia], that rose up the southern side of the Helena Valley and on to the Darling Scarp via the Kalamunda Zig Zag. At the time of construction it was the only section of railway in Western Australia to have had a zig zag formation.
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