It was fully operational as a company town by 1899 and, at its peak, it contained a school, two churches, a hall, and a company store. On 6 November 1920, the Jubilee locomotive carrying workers and timber from Mornington Mills to Wokelup derailed, killing nine people and injuring two. The town closed on 11 August 1961, when its workers moved to Yarloop.[4][5] The site of the mill was subsequently a Police Citizens Youth Club camp, Camp Mornington, which closed in 2020 due to financial pressures relating to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4][6] The remains of the community, railway line and the former saw mills have been regularly researched and written about.[7][8][9][10]
↑ Map 5 page 266 of Gunzburg, Adrian; Austin, Jeff; Rail Heritage WA; Gunzburg, Adrian; Austin, Jeff (2008), Rails through the bush: timber and firewood tramways and railway contractors of Western Australia (2nded.), Rail Heritage WA, ISBN978-0-9803922-2-7
↑ Hamilton, Margaret, 1921-; Murdoch University. History Programme (1980), Mornington Mills: a record of an industrial archaeological dig at Mornington Mills, May 1980, undertaken by the Murdoch University History Programme, Murdoch University History Programme, ISBN978-0-86905-053-8{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
↑ Fortune, Val (2000), Mornington as I knew it: a year 2000 project, Interesting Publications, ISBN978-1-876760-04-5
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