Sawyers Valley, Western Australia

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Sawyers Valley
Perth,  Western Australia
Sawyers GEH 2008.jpg
Great Eastern Highway in Sawyers Valley from the west
Sawyers Valley, Western Australia
Coordinates 31°56′46″S116°14′46″E / 31.946°S 116.246°E / -31.946; 116.246 Coordinates: 31°56′46″S116°14′46″E / 31.946°S 116.246°E / -31.946; 116.246
Population991 (2016 census) [1]
Postcode(s) 6074
LGA(s) Shire of Mundaring
State electorate(s) Swan Hills
Federal division(s) Hasluck
Suburbs around Sawyers Valley:
Stoneville Mount Helena Chidlow
Mundaring Sawyers Valley Gorrie
Mundaring Weir Reservoir Reservoir

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. The suburb's name comes from the occupation of many of the first European settlers to the area in the 1860s, who were sawyers working at the local saw-pits. The Sawyers Valley Tavern, which sits on the Highway opposite the Railway Reserve Heritage Trail, was first established in 1882 and the Sawyers Valley railway station was built in 1884. [2] [3]

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Looking west - Great Eastern Highway through Sawyers Valley in 2010 Sawyers Valley GEH from east.jpg
Looking west - Great Eastern Highway through Sawyers Valley in 2010

Local activities

The Sawyers Valley township, situated on the north-east corner of Beelu National Park, has many active sporting and community groups, including the Sawyers Valley Voluntary Bush Fire Brigade [4] and the Sawyers Valley Primary School. [5]

The Railway Reserve Heritage Trail and the Golden Pipeline Heritage Trail [6] pass through Sawyers Valley.

Notes

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Sawyers Valley (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 24 November 2021. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ "History of metropolitan suburb names – S". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  3. ↑ "Classified Advertising". The West Australian . Vol. IV, no. 256. 16 May 1882. p. 2. Retrieved 24 November 2021– via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "Sawyers Valley Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade".
  5. ↑ "Sawyers Valley Primary School – An Independent Public School!".
  6. ↑ "Explore".

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