Western Australian timber tramways
Items on Western Australia timber tramways published in Light Railways Nos 147 to 197
Description of article |
Article name |
Author |
Publication No. & Page No. |
Available |
Letter regarding locomotive SSM No. 2 |
WA Sawmill Locomotives |
Purcell, Len |
LR179, 24 |
Yes |
Account of a derailment of No. 109 at Nannup Sawmill |
Tip up at Nannup |
Purcell, Len |
LR172, 3 |
Yes |
Illustrated article on Quinninup Sawmill Locomotive Depot |
From Steam to Wildflowers |
Purcell, Len |
LR163, 16 |
Yes |
Letter referring to above article |
Running the Rake (LR 155) |
Lane, Wal |
LR159, 24 |
Yes |
Illustrated account of a trip on SSM No.8 at Pemberton in 1962 |
Running the Rake |
Purcell, Len |
LR155, 3 |
Yes |
Research item on Lewis & Reid timber mill tramway near Allanson |
Horse-Worked Logging Tramways, Allanson WA |
Whiteford, David |
LR152, 27 |
Yes |
Short article with photos on remaining timber mill steam locomotives at the end of 1967 |
Steam through the Bush |
Belbin, Bruce |
LR149, 15 |
Yes |
Illustrated account of the search for the Kalgoorlie woodlines in June 1998 |
In Search of the Woodlines |
Gunzburg, Adrian |
LR147, 10 |
Yes |
Photo feature of diesel locomotives used at Western Australian timber mills |
Western Australian Timber Mill Diesels – Part One |
Browning, John |
LR146, 18 |
Yes |
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Gunzburg, Adrian; & Austin, Jeff; Rails through the Bush - Timber and Firewood Tramways and Railway Contractors of Western Australia, Light Railway Research Society of Australia Inc. 1997 [Out of print].
Austin, Jeff;. "Sawmilling, Firewood & Other Tramways", notes for W.A. Railway Heritage Survey, July 1994
Austin, Jeff; "Timber Tramways of Lowden, Western Australia", Light Railways No.98, October 1987
Austin, Jeff;. "Mill Railways at Claymore and Dellerton, Western Australia", Light Railways No. 107, January 1990
Bunbury, Bill; Timber for Gold - Life on the Goldfields Woodlines, Fremantle Arts Centre Press 1997
Calder, Mary; Big Timber Country, Rigby, 1980
Coote, N.S.; Pioneers of the Collie District 18801930, Literary Mouse Press, 1991
Cresswell, Gail J. The Light of Leeuwin, The AugustaMargaret River Shire History Group, 1990
Fall, V.G. The Sea and the Forest, University of W.A. Press, 1972
Fall, V.G. The Mills of Jarrahdale, University of W.A. Press, 1972
Frost, A.C. Green Gold, A.C. Frost and Donnybrook/Balingup Shire Council, 1976
Hambling, B.F. "Maurice Coleman Davies, Early Days", Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Western Australian Historical Society, Vol.6, Part 8, 1969
Hamilton M. (Editor), Mornington Mills, Murdoch University. 1980
Jessup,C.W. "Millar's Denmark Railway", Light Railways No.33, Spring 1970
Mack, David; The Shepherdsons Timber Milling in Australia, Adelaide, 1985
Mills, Jenny; The Timber People A History of Bunnings Limited, Bunnings Ltd, 1986
Minchin, R.S. "The Locomotive 'BALLAARAT'", ARHS Bulletin No.483, January 1978
Minchin R.S. & Higham, G.J. Robb's Railway, ARHS (WA Div), 1981
Purcell, Len "Millars in Western Australia: ninetynine productive years", Sawing, Selling & Sons, Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies, Canberra 1988
Sherriff, George The History of Denmark 18291905, unpublished manuscript, 1951
Snell, Laurie. Drakesbrook Days and Waroona Years, Shire of Waroona, 1986
Southcombe, M.R.H. Steam in the Forests, Hesperian Press, 1986
Thomas, W.C. "Outlines of the Timber Industry in WA"., The W.A. Historical Society Journal & Proceedings Vol. 1, 1929, Part V
Thomas, W.C. "Mills and Men", The Australian Timber Journal, 193738
Trautman, Edward & Jean. Jinkers and Jarrah Jerkers, Gannet Press, 1980
Watkins, Karen Timber and Two Up, Donnybrook, 1990
Watson, Lindsay. "The Perth Firewood Supply Company Ltd", Light Railways No.76, April 1982
Watson, Lindsay. "Notes on The Adelaide Timber Company Ltd, Wilga and Witchcliffe, Western Australia", Light Railways No.95, January 1987
Webb, E.G. "Rails in the Hills", Kalamunda & Districts Historical Society Inc., 1991
Woodland, E.W. "Decline of the Steam Locomotive on the Private Timber Lines in the South West of Western Australia". ARHS Bulletin No.297, July 1962
Woodland, E.W. "The JarrahdaleRockingham Excursion Trains", ARHS Bulletin No.318, April 1964
Woodland, E.W. "Whittakers Private Timber Railway", ARHS Bulletin No.331, May 1965