Canning Mills is a suburb of

Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...

, Western Australia in the City of Kalamunda. The suburb was gazetted on 22 September 1972. Its name relates to the

Canning River The Canning River (Djarlgarra in Nyungar) is a major tributary of the Swan River in the South West Land Division of Western Australia. It is home to much wildlife including dolphins, pelicans, swans and many other bird species. Source and ...

. It was the terminus and main destination of the

Canning Jarrah Timber Company The Canning Jarrah Timber Company was a timber and timber railway company operating in the Darling Range in Western Australia in the 1890s. The company was registered in London in 1898. It built the Upper Darling Range Railway. The railway de ...

-constructed

Upper Darling Range Railway The Upper Darling Range Railway (also known as the Upper Darling Range Branch) 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 Z ...

during the early stages of its operation until 1912 when the line was extended.''Opening of railway extension Canning Mills to Karragullen'' Swan express, (16 Aug. 1912), p. 8a-d

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Suburbs of Perth, Western Australia Darling Range Suburbs in the City of Kalamunda {{PerthAU-geo-stub