Millars' Karri and Jarrah Company (1902) Limited, commonly known as Millars,
was a
Western Australia
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n focused timber and timber railway company.
Millars' Karri and Jarrah Forests Limited was a public company incorporated in London in July 1897 with its shares listed on the
London Stock Exchange
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. Millars' was taken over by
Bunnings Brothers Limited in 1983.
1902 amalgamation with other timber companies
In 1902 an amalgamation of Western Australian timber companies saw Millars' Karri and Jarrah Company (1902) Limited formed from:
* Millars Karri and Jarrah Forests Limited (Mills at
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Yarloop and Mornington)
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Jarrahdale Jarrah Forests and Railways Limited (Mill at
Jarrahdale)
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M. C. Davies' Karri and Jarrah Company Limited (mills at
Karridale, Boranup and Jarrahdene)
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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 ...
* Gill McDowell Jarrah Company (mills at Waroona and
Lion Mill)
* Jarrah Wood and Saw Mills Company
* Jarrah Timber and Wood Paving Corporation (mills at Worsley)
* Imperial Jarrah Wood Corporation (mills at Newlands and Quindalup)
* Swan Saw Mills
* Wilgarup Karri and Jarrah Company
* Sussex Timber company
Archives
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Battye Library
The J S Battye Library (more properly known as the J. S. Battye Library of West Australian History) is an arm of the State Library of Western Australia. It stores much of the state's historical records and original publications including books, ...
has a collection of materials.
[Millar's Timber & Trading Co -- Archives. In 1902 seven major sawmilling companies merged with the Millar organisation to form Millars Karri and Jarrah Company. In 1912 the name was changed to Millars Timber and Trading Company Ltd. The Inchcape Group later took control of the company, which by then was called Millars (Western Australia) Pty Ltd. Battye Library, Minnesota 874, Records of Millars Timber and Trading Company, ACC 3042A, 3301A, 5975A.]
See also
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Timber railway lines of Western Australia
The network of railway lines in Western Australia associated with the timber and firewood industries is as old as the mainline railway system of the former Western Australian Government Railways system.
Timber railways
There is a range of termi ...
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Yarloop Workshops
The Yarloop Workshops was a railway and timber mill machinery workshop, situated in the town of Yarloop, Western Australia.
The workshops operated from 1901 to 1978. Originally built by Charles and Edwin Millar on the site of the first timber m ...
Notes
References
Timber companies of Western Australia
Economic history of Western Australia
Defunct forest products companies of Australia
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