Sawyers Valley, Western Australia

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]

Looking west - Great Eastern Highway through Sawyers Valley in 2010

Sawyers Valley Perth, Western Australia
Great Eastern Highway in Sawyers Valley from the west
Coordinates	31.946°S 116.246°E / -31.946; 116.246
Population	1,001 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)	6074
LGA(s)	Shire of Mundaring
State electorate(s)	Electoral district of Darling Range
Federal division(s)	Hasluck
Suburbs around Sawyers Valley: Stoneville Mount Helena Chidlow Mundaring Sawyers Valley Gorrie Mundaring Weir Reservoir Reservoir

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 (28 June 2022). "Sawyers Valley (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
2. "History of metropolitan suburb names – S". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 16 March 2022. 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".

References

• Elliot, Ian (1983). Mundaring - A History of the Shire (2nd ed.). Mundaring: Mundaring Shire. ISBN 0-9592776-0-9.
• Spillman, Ken (2003). Life was meant to be here: community and local government in the Shire of Mundaring. Mundaring: Mundaring Shire. ISBN 0-9592776-3-3.

External links

• Sawyer's Valley on Geoscience Australia
• Mundaring and Hills Historical Society website