Sawyers Valley

Sawyers Valley Perth, Western Australia
Great Eastern Highway in Sawyers Valley from the west
Sawyers Valley
Population:	956 (2006 census)[1]
Postcode:	6074
LGA:	Shire of Mundaring
State electorate:	Darling Range
Federal Division:	Pearce
Suburbs around Sawyers Valley: Stoneville Mount Helena Chidlow Mundaring Sawyers Valley Gorrie Mundaring Weir Reservoir Reservoir

Coordinates: 31°56′46″S 116°14′46″E / 31.946°S 116.246°E / -31.946; 116.246

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.

Notes

References

• Elliot, Ian (1983). Mundaring – A History of the Shire (2nd ed. 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

• http://www.vianet.net.au/~mdghobby/
• Sawyer’s Valley on Geoscience Australia
• Mundaring and Hills Historical Society Website