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MIZEN SAWMILL STUDY
Copyright David Mizen 2021
Images Added & Published by Gordon Freegard 2021

SMAILES' MILL CARINYAH

Smailes' Mill has its beginning in the Smailes Weston and Liebow partnership set out below. Smailes' Mill is included in this paper as the Carinyah Mill became part of the Millar’s consortium when the business was absorbed into the group in 1949 (Freegard, 2019, p. 56).

Millar’s exclusive license expired in 1924, this then allowed others into the sawmilling market. Smailes' first mill was a firewood mill, this was set up in 1920 at the railway yard at Karragullen (Freegard, 2019, p. 53). Once the mill was established it became known as “all nations mill” (Freegard, 2019, p. 54). This mill was moved to the Pickering Brook Railway yard in 1927 (Freegard, 2019).

SMAILES' AND WESTON'S MILL NEXT TO RAILWAY STATION
AT PICKERING BROOK #2

SYDNEY (SYD) SMAILES 1895 20 years old #1

MAP OF SMAILES' & WESTONS MILL AT PICKERING BROOK
PICKERING BROOK RAILWAY STATION IS TO THE LEFT OF THIS IMAGE
PICKERING BROO ROAD RUNS ACROSS THE TOP OF THE IMAGE
WESTON ROAD TO THE SPORTS CLUB RUNS OFF AT THE BEND

The mill was moved to its final location in 1933 (Freegard, 2019). The mill was located on what is now Ashenden Road near Carinyah (Slee & Shaw, 1979, p. 53). While it was known as Smailes' Mill at various times members of the Curtis family were involved in the management of the mill (Freegard, 2019, p. 56) see also (Slee & Shaw, 1979, p. 53).

Section of Forests Department Map B.3 1940 (item 304814). Map sourced from Department of Conservation Biodiversity and Attraction
The mill is lower right.
++++++ indicates railway

SMAILES' MILL #3

SMAILES' MILL
Map drawn by GORDON FREEGARD

References: Article: David Mizen

                      Images:   1, 2       Kalamunda & Districts Historical Society
                                     3       Ted Smailes