Pickering Brook Sawmill

Author

z Kalamunda - ARCHIVED 3/01/17

Place Number

10377

Location

34 Carinyah Rd Pickering Brook

Location Details

Local Government

Kalamunda

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1960

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Municipal Inventory Adopted 01 Aug 2013 Category 3
Municipal Inventory Adopted 21 Jul 1997 Category 3

Statement of Significance

Traditional mill sheds which continue tradition of small sawmills in the district begun fk i by Sydney Ashmore in 1932.Tony Brescasin moved it to this site in 1960. Important to " Italian migrants as source of jobs for chain migration.

Physical Description

Typical saw mill machinery housed under corrugated iron roof supported by timber posts. Weatherboard manager's house now an office.

History

Timber, immigration, technology

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: Good

Condition

Good

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Present Use FORESTRY Timber Mill
Original Use FORESTRY Timber Mill

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Wall TIMBER Weatherboard
Roof METAL Corrugated Iron

Historic Themes

General Specific
OCCUPATIONS Timber industry

Creation Date

22 Jan 1998

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

21 Mar 2019

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