The Forests of Warburton - a Pictorial Heritage - 1853 to 2012

1922 to 1932 - Enterprise Mill (La La)

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1911 to 1915 -The O'Shannassy Aqueduct and Weir
1915 to 1973 - Brimbonga Seasoning Works - East Warburton
1918 to 1925 - Sunnydale Mill, East Warburton
1919 to 1920 - Slocum and Walker's Mill
1920 - From the Bush to the Bungalow
1922 to 1932 - Enterprise Mill (La La)
1925 - Family Snow Trip to Mt Donna Buang
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Site of La La (Enterprise) Mill

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1932 - La La Mill. looking south to Warburton township

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1932 La La Mill, footy match in progress at bottom!

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Aqueduct bridge crossing, La La mill

Enterprise Mill – La La - 1922 to 1931 

This was a very large mill, on the slopes of Mt Victoria, above the Warburton township, commencing in 1922, as the Enterprise Sawmilling Company. In 1925, ownership changed to Cuning, Smith and Company.The football ground was immediately below it.

 

Logs were transported to the mill along a tramway down from Cement Creek, and the sawn timber was then carried along the tramway to the La La siding, over a small bridge crossing the Yarra.

 

This bridge was sited near the LaLa sidings Turntable, close to the present-day Bramich Bridge.

 

On its journey north to Cement Creek, the tramway crossed the O’Shannassay Aqueduct on a concrete bridge, about 1 km west of Yuonga Rd. This bridge is still intact, but has deteriorated  and is littered with rubble, and is next to the O’Shannassy Aqueduct Trail. The tramway alignment is partially visible where it enters the forest across the bridge.

This Mill closed down in 1932.

No trace remains of the Mill or its workings - it was sited at the end of the present-day Brisbane Rd.

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1932 La La Mill, winter snow

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Enterprise Mill rail tractor

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