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

1909 to 1949 - The Warburton Steam Railway

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1853 - Beginnings
1885 to present day - Dee Valley Mills
1889 to 1919 - Mills in the Wesburn and Old Warburton area
1890 - Roads to the Forests
1901 to 1964 - The Warburton Railway
1902 to 1906 - Anderson's Mill
1902 to 1939 - East Warburton and Onwards
1903 to 1907- Robinson's Mill No. 1
1905 to 1949 - Tramways of the Mills
1905 to 1928 - Parbury's Brookfield Mill
1906 - Wondwondah Estate and the Adventist Church
1907 to 1913 - Richards Mill
1907 to 1922 - Robinson's Mill No. 1
1908 to 1922 - Robinson's No 2 Mill (Cement Creek)
1909 to 1916 - Hermon's Mill (La La Estate)
1909 to 1949 - The Warburton Steam Railway
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
1932 to 1937 - Horner's Mill
1938 to 2000 - Tuckman's Mills
1950 - Welcome Back to Warburton
The Donna Buang Range
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Epilogue
Bibliography
The Author's Personal Websites

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1913 - Warburton Steam Railway

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1911 - Warburton Steam Railway

The Warburton Steam Railway

This 3'6" gauge railway operated from 1909 to 1949, and transported timber, goods, and passengers between the Big Pat's Creek terminus and the La La Sidings.

Its route was next to what is now the Warburton Highway, through the future Caravan Park, and along the river bank.

Most of the alignment is now a shared walking/cycling Trail, alongside the Woods Point Rd, linking the eastern end of the caravan park with the East  Warburton rest area.

The section of the railway between the entry point at the caravan park and the present-day Signs Bridge was actually on the edge of the Wood's Point Rd. The  raised embankment of this section is just outside of the caravan park fence, and may be easily explored, but there is no trace of the original infrastructure remaning.

A small commemorative plaque is located at Big Pat's Creek settlement, next to the picnic ground, marking the centenary of the railway's first journey, 1909 to 2009.

July 2012 - Big Pat's Creek - commmorative plaque (author's picture)

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July 2012 - "frog" point at Big Pat's Creek. junction of Starvation Creek Tramway (author 's photo)

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Aug 2012 - Steam Railway embankment next to caravan park (author's pic)

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August 2012 - Caravan Park, site of he Wonwondah Mill (author pic)

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