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

Timeline

This is a Timeline of dates of significant events described in the Project.

1834 Aboriginal peoples in area 1845 Hoddle visits upper reaches of Yarra 1851 Buller secures title to first freehold lease 20 acres 1851 State of Victoria proclaimed 1853 Parambool Pastoral Run first leased 16,000 acres 1855 First settlers 1858 Gold discovery at Britannia Creek and Reefton 1859 Yankee Jim goldfield opens 1860 Mt. Acland discovered, later named Mt. Donna Buang 1863 Yankee Jim known as Warburton 1864 Buller gains liquor license 1865 Present-day Warburton known as Scotchman’s Creek, then renamed Upper Warburton 1880 Alpine Retreat Hotel built 1880 New road cut from Lilydale to Warburton, next to Yarra 1880 Upper Warburton renamed Warburton 1880 Warburton known as Old Warburton 1885 Buller moved hotel to W. Warburton 1885 Kennedy and Munro Mill opens – closes 1886 1886 Wesburn {Park gazetted 1889 Cameron and Co Warb Sawmills opens     1890 Rough walking track to Mt Donna Buang opens 1898 Serious bushfires 1898 Coach Service opens from Warburton to McVeighs 1900 Cameron and Co Warb Sawmill closes 1900 Laudher Pioneer Mill opens 1901 Railway from Lilydale opens 1902 Anderson's Mill opens 1902 Wesburn Racetrack opens 1902 Yelland and Duncan Mill (Cement Creek) opens 1902 Several Mills opened east of Warburton 1903 Gilolis Mill opens 1903 Mortimer Bros Mill opens 1903 Robinson's Wonwondah Mill opens (Robinson, Duncan and Munro) 1904 Platt Mill opens 1905 Parbury's Mill (Brookfield Mill) opens 1905 Wonwondah Estate acquired by SDA Church 1906 SDA Signs Publishing factory opens 1906 SDA first church opens 1906 Anderson's Mill closes 1907 Henry, Slocum and Walker Mill opens 1907 Yelland and Duncan Mill (Cement Creek) closes 1907 Richard's Mill opens 1907 Robinson's No. 1 Mill opens 1907 Robinson's Wonwondah Mill closes (Robinson, Duncan and Munro) 1909 Gilolis Mill closes 1909 Horner's Mill (La La Estate) opens 1909 Robinson's No. 2 Mill opens 1909 Railway extended to La La sidings 1910 Laudher Pioneer mill closes 1910 Mortimer Bros Mill closes 1911 O’Shannassy Aqueduct and Weir construction starts 1911 Mt Donna Buang bridle track opens 1912 SDA opens new Hospital 1912 Horse track from Warburton to Marysville opens 1912 Vehicle track to Mt Donna Buang opens 1912 Henry, Slocum and Walker Mill closes 1913 Cuming and Smith Distillation works opens 1913 Platt and Co mill opens Mt Bride Rd 1913 Richard's Mill closes 1914 Seasoning Works (East Warburton) opens 1915 Feiglin and Sons Mill closes 1915 O’Shannassy Aqueduct and Weir commissioned 1916 Platt and Co mill closes Mt Bride Rd 1916 Horner's Mill (La La Estate) closes 1918 Sunnydale Stave Mill opens 1919 McKechnie Mill opens 1919 Slocum and Walker's Mill opens 1920 Motor cars to Mt Donna Buang 1920 Cement Creek Plantation opens 1920 Currie 1927mill opens 1920 Slocum and Walker's Mill closes 1920 Wesburn pool opens 1922 Enterprise Sawmilling Company opens 1922 Robinson's No. 2 Mill closes 1923 Mason and Grant (East Warburton) Mill opens 1923 Serious bushfires 1924 Victorian Ski Club opens track at Mt Donna Buang summit 1924 Platt Mill closes 1924 Sutherland Mill opens 1925 Cuming, Smith and Company Mill opens 1925 Enterprise Sawmilling Company closes 1925 Serious bushfires 1925 SDA Church opens Sanitarium Factory 1925 Sunnydale Stave Mill closes 1926 Acheron Way from Cement Creek to Narbethong opens 1926 Road from Donna Buang to Ben Cairn opens 1925 West Warburton renamed Wesburn 1927 Gilolis Mill closes 1928 Feiglin and Sons Mill opens - the former Currie Mill 1928 Parbury's Mill (Brookfield Mill) closes 1928 Steel lookout tower opens at Mt. Donna Buang 1930 Cuming and Smith Distillation works closes 1930 Meyers Mill opens 1931 Sunnydale Presbyterian Fellowship Camp 1932 Cuming, Smith and Company Mill closes 1932 Horner's Mill opens 1932 Mason and Grant (East Warburton) Mill closes 1934 Feiglin and Sons Mill opens 1935 SDA opens new publishing and Sanitarium factories 1937 Horner's Mill closes 1937 Downey’s Mill opens Warburton) 1938 Tuchman and Peacock Mill opens 1939 Serious bushfires 1939 Downey’s Mill closes 1940 Meyers Mill closes 1940 SDA opens new brick church 1944 Bell and Lay (East Warburton) Mill opens 1945 Bell and Lay (East Warburton) Mill closes 1945 Inverarity and Baird Mill opens 1945 Richard's Mill (East Warburton) opens 1948 Adams (Warburton South) Mill opens 1948 Leyland Brothers (East Warburton) Mill opens 1950 Tuckman and Peacock Mill closes 1951 Spencer (Wesburn) Mill opens 1957 Upper Yarra Reservoir opens 1960 Cement Creek Plantation ends 1963 Wesburn Racetrack closes 1968 McKenzie Mill closes 1970 Leyland Brothers (East Warburton) Mill closes 1973 Seasoning Works (East Warburton) closes 1974 Richard's Mill (East Warburton) closes 1981 Spencer (Wesburn) Mill closes 1983 serious bushfires 1997 O’Shannassy Aqueduct and Weir decommissioned 2000 SDA sells Hospital 2001 Adams (Warburton South) Mill closes ????  Alpine Sawmilling Company opens (Millgrove)