Canning Mills, Western Australia

Canning Mills Perth, Western Australia
Coordinates	32.063°S 116.096°E / -32.063; 116.096
Population	26 (SAL 2016)[1][2]
Postcode(s)	6111
LGA(s)	City of Kalamunda
State electorate(s)	Kalamunda
Federal division(s)	Canning
Suburbs around Canning Mills: Orange Grove Pickering Brook Martin Canning Mills Roleystone Karragullen

Canning Mills is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia in the City of Kalamunda. The suburb was gazetted on 22 September 1972. Its name relates to the Canning River.[3]

It was the terminus and main destination of the Canning Jarrah Timber Company-constructed Upper Darling Range railway during the early stages of its operation[4] until 1912 when the line was extended.[5]

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Canning Mills (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016. 
2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Canning Mills (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
3. "History of metropolitan suburb names – C". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 16 March 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
4. Price. Eric, T. (1984) Canning Timber Station : commonly known as Canning Mills Western Australia: E.T. Price
5. Opening of railway extension Canning Mills to Karragullen Swan express, (16 Aug. 1912), p. 8a-d

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