![]() ![]() Many early timber mills were placed near fresh water which provided water for steam driven engines. It was not uncommon to see many bullock teams in and around railway yards at one time. With the establishment of the railway line, bullock teams hauled the timber out of the forests and from the saw mills to the railway stations to be loaded onto trains for the journey to Brisbane. It was the second of eleven sawmills owned by James Campbell and Sons between 18.Īlfred Delisser, a contract surveyor who had named the Nullarbor Plain, surveyed the North Coast Railway Line in 1882.Ĭonstruction required timber, mainly ironbark for sleepers and softer woods for building railway stations and gate houses.īy 1900 the need for railway sleepers had grown enormously, providing work for many timber getters and sawmills. Prior to the North Coast railway opening in the early 1890s, timber was sent by boat from Campbellville, near the junction of Mellum and Coochin creeks, down through Pumicestone Passage or by sea from Mooloolah Heads. The mill and township was deep within the forestry region of Beerwah, the site was chosen due to the fresh water available from the upper reaches of Coochin Creek. In 1881, Campbellville had the first mill on the Near North Coast, the early site of Campbellville and its mill is now gone. ![]() In 1859, Queensland was declared a separate state and the government encouraged new settlement. Timber getters arrived long before the pioneering families, who later turned cleared timber areas into farmland and townships sprung up close by.īy the 1860s, trees were being felled in the North Coast region in great numbers. Timber getters and their bullock teams are long gone, however they played a major role in the development of early Near North Coast settlements.
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