Australian native White Clematis Clematis pubescens. Pemberton a saw milling town and the tram way into the Jarrah and Marri forests. White wildlfower along the tram tracks.
Pemberton has a population of 800. It was named after the first settler of the district Pemberton Walcott. In 1913 the state government opened two sawmills here and a small town emerged but was not surveyed and gazetted until 1925. Locals here are involved in forestry or tourism. The 1913 sawmills were set up to provide the railway sleepers for the railway line between Port Augusta and Kalgoorlie. The get access to the timber felling areas a small tramway was established to carry the sawn logs. It is now the tourist tramway. After World War Two some soldier settler properties were offered in the district to try and increase the population. Pemberton has 1,200 mm of rain a year. The tram departs Pemberton, passes the old sawmill and travels deep into the Karri forest crossing six streams.
Australian native White Clematis Clematis pubescens. Pemberton a saw milling town and the tram way into the Jarrah and Marri forests. White wildlfower along the tram tracks.
Pemberton has a population of 800. It was named after the first settler of the district Pemberton Walcott. In 1913 the state government opened two sawmills here and a small town emerged but was not surveyed and gazetted until 1925. Locals here are involved in forestry or tourism. The 1913 sawmills were set up to provide the railway sleepers for the railway line between Port Augusta and Kalgoorlie. The get access to the timber felling areas a small tramway was established to carry the sawn logs. It is now the tourist tramway. After World War Two some soldier settler properties were offered in the district to try and increase the population. Pemberton has 1,200 mm of rain a year. The tram departs Pemberton, passes the old sawmill and travels deep into the Karri forest crossing six streams.