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Sawyers Valley

Sawyers Valley
PerthWestern Australia
Sawyers GEH 2008.jpg
Great Eastern Highway in Sawyers Valley from the west
Sawyers Valley is located in Perth
Sawyers Valley
Sawyers Valley
Coordinates 31°56′46″S 116°14′46″E / 31.946°S 116.246°E / -31.946; 116.246Coordinates: 31°56′46″S 116°14′46″E / 31.946°S 116.246°E / -31.946; 116.246
Population 954 (2011 census)
Postcode(s) 6074
LGA(s) Shire of Mundaring
State electorate(s) Darling Range
Federal Division(s) Pearce
Suburbs around Sawyers Valley:
Stoneville Mount Helena Chidlow
Mundaring Sawyers Valley Gorrie
Mundaring Weir Reservoir Reservoir

Sawyers Valley is sited on the Great Eastern Highway about 40 kilometres from Perth, Western Australia in the Shire of Mundaring. The community began as a sawmill and railway siding to process timber from the forest surrounding the Helena River to the south. Local employment included forest and Goldfields Water Supply Scheme maintenance, small orchards, and the Midland Railway Workshops.



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