Private company

W.A. Timber Company

Syndicate of Victorian investors

W.A. Timber Company was a syndicate of Victorian investors granted a timber concession of 181,500 acres on Geographe Bay in the south west of Western Australia in 1870. The company went on to develop a mill and jetty at Lockville, 7 kilometres (4.3 miles) north-east of Busselton.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

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W.A. Timber Company was a syndicate of Victorian investors granted a timber concession of 181,500 acres on Geographe Bay in the south west of Western Australia in 1870. The company went on to develop a mill and jetty at Lockville, 7 kilometres (4.3 miles) north-east of Busselton.2

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