Historical information

An early black and white photograph of the Cambarville timber mill in the Cumberland Valley. Cambarville was established as a timber mill town in the 1940s. Timber mill owners A. Cameron and F.J. Barton named Cambarville. They established the mill to salvage timber from trees destroyed in the 1939 bushfires. Cambarville was impacted by the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires and any remaining structures were destroyed. The photograph was taken in August 1952.

Significance

An early black and white photograph of the Cambarville timber mills in the Cumberland Valley.