Historical information

This is an invoice from the Waygara Sawmill from 1968. This mill was located at Waygara (near Orbost), adjacent to the Bairnsdale-Orbost Railway Line. It was one of many mills developed in East Gippsland after World War II and benefited from its strategic location next to the railway line. Timber was cut at this mill and loaded directly onto trains for transport to Melbourne. This milling company had other mills at Sardine Creek and Nowa Nowa. Waygara Sawmills were owned by Harry Lederman of Melbourne.

Significance

This item is significant because it relates to one of the many large saw milling companies which developed in the Orbost district during the 1960s-1970s. This mill was at Waygara near Orbost.

Physical description

One white page, b/w lettering, also with some writing in red.

Inscriptions & markings

Waygara Sawmilling Co Pty Ltd, Waygara Victoria, Invoice 27.5.68
Telephone Waygara 1
Messrs. C F Hancock Pty Ltd, Lakes Entrance