Framed Photograph of Mr James Jackson
Framed photograph of Mr James Jackson who, in 1871, was the first driver of the Ballaarat locomotive which was the first locomotive in WA and was used by the WA Timber Company.
The Ballaarat steam engine, built by James Hunt's Victoria Foundry in the city of Ballarat, Victoria in 1871, was the first 1067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge locomotive built in Australia. It was purchased by the Western Australian Timber Company, which had been awarded one of only three milling concessions granted in the colony.
The Western Australian Timber Company used the locomotive to transport timber to the coast over the Ballaarat Tramline from its mill, originally located at Yoganup, 18 km (11 mi) inland and later as far as 30 km inland. The company had built the colony's first timber-railed railway line (on which timber rails were topped by an iron strap to reduce wear) from the mill to a 90 metre landing jetty at Lockeville, 7 kilometres north-east of Busselton.
The locomotive was used by the Western Australian Timber Company until the mill closed in 1887.
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