WALL'S (OGDEN'S) SAWMILL SITE

The Wall’s Sawmill Site is overgrown with ferns, however the site does contain archaeological remains and there is evidence of benched areas, bricks and metal artefacts. It has the potential to contain archaeological features and material relating to the late nineteenth century of the sawmill and the construction and technologies utilised in this time period.
The site was first purchased in 1885 by William Wall who sought to obtain land in the Cobaw Forrest for timber splitting. Two sawmills were established in 1885 to harvest available timber, however local ratepayers were not happy about disruptions to roadways.

Ogden purchased and subsequently began to work the mill in 1938 and established the Ogden Sawrnilling Company in 1945. The Mill operated until the 1980s. The Ogden’s had mills in two sites in the Cobaw forest. The area was subject to selective logging over the years.

The site is of local historical and archaeological significance. 

The site is of historical significance as a late nineteenth century sawmill within the Cobaw forest, illustrating the technology and consequences of different forms/periods of milling and logging throughout the nineteenth and twentieth century.