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ANZAC Day Service

On April 25 2023, the Mount Helena Residents and Ratepayers Progress Association together with Lost Mundaring & Surroundings Local History Museum proudly relaunched the Mount Helena ANZAC Day Service.

2024 Mount Helena ANZAC Day Service - 25 April 2024 at 11:30am

Photos courtesy of Logan McNeil Media

2023 Program

March

with Spirit of the ANZACs

Introduction and Welcome

Mrs Joan Quinn, President of Mount Helena Residents and Ratepayers Progress Association

Historical Address

Mr Owen Briffa, Curator of Lost Mundaring and Surroundings Local History Museum

Commemorative address

Mr Eric Smith JP, President of Mundaring RSL Sub Branch

Community Address

Ms Jessica Shaw MLA, Member for Swan Hills

Wreath laying

with bagpipes playing

Ode of Remembrance

Taj Thredgold

The Last Post

Orlando Bourgault

A minute of silence

The Rouse

Orlando Bourgault

Australian National Anthem

'Advance Australia Fair'

Acknowledgements and Thank You

Anne Lynch

Closing Address

Please stay for morning tea and visit the his

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What is a Whim?

The Whim was used for log haulage in the early days of the South-west timber industry including the Perth Hills.
 
The whim axle was manoeuvred midway over a felled log. With the aid of a swampers spoon, the chain was passed under the lof and hooked onto the axle. The whim beam, as a lever, was pulled down using horses and secured to the log, thus raising the axle and the log for easier haulage. A team of eight horses then hauled the raised log to the steam saw mill. The whim revolutionised the early timber industry and was used until the advent of motorised tractors.


The whim has been honoured and recognised by the Mount Helena Residents and Ratepayers Progress Association as a part of their logo and name of our biannual 'Whim' Festival.

Photo: BULLOCK TEAM; LION MILL, MT HELENA, c.1882 - 1898 - Shire of Toodyay’s photographic collection

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