Highlands History | Pillar of the community

Updated November 7 2019 - 3:14pm, first published 9:26am

A sawmill at East Kangaloon began operation in 1889. The mill's co-owners were Thomas Seery and John Hayter, who both contributed greatly to the district's development. In 1894 they moved their mill to a forest at Mt Murray, near Robertson, where it operated until burnt down in a bushfire in 1905.

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