Ballaarat steam engine

[1] 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 metres (300 feet) landing jetty at Lockville, near Wonnerup, 7 kilometres (4.3 miles) north-east of Busselton.

[1] Ballaarat was damaged by fire when it was stored in a shed at Lockville in the early 1900s, then left exposed to the elements in a nearby paddock.

It was not until 1929, 42 years after it was decommissioned, that Ballaarat finally received partial repair work thanks to its being featured in a State Centenary parade through Perth.

In 2012, following a Lotterywest grant, local business South West Machining Centre, a team of volunteers and a rail heritage consultant undertook its preservation works.

Restoration was completed in March 2017 and since that time Ballaarat has been on public display, accompanied by information, artefacts and images of the region's timber industry.