Whittaker is a rural locality of the Shire of Murray in the Peel Region of Western Australia.

[4] The Pindjarup language is now considered extinct but the Noongar people remain present in the region.

Around the mill, a sizeable town was formed with a post office, school and public hall, at what is now North Dandalup.

The timber supply in the area was eventually exhausted, with labour shortage forcing the mill to close during the Second World War.

On 28 November 1944, the mill suffered extensive damage during a fire and operations were relocated to new sites at Serpentine and Waroona.