Originally built by Charles and Edwin Millar[1] on the site of the first timber mill in the area, the operations expanded to become the support facility for Millars Karri and Jarrah Forests Limited's 26 timber mills and the rail network that connected them.

After suffering extensive damage from Cyclone Alby in 1978, Millars moved their operation to a site just outside the town on the South Western Highway.

The site then changed ownership several times until it was bought by Bunnings in 1983.

[2] In 1895 the Millar brothers built a timber mill on the site and as production increased the need to maintain equipment meant that the place was expanded to incorporate the various machinery workshops until 1901 when the site's sole function was for the maintenance of Millars equipment.

In the 1930s the timber industry in the region peaked with Millars operating 26 sawmills and an extensive private railway system to support them.