10 July2025, LRRSA Members Zoom meeting - Geoff Maynard - Cuming Smith & Company

Geoff Maynard will present on the following subject:

Geoff's address will cover the formation of Cuming Smith & Company in Melbourne in 1872 and their establishment of a Sawmilling and timber Distillation works in the Yarra Valley at Yarra Junction and Warburton from 1907 onwards.

It covers their various entities including :  Brittania  Sawmills 1907

                                  Mississippi Sawmilling Company

                                  Enterprise Sawmills

                                  Yarra Junction Distillation Works

                                  Warburton Sawmills & Seasoning Works