Jenny Mills

Bunnings is now a well known hardware store across Australia. owned by the Wesfarmers Group. However, it's beginning were in Western Australia first as a timber importer and merchant in Perth, and then as timber company mainly in the South West of Western Australia. A lot of timber (jarrah and karri) was exported in the early 1900s, some of this is still in the London underground as timber sleepers.
A book well worth reading for those interested in the history of Western Australia or in timber. Note though that this is an official publication of the company, and the story is told from a biased angle.… (altro)