Mason and Moore at Nine Mile Creek

摘要

It was the opportunity offered by construction work on the Great Southern Railway that, in 1888, prompted Christopher Mason and William Moore to purchase John Ferres's sawmill on Nine Mile Creek, 7 km north-east of Port Welshpool in South Gippsland. At the outset, Mason and Moore shared similar plans to most other sawmillers dotted along the route of the railway; profit from the sale of sleepers and other timbers required by contractor George Buckley & Sons, and then use the railway to access the Melbourne market. However, this was soon to change as the broad thinking and ambitious partners saw prospect for much greater things.