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Blissett's Sawmill, Pennant Hills Road, West Pennant Hills
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DescriptionBlissett's Sawmill, Pennant Hills Road, cnr Cardinal Ave, West Pennant Hills. Left to right; Nelson Blissett, Tom Blissett sr, Dick Holland, Harry Blissett, Harry Cross and Eck Bowerman. Gwen Millhouse collection, courtesy Helen Barker.
The 1917 railway strike brought to Pennant Hills from the Newcastle area George Blissett and his three sons Jim, Harry and Charlie. Jim and Charlie set up a sawmill on Pennant Hills Road opposite the grounds of what is today Mount St Benedict's Girls High School. The mill was powered by a gas engine and business was carried on at this site for quite a few years. Harry Blissett set up his mill on the corner of Pennant Hills Road and Cardinal Avenue and a steam engine was used to operate the mill. George Blissett and his sons used to cut the logs in the bush and transport them to the mill by horse-drawn wagons. Two wagon loads of logs per day were needed to keep the mill supplied. The mill opposite Hull Road closed after a few years but the one at Cardinal Avenue carried on until all available timber in the area was exhausted. Timber had come to the mill from Castle Hill, Kenthurst and as far away as Canoelands. [Local Colour (2016) Vol.8 No.2 p.52]
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The 1917 railway strike brought to Pennant Hills from the Newcastle area George Blissett and his three sons Jim, Harry and Charlie. Jim and Charlie set up a sawmill on Pennant Hills Road opposite the grounds of what is today Mount St Benedict's Girls High School. The mill was powered by a gas engine and business was carried on at this site for quite a few years. Harry Blissett set up his mill on the corner of Pennant Hills Road and Cardinal Avenue and a steam engine was used to operate the mill. George Blissett and his sons used to cut the logs in the bush and transport them to the mill by horse-drawn wagons. Two wagon loads of logs per day were needed to keep the mill supplied. The mill opposite Hull Road closed after a few years but the one at Cardinal Avenue carried on until all available timber in the area was exhausted. Timber had come to the mill from Castle Hill, Kenthurst and as far away as Canoelands. [Local Colour (2016) Vol.8 No.2 p.52]
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Blissett's Sawmill, Pennant Hills Road, West Pennant Hills. Hornsby Shire, accessed 29/04/2026, https://hornsbyshire.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/2780