21-725: The Mount Helena Tavern was opened in 1902 in Mount Helena , a hills suburb of Perth , Western Australia. It was originally called the Lion Mill Hotel , then the Mount Helena Hotel , before acquiring its current name. Locally it is referred to as The Mounties . In 1882 Mount Helena began as White's Mill. The timber mill was established to provide sleepers for the Eastern Railway that linked Guildford to Chidlow's Well . White's Mill closed in 1888 and
42-571: A new survey carried out so that the line was moved away from the property. He married White's daughter, Lilla Rebecca Wharton White (1858–1934), at St. Peter's College Chapel in Adelaide on 27 May 1879. They would later have five children. While campaigning for election to East Province in July 1904, prior to the upcoming elections, Keane caught a cold , which subsequently developed into pleurisy and pneumonia . The West Australian observed that
63-498: A saw mill to supply sleepers for the construction of the Eastern Railway from Guildford to Chidlows Well. From 1898 the area was known as Lion Mill until it was renamed Mount Helena in 1924. The chief instigator in the hunt for a new name was the local Progress Association whose first choice, "Hillcrest", had been rejected by the authorities because of a duplication in New South Wales . The next suggestion, "Mount Helena",
84-554: The "exigencies of an election campaign probably accounted for the trouble receiving slight attention". His condition having worsened, Keane was removed to Miss McKimmie's Private Hospital on Havelock Street in what is now West Perth , where he died of heart failure on the morning of 9 July. He was buried the following day in the Church of England section of Karrakatta Cemetery , with the Bishop of Perth , Charles Riley , officiating at
105-696: The Mount Helena Resident and Ratepayers Association, and a badminton club at the local Eastern Hills High School. The Railway Reserve Heritage Trail passes behind the Mount Helena Tavern on its way through the suburb. For many years the Mount Helena Whim Festival has been held in Pioneer Park biannually since 2009; in 2018 the inaugural Hills Billy Cart Festival was held down Evans Street. 2019 saw
126-540: The Tavern. After a four-day trial McGrath was found not guilty of the crime. The Mount Helena Tavern is a single story, iron roofed, weatherboard building adjacent to the Railway Reserve Heritage Trail . The building has a rambling feel, having been added to at various times along with enclosures of verandas and porches, but retains a charm and expression of the turn of the century period when it
147-567: The contribution made by the place to Western Australia's social heritage. Mount Helena, Western Australia Mount Helena is a suburb on the outskirts of Perth , in Western Australia , 35 km from the city, in the Shire of Mundaring . Its population in 2016 was 3,185 people. Mount Helena was originally known as White's Mill, a reference to Abraham White who, with Edward Vivien Harvey Keane and James Wright , in 1882 built
168-667: The early 1890s, Keane purchased 15 acres (61,000 m ) of land at Cottesloe (now Peppermint Grove ) adjoining the Swan River , surrounding a point in the river called Butler's Hump (now known as Keane's Point). A large home, Cappoquin House (named after Cappoquin , the Keane family's original residence in County Waterford , Ireland ), was built at the site, with the family taking up residence in 1894. Lilla Keane lived at
189-400: The hotel, and the hotel provided entertainments for returning wounded soldiers. The town was renamed Mount Helena in 1924 and industry changed from saw mills to fruit growers and poultry farmers. In 1925 the tavern changed name from the Lion Mill Hotel to the Mount Helena Hotel . In 1940 Bernard McGrath was charged with the unlawful killing of Henry Tilbrook after a fight in the carpark of
210-781: The house until her death in 1934, when it was bequeathed to the Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club for use as a clubhouse. The majority of the property surrounding the house was sold for development, with a small portion purchased by the Peppermint Grove Road District . Keane was elected president of the Victorian Football Club , an Australian rules football club competing in the West Australian Football Association (WAFA), prior to
231-586: The local ambulance, administering first aid to the serious injuries that occurred in the local sawmills. The townspeople raised money to obtain an ambulance chest for them and have the Foweraker's run first aid classes for local people. Since opening, the Tavern served as a meeting place for those living in or visiting the district, hosting dances and public meetings. It also hosts local cricket and football teams, politicians and even log chopping competitions. In 1908 Mitchell Graham became licensee and in 1909
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#1732800919575252-646: The next publication. In August 1910 the premier Sir Newton Moore was entertained at the tavern by the members of the local Roads Board. The tavern has changed hands many times over the years and licensees have included Thomas Radley, Ethel Bullen, Cornelius Sheahan, Stan O'Grady, William Harburn, and Murray Collins. During the First World War route marches were conducted by the Australian Army from Blackboy Hill training camp in Greenmount to
273-518: The service. Flags were flown at half-mast in Perth the day of the funeral. The Daily News noted that up until his illness he had "enjoyed such robust physical health, combined with rare mental activity and energy, that most people who knew him would have credited him with fewer years. Four men nominated for the vacancy caused by Keane's death (Hugh Edmiston, Vernon Hamersley , E. J. Hart, and Isidore Grimish), with Hamersley eventually elected. In
294-688: The start of the 1886 season. The following season he relinquished his role as president to Hector Rason , and was made patron of the club, replacing Edward Scott . In May 1888, Keane was elected president of the league, necessitating him to relinquish his position at the Victorians. In 1896, Keane, along with several local residents, agreed to form a sailing club based in Freshwater Bay, near his residence in Peppermint Grove. The Freshwater Bay Yacht Club first participated in races
315-773: The two events combine under the Mount Helena Classic. Currently the Hills Billy Cart Festival is held annually in October by the Hills Billy Carts Inc and the Mount Helena Whim Festival is held biannually on its historic date, the last Sunday of October by the Mount Helena Residents and Ratepayers Progress Association. Edward Keane (politician) Edward Vivian Harvey Keane (8 August 1844 – 9 July 1904)
336-612: Was a captain in the Royal Navy , and was a relative of John Keane, 1st Baron Keane , who had been made a peer for his service in India. In the mid-1870s, construction was begun on a railway line in the Kapunda area of South Australia , with Keane appointed as the engineer in charge of the project. The line was originally surveyed to run through Illawarra , a property owned by Abraham White, brother of James White MP , but Keane had
357-672: Was an Australian engineer, businessman, and politician. Born in Birkenhead , England , he was educated at Christ's Hospital , and emigrated to Melbourne , Victoria , in 1876. Keane then moved to South Australia , where he worked as a railway engineer. He later moved to Western Australia , where he served in both the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council . Keane was born on 8 August 1844 in Birkenhead , Cheshire . His father, also Edward Keane,
378-421: Was charged and found guilty with watering his whisky. In July 1910 The Sunday Times newspaper described the Tavern as "a dirty drinking den… card-playing is encouraged by the management on Sunday and Monday alike, and other inducements held out to the mills hands to invest their wages in lashings of booze, to the consequent loss and disgust of those dependent upon them." This description was strongly refuted in
399-565: Was more successful, indicative of the terrain and because the suburb was situated centrally in the Helena River district. Mount Helena has two schools, Mount Helena Primary School and Eastern Hills Senior High School . They are situated next to each other on Keane Street East. Mount Helena has several active community and sporting groups, including the Mount Helena Voluntary Bush Fire Brigade,
420-579: Was originally built. Internally the tavern has been modified and several walls removed however much of the original fabric remains. The Mount Helena Tavern has very high aesthetic, social and historic significance for the Mount Helena community and the community's contribution to the development of Perth through its timber and fruit growing industry. In 2016 the Mount Helena Tavern was listed on Western Australia's Heritage Register for
441-582: Was replaced by Lion Mill. Due to logging and the junction of two railway lines, Ernest Forsyth built and licensed a hotel. The original weatherboard Lion Mill Hotel was built by local carpenters and completed in September 1902. The land and finance for the hotel came from local timber mill owner Richard Hummerston. After opening the tavern, the license was transferred months later to Frederick Foweraker in December 1902. Foweraker and his wife also served as
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