The only railway line current in the Mundaring Shire – is the third route of the Eastern Railway which passes through
Bellevue and Swan View.
The railway routes mentioned below – first route and second route are no longer operational – and constitute sections of the
Railway Reserve Heritage Trail.
The
Eastern Railway passed through Mundaring on its first route through to
Chidlow. Mundaring railway station, and the branch railway leading from it – the
Mundaring Weir Branch Railway were significant locations for the construction of the
Mundaring Weir.
Following the construction of the second route of the Eastern Railway, the Mundaring line served as an alternative to the second route at the time of accidents and derailments, until its
closing to traffic in 1954.
The line through Mundaring was known as the
Mundaring Loop to railway administration in its later years of operation, while in earlier years it was known as Smiths Mill Branch (the earlier name for
Glen Forrest). The line served a small population but played an integral part in the development and history of Mundaring.
The
Mundaring Hotel opened opposite the Mundaring Railway Station in 1899 and served patrons on the route.
The annual reports from the Observatory constituted the seismic record of the state of Western Australia for that period of time as well as reports and summaries of activity.[11][12][13]
^The Swan express Midland Junction [W.A.] : The Express, 1900-1979. Vol. 1, no. 1 (1 December 1900)-v. 80, no. 38 (8 November 1979)
^History of the Hills Gazette (and its predecessor the Hills Reporter) and 1972-1997. Articles about the Gazettes beginnings local news of the last 25 years. Hills Gazette (Eastern edition), 24 Aug. 1997, Insert p. 15-22
^ see also - Swan hills gazette.Mundaring [W.A.] : Hills Gazette, 1990-1992. Vol. 18, no. 526 (28 May 1990)-v. 21, no. 656 (6 December 1992).
^Mundaring magazine.
Vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan. 2001)-v. 10, no. 3 (Mar. 2006) followed by Swan magazine. Mundaring, W.A. : Bruce Publishing, 2006 - Vol. 11, no. 4 (Oct. 2006)- see also
"Bruce Publishing". Archived from
the original on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
^Gordon, F.R and J.D. Lewis (1980) The Meckering and Calingiri earthquakes October 1968 and March 1970 Geological Survey of Western Australia Bulletin 126
ISBN0-7244-8082-X - Appendix 1 - page 213 Catalogue of Larger Earthquakes recorded in Southwestern Australia and in National archives ref CA 3539 Mundaring Geophysical Observatory, WA
http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AgencyDetail.asp?M=0&B=CA_3539[permanent dead link]
^"Observatory In Network". The Canberra Times. Vol. 36, no. 10, 266. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 2 July 1962. p. 2. Retrieved 18 May 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
^Gregson, P.J. 1994 Mundaring Geophysical Observatory, 1986 to 1989 Canberra: Australian Geological Survey Organisation.
ISBN0-642-20345-8 Record (Australian Geological Survey Organisation); 1994/25.
^Gregson, P.J 1985 Mundaring Geophysical Observatory : twenty-fifth year 1983 Canberra: Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics
ISBN0-642-11082-4 Record (Australia. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics) ; no. 1985/37.
Elliot, Ian (1983). Mundaring – A History of the Shire (2nd ed.). Mundaring: Mundaring Shire.
ISBN978-0-9592776-0-9.
Spillman, Ken (2003). Life was meant to be here: community and local government in the Shire of Mundaring. Mundaring: Mundaring Shire.
ISBN978-0-9592776-3-0.
Watson, Lindsay (1995). The railway history of Midland Junction: commemorating the centenary of Midland Junction, 1895-1995. Swan View, WA: L & S Drafting in association with the Shire of Swan and the Western Australian Light Railway Preservation Association.
ISBN978-0-646-24461-7.