With a family history based in the South West of Western Australia spanning several generations, we have a deep sense of belonging to and stewardship of our Native Forests.

In the late 1860's Great Granddad Charles Harris joined a bullock train, hauling logs from the hardwood forests of South-Western Australia.

His son Charles worked with a broadaxe and crosscut saw, cutting sleepers and bridge beams in the forests. He then turned his hand, with considerable flair, to the making of early settler style furniture.

Grandson Douglas followed suit, adding wood machining and sawmill management to the family tradition.

Ray Harris and his sons Paul and Wade are the fourth and fifth generations of the family to work with the wonderful hardwoods native to the south west corner of Western Australia. In recent years Paul's children have joined the business so we now have the sixth generation of Harris' working in the timber industry. They are proud to continue a tradition established more then a century ago.

Changes to forest management practices have meant that Harris Wood Machining has had to change over the years

Our current structure includes a sawmill and dry plant which are managed by Wade and Paul respectively. We also have a tree plantation that will provide us with our own saw logs into the future. Rebecca and Kaitlin work in our office, coordinating the two sites and servicing the needs of our customers.

Our business produces green sawn timber from our own mill, supplemented by timber from other local mills. This is then dried in our gas assisted solar kilns. Once dry the timber is either sold rough sawn, skipped dressed or machined into quality flooring, decking or mouldings.

Whilst we are predominately a wholesale company, selling to markets in major cities across Australia, we do provide retail sales to our local area in the South West of West Australia.