The Avon Valley, Western Australia, is a fertile region in the sense of agriculture and history. In the relatively short history of Australia, this is one of the early settlement areas where landowners established farming enterprises and commercial interest that had impact on almost all other developments in the western third of the Australian continent.

The pioneers of the district established a string of towns along the Avon River, each about a half day horse ride apart (average 30 to 35 kilometres). There they erected their business premises and adorned the towns with public buildings and churches. Most of the significant buildings are made from local stone, hewn from granite hillsides and skillfully built to withstand the ravages of time.

In two of the towns, York and Northam, can be found the three pipe organs of the Avon Valley. In Chronoligical order, these organs are:

1895 Alfred Monk organ in Uniting (Wesley) Church, York.

1898 Albert Pease organ in Holy Trinity Anglican Church, York.

1923 J. E. Dodd organ in St. John's Church, Northam.