Jarman Island Lighthouse & Quarters

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

02337

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Location

Jarman Island Cossack

Location Details

Local Government

Karratha

Region

Pilbara

Construction Date

Constructed from 1888

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
State Register	Registered	12 May 2000	Register Entry Assessment Documentation

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Register of the National Estate	Permanent	21 Oct 1980
Classified by the National Trust	Classified	07 Jun 1977
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	01 Sep 2013	Category A	Category A Essential to the heritage of the locality. Rare or outstanding example. DESIRED OUTCOME: The place should be retained and conserved. Any alterations or extensions should reinforce the significance of the place, and be in accordance with a Conservation Plan (if one exists for the place).	City of Karratha

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Condition

Jarman Island marks the entry to the old abandoned port of Cossack and the wharves at Point Samson. The former was established to serve the pastoralists who were taking up leases on the grass plains in the northwest around Roebourne. It was also a base for early pearling luggers. Point Samson was established after the tidal estuary at Cossack had silted up and was no longer navigable. The lighthouse guards the entrance to Butcher's Inlet on which Cossack stands. The harbour was first visited by Captain Jarman of the barque Tien Tsin of which Mr Butcher was Chief Officer. The cylindrical cast iron tower was erected in 1888 by the Western Australian government. It is painted red and white. Steel ladders and landings provide internal access to the lantern room. The tower was guyed with wire ropes at some point in the past but these are not now considered structurally necessary. The concrete keepers' duplex quarters were also erected in 1888. The navigational significance of Jarman Island diminshed significantly with the development of alternative port facilities at Cape Lambert (Port Walcott) for overseas iron ore carriers. The light was decommissioned in the mid 1980's. The quarters built for the lightkeepers are now unoccupied and roofless.

Associations

Name	Type	Year From	Year To
W L Owen	Architect	-	-

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id	Title	Medium	Year Of Publication
4306	Jarman Island Lightstation Shire of Roebourne, Pilbara Region, WA: Conservation Plan	Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan}	1999
7183	Lighthouses of Australia : images from the end of an era.	Book	2001
5964	Cossack; Roebourne; Lazarette site; Jarman Island Lighthouse; Roebourne Gaol.	Video	1991
11612	Cossack & Jarman Island Western Australia: Archaeology report	Electronic	2006
7192	3 projects : Cossack and Jarman Island.	Report	2004
885	Conservation plan for Jarman Island Lightstation Western Australia	Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan}	1995
401	Conservation Plan for Jarman Island Lightstation Western Australia: Australian Construction Services, Department of Administrative Services WA Region	Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan}	1991

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	Transport\Communications	Water: Housing or Quarters
Original Use	Transport\Communications	Water: Lighthouse
Present Use	VACANT\UNUSED	Vacant\Unused

Architectural Styles

Style
Other Style

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Wall	STONE	Local Stone
Wall	METAL	Cast Iron
Roof	METAL	Copper
Roof	CONCRETE	Other Concrete

Historic Themes

General	Specific
TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS	River & sea transport

Creation Date

30 May 1989

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

31 Dec 2016

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