Broke Inlet Houses (Judy's Hut)

Author

Shire of Manjimup

Place Number

24763

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Location

Broke Inlet Rd Broke Inlet (Broke)

Location Details

Local Government

Manjimup

Region

South West

Construction Date

Constructed from 1950

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
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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
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	28 Aug 2008	Category C	Category C Retain and conserve if possible: endeavour to conserve the significance of the place through the provisions of the Shire of Manjimup Town Planning Scheme; a more detailed Heritage Assessment may be required prior to approval being given for any major redevelopment or demolition; photographically record the place prior to any major redevelopment or demolition.

Statement of Significance

Historic, Representativeness and Aesthetic

Physical Description

· Coastal bushland setting;
· Located close to inlet;
· One of a group of simple cottages;
· Small rustic cottage;
· Timber frame with weatherboard cladding;
· Gabled roof - corrugated iron, and;
· Corrugated iron extensions.

History

Broke Inlet is highly valued today for its environmental and scenic
attributes. There is debate about the origins of the name. It has been
linked to Brockman, Broke and Brooks.
An early mention of Broke Inlet was by explorer Nairn Clark who in
1841 declared that the area was fine sheep country. There is also
mention made of a hut built in 1846 by three men who caught and salted
fish for the Mauritius Island market. This was perhaps earliest signs of
the commercial fishing activity which has continued in the inlet since the
1950s.
In 1861 the explorer William Henry Graham witnessed hunting with fire
by the Murrum people in the area. He and his companions joined in the
wallaby hunt, successfully catching three wallabies.
In the 1880s the Muirs, who were pastoralists at Deeside, had a lease on
the coast between the Gardner River and Broke Inlet. They would drive
the cattle down Deeside Coast Road each year for summer grazing. The
cattle were left there from January to June. Refer to Muirs Hut, Coastal
Ward; Bolganup Slab Hut, West Ward; and Deeside Homestead, East
Ward.
Broke Inlet is the location for a group of cottages and shacks, occupied
by a group of commercial fisherman who have been fishing in the Inlet,
some since the 1950s. One of these cottages is called ‘Judy’s Hut’. The
long term future of the settlement and fishermen is currently under
question.
Refer to 16.5 for more historical notes

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: Fair
Authenticity: Fair

Condition

Fair

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	Crawford, P., and I: "Contested Country: A History of the Northcliffe Area WA".	UWA Press	2003

Place Type

Historic site

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	OTHER	Other

Creation Date

09 Aug 2002

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

01 Jan 2017

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