Forrestdale Lake & Adjacent Wetlands

Author

City of Armadale

Place Number

04403

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Location

S of Forrest Rd & East of Nicholson Rd Forrestdale

Location Details

Located 23km S of Perth & 15km inland S of Forrest Rd

Other Name(s)

Forrestdale Lake
Jandakot Lake

Local Government

Armadale

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
RHP - Does not warrant assessment	Current	30 Aug 2002

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	01 Sep 2015	Category A	Category A Worth of the highest level of protection - recommended for entry in the State Register of Heritage Places. Development would require consultation with the City of Armadale. Maximum encouragement to the owner should be provided under the City of Armadale's Town Planning Scheme to conserve the significance of the place. A Heritage Assessment and Impact Statement should be undertaken before approval is given for any major redevelopment. Incentives to promote heritage conservation should also be considered.
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	01 Dec 2008	Category A	Category A Worth of the highest level of protection - recommended for entry in the State Register of Heritage Places. Development would require consultation with the City of Armadale. Maximum encouragement to the owner should be provided under the City of Armadale's Town Planning Scheme to conserve the significance of the place. A Heritage Assessment and Impact Statement should be undertaken before approval is given for any major redevelopment. Incentives to promote heritage conservation should also be considered.
Register of the National Estate	Indicative Place				Heritage Council
Classified by the National Trust	Classified {Lscpe}	06 Feb 1995			Heritage Council

Statement of Significance

The place is an attractive and prominent landscape feature that makes a significant contribution to the character of the area.
The place is significant for its association with the Lake Jandakot Sailing Club, who ran a yacht club here for several years from 1957.
The place is valued by the community as a popular educational site and for bushwalking and bird-watching.
The place is valued by local aboriginal communities as it is of historical-mythological significance, and was known as the 'place of the whistling kite' (Jandakot)
The place has a forestation of a variety of flora and is home to 72 species of bird and also to the long-range migratory birds, and is a wetland of international importance.

Physical Description

Forrestdale Lake is an A class Nature Reserve located 10kms west of Armadale, with access off Commercial Road, which bounds its perimeter. The lake covers an area up to 198ha of open water, and is surrounded by sedgeland and a low forrest of swamp paperbarks and banksia woodlands. The lake is approximately 2m in depth, depending on rainfall.

History

This body of water (around 200ha in area) is of historical-mythological significance to Aboriginal people, and was known as the 'place of the whistling kite' (Jandakot). The wetland is of international significance, protected by the Ramsar Convention, as an important feeding and resting place for various long-range migratory species of bird. Lake Forrestdale is also protected as an 'A' Class Nature Reserve. in addition, for some years from 1957, the Lake Jandakot Sailing Club was based here.
This was originally a Rotary Club community service project, part of which involved the transportation of the old Bedfordale Primary School to the lakeside, where it was reassembled as a clubhouse. As the yachting season opened earlier on the lake than elsewhere, it was well supported by metropolitan sailing clubs, even, at one time, being used as a practice venue by Rolly tasker when training for the Flying Dutchman Class Olympic events. Sundays were a particularly popular time at the Lake, when the water was filled with craft of various classes, including 14-footers, Veejays and Rainbows, as well as roviding a safe course for young sailers in their 'pram' dinghies. unfortunately two dry years (with a resulting low water level) and the demolition of the clubhouse by strong winds, led to the demise of the club after four or five years.

Integrity/Authenticity

High
High

Condition

Very Good

Other Reference Numbers

Ref Number	Description
No.32	MI Place No.

Place Type

Landscape

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	PARK\RESERVE	Park\Reserve
Present Use	PARK\RESERVE	Park\Reserve

Historic Themes

General	Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES	Community services & utilities

Creation Date

21 Aug 1995

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Approved

Last Update

02 Jul 2019

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