Yule's Rapids

Author

City of Gosnells

Place Number

13808

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Location

End of Harris St Beckenham

Location Details

Other Name(s)

Canning River
Yules Rapids Ford

Local Government

Gosnells

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

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	13 Sep 2016	Category 3	Category 3 A place of some/moderate cultural heritage significance to City of Gosnells. No constraints. Recommend: Conservation of the place is desirable. Any alterations or extensions should reinforce the significance of the place, and original fabric should be retained wherever feasible. Encourage retention of the place, and document the place if retention is not possible.

Statement of Significance

This site has historic value for its association with the methods of transport during and before European settlement of the district.

The place has aesthetic value for its grouping of plantings surrounding the water course in an undulating landscape.

The site has historic value for its association with the early landowner Thomas Newte Yule.

Physical Description

Area of natural environment amidst residential development. Narrow creek passing through the area and under Kenwick Link out towards the Canning River.

History

This section of the Canning River was used as a crossing by the Aboriginal inhabitants prior to European settlement of the district. The first settlers used the location in the same way and it was known as 'The Rapids'. The adjacent landholding, portion of location 8 and 9, was granted to three offices of the East India Company; Thomas Newte Yule, Lieutenant Ninian Lowis and Captain Richmond Houghton. They developed the land as a market garden and farming property. The name 'Yule's Rapids' appears to have been in common usage by 1834.

Yule's Rapids was a logical destination for ferries and water craft as it was difficult to pass beyond this point until the water flow was controlled with weirs.

The site is currently [2016] adjacent to the SERCUL South East Regional Centre of Urban Landcare headquarters (see place B10). The grounds adjacent to the site are well maintained.

Condition

Good

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	The Gosnells Story, McDonald & Cooper		1988
	The Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal		1834
	Precinct 18 Canning River, Swan River Trust Fact Sheets, Precinct 18 Canning River - Nicholson Road Bridge to Southern River Confluence

Place Type

Landscape

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	OTHER	Other
Present Use	Transport\Communications	Water: Other

Historic Themes

General	Specific
TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS	Road transport
PEOPLE	Early settlers

Creation Date

28 Jun 1999

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Approved

Last Update

29 Jan 2020

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