South of Perth Yacht Club

Author

City of Melville

Place Number

25427

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Location

2 Canning Beach Rd Applecross

Location Details

Local Government

Melville

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1960, Constructed from 1940

Demolition Year

N/A

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Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	17 Jun 2014	Category B	Category B Worthy of high level of protection: provide maximum encouragement to the owner under the City of Melville Planning Scheme to conserve the significance of the place. A more detailed Heritage Assessment/Impact Statement to be undertaken before approval given for any major redevelopment. Incentives to promote conservation should be considered.

Statement of Significance

The significance rests primarily with the presence of the Yacht Club on the Coffee Point location and the activity as a yachting facility in Applecross.

Physical Description

The Clubhouse is a one and two level building with verandahs and viewing deck set in a grassed area on the foreshore at Coffee Point, with bitumenised car parking behind the Clubhouse; a number of jetties project into the Swan River and the
Canning River as moorings for yachts and launches.

History

The Beeliar Nyoongars used these areas as campsites and hunting grounds. In the summer months the areas provided the Aborigines with an abundance of food and other resources. The Aboriginal name for the Swan River is 'Derbal Yaragan', for the Canning River is 'Dyarlgarro' and for the mouth of the Canning River 'Wagoorjup' place of the Waugal.

The South Perth Yacht Club was founded on 18 December 1945 and the inaugural meeting of the Club was held in the former Como Sea Scout Hall at Point Hampton, Como (on the foreshore near to present day Olives Reserve), on 18 December 1945.

The Club held its first yacht race on 13 January 1946. The original clubhouse of the South Perth Yacht Club was an army disposal mess building. Club members volunteered to remove the building from its original site at Point Walter, Bicton, and to transport it to its new site on the Como foreshore. The Clubhouse was adjacent to the Como Sea Scout Hall and was officially opened on 18 November 1946.

In 1960, due to the impending development of the Kwinana Freeway, the Club received State Government assistance to relocate to Coffee Point in Applecross. The Club is now referred to as the South of Perth Yacht Club.

Condition

Sound and well maintained.

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	City of South Perth Local History	City of South Perth website
	South of Perth Yacht Club	South of Perth Yacht Club website

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Creation Date

02 Jun 2015

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Approved

Last Update

01 Jan 2017

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