Keenan's Track

Author

City of Busselton

Place Number

13484

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Location

Eagle Bay/Vidler/Commonage/ Thornton Rds Eagle Bay to Yelverton

Location Details

Local Government

Busselton

Region

South West

Construction Date

Constructed from 1898

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
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Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

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Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	23 Apr 1999	Category 4	Category 4 These places are owned by the City and should be conserved, but special action is not required because the sites are mainly of historic and social value without built features. Some of the sites in this category are largely natural features and simply need to be managed in the ordinary sense of maintenance. Conservation actions may be limited to interpretation and/or site signage.

Statement of Significance

Early transport route established in late I9th Century to cart produce and timber between Eagle Bay and Yelverton (and on to Margaret River).
Named after builder of track, Stewart Keenan, a farmer of land at Eagle Bay and Margaret River. The track was also used as a carriageway by other settlers at the time

Physical Description

Before 1900 Stewart Keenan of Eagle Bay developed "Keenan's Track" to trade farm produce with Yelverton's Timber Mill community and also to access his second farm on the Margaret River, at the bridge on Caves Road as it is known today. The earliest route was found to be along the ridges, so eliminating bridges and streams to a great extent.

Place Type

Other Built Type

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Present Use	Transport\Communications	Road: Other
Original Use	Transport\Communications	Road: Other

Historic Themes

General	Specific
TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS	Road transport
PEOPLE	Early settlers

Creation Date

30 Apr 1999

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Approved

Last Update

01 Jan 2017

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