Bridge 3655, Lyons Road, Thomsons Brook South, Brookhampton

Values

 The place is demonstrates the widespread use of timber as a structural material in twentieth century bridge building.
 The place may be associated with the State government’s response to the global economic effects of the Great Depression.

Physical Description

Bridge 3655, Lyons Road, Thomsons Brook South, Brookhampton is a single lane timber road bridge spanning Thomsons Brook, approximately 27km west of the town of Denmark. The bridge is approximately 8m long, 4.3m wide and sits less then 1m above the creek bed at its highest point.
The bridge consists of a single span constructed along a west-northwest to east-southeast axis. The bridge abutments consist of thick, dressed timber blocks against an earth embankment, which may have a concrete foundation.

History

In the region around Donnybrook the Noongar groups were known as the Binjareb (also recorded as Pinjarup). Groups of families lived in the vicinity of Mandurah and moved inland through the forests of the region to take advantage of the cyclical abundance of various food sources.
This way of life began to be disrupted after 1829 with the arrival of colonists, with settlement expanding along the coast and inland. Growth of farms in the area was slow for the first few decades, however the arrival of transported convicts in 1850 provided additional labour and infrastructure development that increased the rate of expansion. This was further accelerated by the establishment of railway lines through the Donnybrook area after 1893, which coupled with the increased demand for timber and produce arising from the Gold Boom, saw a dramatic increase in population of local business into the early twentieth century.

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