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Arthur Head Precinct

Author

City of Fremantle

Place Number

22524
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Location

Arthur Head Fremantle

Location Details

Local Government

Fremantle

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents More information
Heritage Area YES 08 Mar 2007
Heritage List YES 08 Mar 2007

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management More information
Category Description
Municipal Inventory Adopted 12 Nov 1993 Level 1A

Level 1A

The City of Fremantle has identified this place as being of exceptional cultural heritage significance in its own right within the context of Fremantle. This place is entered onto the Heritage Council of Western Australia’s Register of Heritage Places. All development applications must be referred to the Heritage Council for approval.

Statement of Significance

Refer to HCWA's Assessment Documentation of Places for Entry in the Register of Heritage Places.
Note : a portion of this precinct is not included in the State Register of Heritage Places but is includedin this wider precinct. Also refer to MHI entry for ROUND HOUSE & ARTHUR HEAD. RESERVE.

Physical Description

Arthur Head comprises: signal mast (demolished), light keepers quarters, shed, whalers tunnel, courthouse, whalers jetty (demolished), breakwater, station house (demolished), north-south wall, first lighthouse, second lighthouse, mews boatshed (demolished), fruit inspection shed, the Round House, fmr kerosene store, mortuary 2 (demolished), pilots house - 13 Fleet St (demolished), mortuary 1/guard house (demolished), flag staff (demolished), time ball (demolished), bakehouse, power house and box, long jetty, J shed, government house, pilots house (9 Fleet St), pilots house (10 Fleet St), pilots house (11 Fleet St), pilots house (12 Fleet ST), district gunners cottage, laboratory, and battery barracks workshop.
Refer to the Heritage Council of Western Australia's Register of Heritage Places - Register and Assessment Documentation of Round House and Arthur Head Reserve.

History

Refer to the Heritage Council of Western Australia's Register of Heritage Places - Register and Assessment Documentation of Round House and Arthur Head Reserve.

Place Type

Precinct or Streetscape

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use GOVERNMENTAL Gaol
Other Use Transport\Communications Water: Other

Creation Date

29 Jan 2001

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Approved

Last Update

25 Jun 2021

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