North West Stock Route (fmr) Stage 1

Author

Shire of Gingin

Place Number

15873

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Location

Yanchep and Gingin

Location Details

This is the 28km section of the route through the City of Wanneroo and Shire of Gingin from Yanchep to Neergabby. The entire route ran from Star Swamp to Walkaway.

Other Name(s)

Old North Rd, Coastal Stock Route, Old North
Stock Route, Champion Bay Stock Route

Local Government

Gingin

Region

Avon Arc

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
Heritage List	Adopted	17 Oct 2017
State Register	Registered	20 Apr 2004	Register Entry Assessment Documentation	Heritage Council

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
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Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Aboriginal Heritage Sites Register	Interim				Heritage Council
Aboriginal Heritage Sites Register	Permanent				Heritage Council
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	18 Oct 2005	Category A	Category A A place of exceptional cultural heritage significance to Shire of Gingin and the state of Western Australia, that is either in the Heritage Council of WA's Register of Heritage Places or worthy of consideration for entry in the Register. A development application needs to be submitted to the Heritage Council for any proposed development. Recommend: Retain and conserve the place. Full consultation with property owner prior to making the recommendation.

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Statement of Significance

The Stock Route is highly significant to the cultural heritage of the Shire of Gingin and the State of W.A. in that is was the major thoroughfare for travellers and drovers to the northern districts before the Midland Railway was completed. It is especially significant to the Neergabby precinct as it passed over the Old Junction Bridge and provided the majority of the patronage for the Junction Hotel, adding to the social and economic vibrancy of the area.

Physical Description

The North West Stock Route (fmr) comprises the site of the former road which is within the boundaries of the City of Wanneroo. The entire stock route site extends from Wanneroo through to Walkaway.

The Stock Route runs from Walkaway in the Shire of Greenough to Star Swamp at North Beach in the metropolitan area. Stockyards were built and wells sunk along the route for use by drovers and their travelling livestock.

History

One of the earliest and one of the most important Stock Routes in Western Australia, being the one that linked the metropolitan area with the Champion Bay district. For 44 years, from 1850 unitil the Midland Railway was completed in 1894, it was the route by which many thousands of sheep and cattle were driven north to stock the new wool growing and breeding stations, and southward to provide meat for the Metropolis. Hundreds of horses travelled it either carrying people or packs, drawing carts or buggies, or just being driven loose to the fields of their new labours. In its later years, great numbers of camels were taken along it to cart water for the Murchison Goldfields and of course all these animals had people to drive them and guide them, find water and feed for them and protect them from the poison plants along the way.

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	Neergabby Community Association; "Old North Road Stock Route Concept Plan".		2002
	M Connor; "National Trust Report".		1989
	WJ de Burdgh; "The Old North Road".
	D Gratte; "A Ride into History"..

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id	Title	Medium	Year Of Publication
7138	The pathways of the drover.	Journal article	1994
1047	A time to keep: preserving the past for the present.	Book	1994

Place Type

Historic Site

Uses

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

Historic Themes

General	Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY	Land allocation & subdivision
TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS	Droving
TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS	Road transport
PEOPLE	Early settlers
OCCUPATIONS	Grazing, pastoralism & dairying

Creation Date

10 Dec 2001

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Approved

Last Update

24 Jun 2021

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