Cook's Cottage

Author

National Trust of Western Australia

Place Number

01186

Location

474 Cathedral Av Australind

Location Details

Other Name(s)

Cooks Park Farm House
Rodgers Family Home

Local Government

Harvey

Region

South West

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Municipal Inventory Adopted 27 Oct 2015 Category 1
Classified by the National Trust Classified 04 May 1981
Register of the National Estate Permanent 30 Jun 1992

Statement of Significance

Highly important as an illustration of early improvisation by an early settler, typical of many early colonists houses.

Physical Description

A farmhouse of improvised timber slab and wattle and daub construction. Wattle and daub are nailed and plastered onto both sides of the slab walls. Built by James Rogers, a servant discharged from the ill-fated Australind settlement in circa 1860

History

Assessment 1981 Construction: c.1860 Built by the original owner, James Rogers

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use FARMING\PASTORAL Homestead
Present Use FARMING\PASTORAL Homestead

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Wall PLASTER Other Plaster
Roof METAL Corrugated Iron

Historic Themes

General Specific
OCCUPATIONS Grazing, pastoralism & dairying

Creation Date

30 May 1989

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

11 Mar 2024

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