Local Government
Manjimup
Region
South West
Broke Inlet Rd Broke Inlet (Broke)
Manjimup
South West
Constructed from 1950
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| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 28 Aug 2008 | Category C | |
Historic, Representativeness and Aesthetic
· Coastal bushland setting; · Located close to inlet; · One of a group of simple cottages; · Small rustic cottage; · Timber frame with weatherboard cladding; · Gabled roof - corrugated iron, and; · Corrugated iron extensions.
Broke Inlet is highly valued today for its environmental and scenic attributes. There is debate about the origins of the name. It has been linked to Brockman, Broke and Brooks. An early mention of Broke Inlet was by explorer Nairn Clark who in 1841 declared that the area was fine sheep country. There is also mention made of a hut built in 1846 by three men who caught and salted fish for the Mauritius Island market. This was perhaps earliest signs of the commercial fishing activity which has continued in the inlet since the 1950s. In 1861 the explorer William Henry Graham witnessed hunting with fire by the Murrum people in the area. He and his companions joined in the wallaby hunt, successfully catching three wallabies. In the 1880s the Muirs, who were pastoralists at Deeside, had a lease on the coast between the Gardner River and Broke Inlet. They would drive the cattle down Deeside Coast Road each year for summer grazing. The cattle were left there from January to June. Refer to Muirs Hut, Coastal Ward; Bolganup Slab Hut, West Ward; and Deeside Homestead, East Ward. Broke Inlet is the location for a group of cottages and shacks, occupied by a group of commercial fisherman who have been fishing in the Inlet, some since the 1950s. One of these cottages is called ‘Judy’s Hut’. The long term future of the settlement and fishermen is currently under question. Refer to 16.5 for more historical notes
Integrity: Fair Authenticity: Fair
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| Crawford, P., and I: "Contested Country: A History of the Northcliffe Area WA". | UWA Press | 2003 |
Historic site
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