Slab Cottage Group, Quindalup

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

03478

Location

1087 Caves Rd Busselton

Location Details

Government building

Other Name(s)

Harwoods Beach Station (fmr)
Harwood's Cottage Cafe
Inlet Villa
Old Quindalup Post Office (fmr)
Slab Cottage, Harwood's Cafe & Quindalup Post Office

Local Government

Busselton

Region

South West

Construction Date

Constructed from 1860

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
Heritage List YES 13 Aug 2014
State Register Registered 20 Sep 2002 HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument, HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument

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 13 Sep 2006 Category 1

Condition

The place is in good condition, undergoing restoration and conversion into a cafe in 2000.

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
5018 Harwood's Cottage, Quindalup : conservation works. Final report. January 2001 Report 2001
5562 Harwood's Cottage Quindalup conservation works: final report. Conservation works report 2002
7003 Slab cottage, Quindalup : conservation and adaptive works (final report). Conservation works report 2004
4574 Inlet Villa : 1002 Caves Road, Quindalup, W.A. : conservation plan Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 2000

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Present Use Transport\Communications Comms: Post or Telegraph Office
Present Use RESIDENTIAL Single storey residence
Present Use COMMERCIAL Restaurant
Original Use RESIDENTIAL Single storey residence
Original Use GOVERNMENTAL Gaol
Original Use INDUSTRIAL\MANUFACTURING Dairy, Butter or Cheese Factory

Architectural Styles

Style
Vernacular

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Wall TIMBER Slab
Wall STONE Limestone
Roof METAL Corrugated Iron
Wall TIMBER Weatherboard

Historic Themes

General Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Settlements
OCCUPATIONS Grazing, pastoralism & dairying
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Law & order
OCCUPATIONS Rural industry & market gardening
TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS Telecommunications
TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS River & sea transport
TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS Mail services
TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS Technology & technological change
OCCUPATIONS Timber industry
PEOPLE Early settlers

Creation Date

13 May 1994

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

07 Nov 2018

Disclaimer

This information is provided voluntarily as a public service. The information provided is made available in good faith and is derived from sources believed to be reliable and accurate. However, the information is provided solely on the basis that readers will be responsible for making their own assessment of the matters discussed herein and are advised to verify all relevant representations, statements and information.