Thomson Bay Settlement, Wadjemup/ Rottnest Island

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

00516

Location

Thomson Bay Rottnest Island

Location Details

Other Name(s)

Rottnest Island Settlement

Local Government

Rottnest

Region

Rottnest

Construction Date

Constructed from 1840 to 1860

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
State Register Registered 14 Jun 2021 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
Aboriginal Heritage Sites Register Permanent
Classified by the National Trust Classified 11 Jun 1973
Aboriginal Heritage Sites Register Interim
Register of the National Estate Permanent 21 Mar 1978
Aboriginal Heritage Sites Register Recorded

Parent Place or Precinct

03650 Wadjemup/Rottnest Island

Child Places

  • 03651 Salt Store
  • 00530 Island Manager's House
  • 00529 Board Cottage
  • 00520 Cottages F & G
  • 00522 Rottnest Island Hotel
  • 00523 Old Chapel
  • 00518 Buckingham Palace
  • 00527 General Store
  • 00519 Cottages H, J & E
  • 00531 Pilots House (Cottages K1 and K2)
  • 00521 The Lodge
  • 03438 Timber Bungalow Precinct
  • 03652 Salt Lakes Conservation Area
  • 00524 Forge and Grain Crushing Mill (fmr)

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
11700 Hotel Rottnest Resort - Archaeological Management Plan Electronic 2018
6593 Rottnest Island management plan 2003-2008. Report 2003
528 Thomson Bay Settlement Rottnest Island : conservation plan : Rottnest Island Authority : volume two. Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 1994
11941 Salt store: Thompson Bay Settlement, Rottnest Island Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 1996
7675 Rottnest Island management plan 2003-2008. C D Rom 2003
6923 A guide to the historic buildings of the Thomson Bay settlement, Rottnest Island. Book 2004
7888 Rottnest heritage cottages: images. C D Rom 2006
11998 Rottnest Island WWII coastal defence heritage interpretation plan 2020 - 30 Prospectus Heritage Study {Other} 2020
11774 Ethnographic and Arachaeological assessment of the proposed Lodge redevelopment project area, Wadjemup (Rottnest Island), Western Australia Heritage Study {Other} 2019
527 Thomson Bay Settlement Rottnest Island: conservation plan : Rottnest Island Authority : volume one. Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 1994
9539 Rottnest Island museum redevelopment: technical brainstorming forums, 30th October & 4th December 2009: report on outcomes. Report 2009
7885 Rottnest Island, Central Thomson: typical timber bungalow photographic survey. C D Rom 2006
7882 Thomson Bay cottages: photo record, 9 June 2006. C D Rom 2006

Place Type

Precinct or Streetscape

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use Transport\Communications Water: Boatshed
Present Use RESIDENTIAL Terrace housing
Present Use RESIDENTIAL Single storey residence
Original Use COMMERCIAL Hotel, Tavern or Inn
Original Use EDUCATIONAL Primary School
Original Use RESIDENTIAL Single storey residence
Original Use GOVERNMENTAL Government Residence
Present Use GOVERNMENTAL Other
Original Use GOVERNMENTAL Courthouse

Historic Themes

General Specific
OUTSIDE INFLUENCES Tourism
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Sport, recreation & entertainment
TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS River & sea transport
PEOPLE Famous & infamous people

Creation Date

30 May 1989

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

22 Mar 2021

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