Marginata Crescent Heritage Area

Author

Shire of Murray

Place Number

24377

Location

Dwellingup

Location Details

Including Marginata Crescent, Begonia Court, Sollya Crescent, Azalea Court, Mclarty Street, Grevillea Rd, Wallace Rd, Kennedy St, also landscape element and remnant bushland.

Other Name(s)

Hawker Siddeley Settlement
Marginata Crescent Precinct

Local Government

Murray

Region

Peel

Construction Date

Constructed from 1910

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
Heritage Area Adopted

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 29 Aug 2013 Category B

Parent Place or Precinct

16759 Marginata Crescent Precinct, Dwellingup

Statement of Significance

Marginata Crescent Heritage Area has very high aesthetic value as a precinct of weatherboard cottages, all constructed in a similar era, although with different external appearances. Marginata Crescent Heritage Area is associated with the timber industry in the Dwellingup area. Marginata Crescent Heritage Area is associated with the Dwellingup fire in 1961, as the residences were some of the few structures to survive following the event.

Physical Description

A precinct of timber weatherboard and iron cottages laid out according to garden city planning and including landscape elements and remnant bushland.

History

The suburb was developed by Hawker Siddeley (owners of both the Dwellingup and Banksiadale mills) in the late 1950s. Nine dwellings c.1910s from Dwellingup were relocated to the new subdivision on Sollya Crescent. Eight of these homes are still extant, with one cottage being destroyed in the 1961 fire. In the 1950s, the State Government announced plans to construct a new dam near Banksiadale (now the South Dandalup dam), which would mean the destruction of the town. In 1959, Hawker Siddeley tendered the c.1910s buildings from Banksiadale, with 25 being sold and relocated to the new subdivision at Marginata Crescent. This settlement became known as the ‘Hawker Siddeley Settlement’.

Place Type

Precinct or Streetscape

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use FORESTRY Housing or Quarters
Present Use RESIDENTIAL Single storey residence

Creation Date

29 Aug 2012

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

05 May 2021

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