Weston Grave

Author

z Kalamunda - ARCHIVED 3/01/17

Place Number

10486

Location

20 Masonmill Rd Carmel

Location Details

On the WAWA access road to the Victoria Reservoir, sth of mason's mill. GPS co-ordinates are noted as 41247E, 6455716N but no datum was supplied.

Local Government

Kalamunda

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1896

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
State Register Registered 09 Oct 2009 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 01 Aug 2013 Category 1

Statement of Significance

Francis Weston was first of 11 children of Richard & Mary Weston, 8 of whom survived. Westons were first settlers (1882) of Pickering Brook. Orig. headstone made by Richard Weston (carpenter at Mason's Mill), evidence of isolation & hardship.

Physical Description

Sited alone in bush. Jarrah headstone surrounded by jarrah rail fence and the whole surrounded by post and rail fence. Headstone inscribed: "Francis Weston, Born Jan. 17 1876 Died Jan. 19 1876"

History

Settlements, timber 19/1/1896

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: Good Modifications: Recent post and rail protective fence.

Condition

Good

References

Ref ID No Ref Name Ref Source Ref Date
McNamara, F; "Kalamunda of the Dreamtime", Perth 1961
LSC No.s 289, 290, 361, 1011 Photographs
CHF, Perth, 1979

Place Type

Historic site

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Present Use MONUMENT\CEMETERY Grave
Original Use MONUMENT\CEMETERY Grave

Architectural Styles

Style
Other Style

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Other TIMBER Other Timber

Historic Themes

General Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Workers {incl. Aboriginal, convict}
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Settlements

Creation Date

29 Jan 1998

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

21 Mar 2019

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