Arthur Head Precinct

Author

City of Fremantle

Place Number

22524

Location

Arthur Head Fremantle

Location Details

Local Government

Fremantle

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
Heritage Area YES 08 Mar 2007
Heritage List YES 08 Mar 2007

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 12 Nov 1993 Level 1A

Parent Place or Precinct

00896 Round House and Arthur Head Reserve

Statement of Significance

Refer to HCWA's Assessment Documentation of Places for Entry in the Register of Heritage Places. Note : a portion of this precinct is not included in the State Register of Heritage Places but is includedin this wider precinct. Also refer to MHI entry for ROUND HOUSE & ARTHUR HEAD. RESERVE.

Physical Description

Arthur Head comprises: signal mast (demolished), light keepers quarters, shed, whalers tunnel, courthouse, whalers jetty (demolished), breakwater, station house (demolished), north-south wall, first lighthouse, second lighthouse, mews boatshed (demolished), fruit inspection shed, the Round House, fmr kerosene store, mortuary 2 (demolished), pilots house - 13 Fleet St (demolished), mortuary 1/guard house (demolished), flag staff (demolished), time ball (demolished), bakehouse, power house and box, long jetty, J shed, government house, pilots house (9 Fleet St), pilots house (10 Fleet St), pilots house (11 Fleet St), pilots house (12 Fleet ST), district gunners cottage, laboratory, and battery barracks workshop. Refer to the Heritage Council of Western Australia's Register of Heritage Places - Register and Assessment Documentation of Round House and Arthur Head Reserve.

History

Refer to the Heritage Council of Western Australia's Register of Heritage Places - Register and Assessment Documentation of Round House and Arthur Head Reserve.

Place Type

Precinct or Streetscape

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use GOVERNMENTAL Gaol
Other Use Transport\Communications Water: Other

Creation Date

29 Jan 2001

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

25 Jun 2021

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.