Local Government
Ashburton
Region
Pilbara
20km North-West of Montebello Islands
Ashburton
Pilbara
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| Register of the National Estate | Registered | 21 Mar 1978 | ||
Historic Site
| Epoch | General | Specific |
|---|---|---|
| Original Use | Transport\Communications | Water: Other |
| General | Specific |
|---|---|
| TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS | River & sea transport |
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Ashburton
Ashburton
Pilbara
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| Mining Heritage Study | Adopted | 30 Jun 1999 | ||
Historic Site
| Epoch | General | Specific |
|---|---|---|
| Present Use | MINING | Mining Battery |
| Original Use | MINING | Mining Battery |
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Ashburton
Ashburton
Pilbara
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| (no listings) |
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| (no listings) |
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| Mining Heritage Study | Adopted | 30 Jun 1999 | ||
Historic Site
| Epoch | General | Specific |
|---|---|---|
| Present Use | MINING | Mining Battery |
| Original Use | MINING | Mining Battery |
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Ashburton
Ashburton
Pilbara
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| Category | ||||
| Mining Heritage Study | Adopted | 30 Jun 1999 | ||
Historic Site
| Epoch | General | Specific |
|---|---|---|
| Original Use | MINING | Mining Battery |
| Present Use | MINING | Mining Battery |
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Ashburton
Ashburton
Pilbara
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| Commonwealth List | UNKNOWN |
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| (no listings) |
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| Category | ||||
| Lighthouses Survey | Completed | 01 May 2000 | ||
| Register of the National Estate | Registered | |||
| Library Id | Title | Medium | Year Of Publication |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4583 | The Australian Maritime Safety Authority : lighthouse conservation assessment : Bessieres Island : Ashburton : Western Australia. | Heritage Study {Other} | 2000 |
| 5942 | Conservation analysis of 13 lighthouse properties. | C D Rom | 2000 |
Other Built Type
| Epoch | General | Specific |
|---|---|---|
| Original Use | Transport\Communications | Water: Lighthouse |
| Present Use | Transport\Communications | Water: Lighthouse |
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Ashburton
Ashburton
Pilbara
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| (no listings) |
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| Category | ||||
| Mining Heritage Study | Adopted | 30 Jun 1999 | ||
Historic Site
| Epoch | General | Specific |
|---|---|---|
| Present Use | MINING | Mining Battery |
| Original Use | MINING | Mining Battery |
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Ashburton
Ashburton
Pilbara
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| (no listings) |
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| (no listings) |
| Type | Status | Date | Grading/Management | |
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| Category | ||||
| Mining Heritage Study | Adopted | 30 Jun 1999 | ||
Historic Site
| Epoch | General | Specific |
|---|---|---|
| Present Use | MINING | Mining Battery |
| Original Use | MINING | Mining Battery |
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Ashburton
Ashburton
Pilbara
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| (no listings) |
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| Mining Heritage Study | Adopted | 30 Jun 1999 | ||
Historic Site
| Epoch | General | Specific |
|---|---|---|
| Original Use | MINING | Mining Battery |
| Present Use | MINING | Mining Battery |
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Ashburton
Ashburton
Pilbara
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| (no listings) |
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| Category | ||||
| Mining Heritage Study | Adopted | 30 Jun 1999 | ||
Historic Site
| Epoch | General | Specific |
|---|---|---|
| Present Use | MINING | Mining Battery |
| Original Use | MINING | Mining Battery |
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Ashburton
Redcraze
Ashburton
Pilbara
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| (no listings) |
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| Mining Heritage Study | Adopted | 30 Jun 1999 | ||
Historic Site
| Epoch | General | Specific |
|---|---|---|
| Present Use | MINING | Mining Battery |
| Original Use | MINING | Mining Battery |
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Ashburton
35.2km from Cowra Line Camp
Ashburton
Pilbara
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| Register of the National Estate | Nominated | 13 Aug 1990 | ||
| Classified by the National Trust | Classified {Lscpe} | |||
Geological monument
| Epoch | General | Specific |
|---|---|---|
| Present Use | OTHER | Other |
| Original Use | OTHER | Other |
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Ashburton
Ashburton
Pilbara
| Type | Status | Date | Documents |
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| (no listings) |
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| (no listings) |
| Type | Status | Date | Grading/Management | |
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| Category | ||||
| Mining Heritage Study | Adopted | 30 Jun 1999 | ||
Historic Site
| Epoch | General | Specific |
|---|---|---|
| Original Use | MINING | Mining Battery |
| Present Use | MINING | Mining Battery |
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.
Ashburton
Ashburton
Pilbara
| Type | Status | Date | Documents |
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| (no listings) |
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| (no listings) |
| Type | Status | Date | Grading/Management | |
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| Category | ||||
| Mining Heritage Study | Adopted | 30 Jun 1999 | ||
Historic Site
| Epoch | General | Specific |
|---|---|---|
| Original Use | MINING | Mining Battery |
| Present Use | MINING | Mining Battery |
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.
Ashburton
Ashburton
Pilbara
| Type | Status | Date | Documents |
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| (no listings) |
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| (no listings) |
| Type | Status | Date | Grading/Management | |
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| Category | ||||
| Mining Heritage Study | Adopted | 30 Jun 1999 | ||
Historic Site
| Epoch | General | Specific |
|---|---|---|
| Present Use | MINING | Mining Battery |
| Original Use | MINING | Mining Battery |
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.
Ashburton
Ashburton
Pilbara
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| (no listings) |
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| Category | ||||
| Mining Heritage Study | Adopted | 30 Jun 1999 | ||
Historic Site
| Epoch | General | Specific |
|---|---|---|
| Present Use | MINING | Mining Battery |
| Original Use | MINING | Mining Battery |
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Ashburton
Rainbow
Silver King Mine, Silver Star
Ashburton
Pilbara
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| Mining Heritage Study | Adopted | 30 Jun 1999 | ||
Historic Site
| Epoch | General | Specific |
|---|---|---|
| Present Use | MINING | Mining Battery |
| Original Use | MINING | Mining Battery |
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Ashburton
Ashburton
Pilbara
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| (no listings) |
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| Category | ||||
| Mining Heritage Study | Adopted | 30 Jun 1999 | ||
Historic Site
| Epoch | General | Specific |
|---|---|---|
| Original Use | MINING | Mining Battery |
| Present Use | MINING | Mining Battery |
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Ashburton
Ashburton
Pilbara
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| Mining Heritage Study | Adopted | 30 Jun 1999 | ||
Historic Site
| Epoch | General | Specific |
|---|---|---|
| Original Use | MINING | Mining Battery |
| Present Use | MINING | Mining Battery |
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via Nanutarra-Munijina Rd Ashburton
Peake Homestead
Ashburton
Pilbara
Constructed from 1888
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| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 17 Aug 1999 | Category B | |
Individual Building or Group
| Epoch | General | Specific |
|---|---|---|
| Original Use | FARMING\PASTORAL | Homestead |
| Present Use | FARMING\PASTORAL | Homestead |
| Type | General | Specific |
|---|---|---|
| Wall | RENDER | Other Render |
| Roof | METAL | Corrugated Iron |
| General | Specific |
|---|---|
| OCCUPATIONS | Grazing, pastoralism & dairying |
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Constructed from 1888
The Wyloo Homestead has aesthetic, historic and representative cultural heritage. Wyloo is a fine rperesentative of one of the early stations that reflects the evolution of grazing and pastoralism in the Ashburton district from the 1880's. The station is also an example of the numerous amalgamations that occurred between families and properties in the early 20th century when cyclones, drought, low wool prices and the tyranny of distance brought many problems to the station owners. The survival of the station and the homestead is a testimony of the strength and resilience of the pioneers and their home building knowledge.
The original dwelling of the Wyloo Homestead still exists and is set at the foor of Mt McGrath, som to the north west of the main dwelling as it is today. Originally built by the founder of the station, the old house, which is symmetrically designed, is a basic two bedroom building with a verandah set all the way around. The floors of the verandah are paved with flagstones, using local stone. It has rendered walls and a hipped corrugated iron roof. The dwelling is in good condition with a new roof and verandah posts. The main house is built on a much larger scale. Again it takes the form of a rectangle with a symmetrical facade and verandahs all the way around the building. The walls are coarsely rendered mud and stone and the corrugated iron hipped roof has also been recently replaced. The windows are wooden framed casement windows with substantial concrete rendered sills and surrounds. Additions have been made at both ends of the house. The original building has two bedrooms and a large dining room. The kitchen has never been incorporated into the main body of the house. The internal floors of the homestead were rammed earth until the 1930's. At that time the wooden floorboards were installed.
Wyloo Station is an example of a large station that was created by the amalgamation of smaller concerns. In 1928 Wyloo Pastoral Company combined three stations; Peake, Hardy Junction and Mount Stuart. The Wyloo Homestead was formerly the Peake Homestead. The amalgamation was put in place by pastoralists RM and J Forrest and Ray Cruikshank. Peake Station was first established by J and M McGrath in 1888. The homestead was constructed near the Metawandy Creek. The property was still in McGrath ownership in 1910 and was inherited by Michael McGrath who continued to operated the station, along with station Koordarrie and Mt Amy. Teams if horses, donkeys or camels transported the wool clip from Peake Station until the drought in 1914. During the 1930's Wyloo was part of an experiment to rotate Ashburton Road Board meetings between Onslow and the homesteads, owing to the difficulties some station owners had getting to meetings. This, however failed and the Roads Board meetings continued to be held at Onslow. In 1999 Wyloo Station is 388,000 hectares and carries 6,000 cattle. The station was totally converted to cattle just prior to 1962/3. Isolation from towns (Wyloo is 180 kms from Onslow) has been partially overcome by air travel. Wyloo Station has it's own airstrip and air craft.
High Degree. The roof has been replaced.
Very Good
| Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| A & M Webb;"Edge of Empire". | Artlook Books | 1983 |
| Owner | Category |
|---|---|
| Wyloo Pastoral Co. Pty Ltd. | Other Private |
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Ashburton River
through Minderoo Station
Ten Mile Pool
Three Mile Pool, Five Mile Pool and
Ashburton
Pilbara
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| Category | ||||
| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 17 Aug 1999 | Category C | |
Landscape
| General | Specific |
|---|---|
| OCCUPATIONS | Rural industry & market gardening |
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The Three, Five and Ten Mile Pools are permanent pools int he Ashburton River. They have aesthetic, historic and social heritage significance. the pools are valued by the local community and tourists alike as an oasis for camping, picnics and swimming in a mostly dry and remote area. History shows the pools were important to the early pioneer settlers for wool washing as well as recreation. The fresh water was protected by ht ebuilding of a levy at the Three Mile Pool site.
The permanent pools along the Ashburton River are large and never dry out. access to the pools varies as sometimes the banks are very steep while at other points, the banks slope gently down to the water's edge. Gum trees grow along the river's edge provide shade for locals and tourists who visit the pools.
The permanent pools in the Ashburton play an important part in the history of an area known for it's lack of water in the dry season. The pools' names of Three Mile, Five Mile and Ten Mile indicate the distance from the Old Onslow town site. The water remains fresh and untainted by salt water owing to the levy built near the Three Mile Pool which prevents salt water encroaching up the river. The original weir built by Mervyn Forrest in the 1930's was made of brush and was not salt proof. Some 40 years later Don Forrest commissioned Bill Shanks of Northern Transport Co to build a stone weir. Their team of workers included Bill Bell and Sam Fullbrook who helped with the concrete and quarrying. The Ten Mile Pool is also known as Camel Pool. This was the campsite used by the teamsters as their frist stop after leaving Old Onslow. The teamsters chose their site for it's excellent water and grazing capacity. Though located on private land, on Mideroo Station, the pools are open to the public and the roads are maintained by the Shire of Ashburton. The Three Mile Pool is frequently used for camping. The Ten Mile Pool was apparently the source of water for a peanut farm and vegetable garden (now both defunct), but the Five Mile Pool is considered the most popular by local people. The Five Mile Pool is an oasis for picnics and swimming.
| Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| C Day;"Oral history given by Trevor Wright, Shire of Ashburton". | 13 January 1999 | ||
| C Day;"Oral History given by Laura Shannon (long term resident". | 13 January 1999 |
| Owner | Category |
|---|---|
| DK Forrest Pty Ltd. | Other Private |
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