Local Government
Dundas
Region
Goldfields
Balladonia Rd Balladonia
Dundas
Goldfields
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Individual Building or Group
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Present Use | FARMING\PASTORAL | Shed or Barn |
Original Use | FARMING\PASTORAL | Shed or Barn |
Present Use | FARMING\PASTORAL | Homestead |
Original Use | FARMING\PASTORAL | Homestead |
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Eyre Highway Balladonia
via Norseman
Dundas
Goldfields
Constructed from 1881 to 1926
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RHP - To be assessed | Current | 13 Jun 2003 |
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• The place is a cohesive group of farm buildings constructed in similar materials and styles; thus forming a precinct located in a rural setting.
• The place is associated with the development of the Eucla area and in particular with the establishment of a pastoralism industry in the area.
• The place has associations with the Ponton and Sharpe families, who were responsible for the establishment of the place in the early 1870s and still worked the property up to as late as the 1950s.
• The telegraph station was constructed on the property in 1896.
• The place is said to be a rare intact group of farm buildings in the goldfields dating from the nineteenth century and constructed in similar styles and materials.
• The place is representative of an isolated pastoral outpost utilising local materials.
The place comprises a main residence, original residence, farm sheds, barns, worker’s cottages, stone fences, etc. All of the buildings are of single storey stone construction. The stone main residence is constructed in the Federation Bungalow style with a symmetrical, twin gable front façade, with verandah, and side verandahs. The verandahs are bullnosed and supported by stone pillars with timber posts. It has a CGI roof. Outbuildings are of stone construction with gable CGI roofs.
After being subject of various expeditions in the 1840s, it was the reports of South Australian Surveyor E. A. Delisser which aroused interest in the pastoral opportunities of the Eucla area. The favourable reports were later confirmed by John Forrest in 1867 and in 1870. Forrest also spoke of a potential harbour, which he named Port Eucla, located some 250 miles west of Fowlers Bay. Settlement at Eucla was further influenced by the opening of the overland telegraph line in 1877. The first pastoralists to the area were the Moir Brothers who, in 1872, established the Moopina Station. In the same year the Kennedy and McGill families took up leases in the district and later sheep stations were established at Mundrabilla, Fraser Range and Balladonia. Balladonia was founded in 1873 by the Ponton Brothers and Mr. John Sharpe. Once having chosen the land to set up their sheep station. ‘The Three’ erected stone sheds and a house. There is also a dam located on the site, which was constructed by Aboriginal workers under the direction of the men. Stone fences were also constructed by ‘The Three’, and by 1882 a second homestead had been built. The men were also involved in the construction of the 1877 telegraph using their horse and cart team to carry supplies up and down the line. A large telegraph office was erected on the homestead in 1896. In the 1950s, descendants of the original settlers were still living at the site. The main residence was extended in the c.1960s.
Integrity- High Authenticity- Moderate
Sound
Name | Type | Year From | Year To |
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Stephen Ponton | Architect | - | - |
Library Id | Title | Medium | Year Of Publication |
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5921 | Off-shears : the story of shearing sheds in Western Australia. | Book | 2002 |
Individual Building or Group
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Present Use | FARMING\PASTORAL | Homestead |
Original Use | FARMING\PASTORAL | Homestead |
Style |
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Victorian Georgian |
Type | General | Specific |
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Roof | METAL | Corrugated Iron |
Wall | STONE | Local Stone |
General | Specific |
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DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Settlements |
OCCUPATIONS | Grazing, pastoralism & dairying |
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Eyre Hwy Balladonia
halfway bet Cocklebiddy & Norseman
Eyre Telegraph Station
Dundas
Goldfields
Constructed from 1898 to 1950
Type | Status | Date | Documents |
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State Register | Registered | 19 Mar 2004 | HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument, HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument |
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Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 14 Aug 1995 | 1 | |
Register of the National Estate | Indicative Place |
Name | Type | Year From | Year To |
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George Temple Poole | Architect | - | - |
Library Id | Title | Medium | Year Of Publication |
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5748 | Images CD No. 3 : Dundas Group. | C D Rom | 2002 |
Individual Building or Group
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Other Use | RESIDENTIAL | Single storey residence |
Present Use | VACANT\UNUSED | Vacant\Unused |
Original Use | Transport\Communications | Comms: Post or Telegraph Office |
Style |
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Federation Bungalow |
Type | General | Specific |
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Wall | STONE | Limestone |
Roof | METAL | Corrugated Iron |
General | Specific |
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TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS | Telecommunications |
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Constructed from 1877 to 1897
The building is significant on the following grounds: Aesthetic Value: The building is representative of the styles of the period and makes a significant contribution to the landscape. Historic Value: It is associated with the construction of the telegraph line to connect Western Australia with the national network. Explorer Eyre and party rested in the area for about three weeks before resuming their journey. Social Value: The area has been suggested as having value as a tourist destination.
A limestone block single storey building with a timber framed verandah and cgi roof painted red. Two chimneys possible remnants of previous buildings situated 200m to east.
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45km SE of Cocklebiddy Roadhouse Cocklebiddy
Eyre Telegraph Station
Eyres Sand Patch Telegraph Station
Dundas
Goldfields
Constructed from 1897 to 1978
Type | Status | Date | Documents |
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State Register | Registered | 28 Nov 2003 | HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument, HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument |
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Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 01 Jan 1995 | 1 | |
Register of the National Estate | Registered | 21 Mar 1978 |
generally good. Most of the original fabric remains intact; some deterioration due to vandalism and weathering
Library Id | Title | Medium | Year Of Publication |
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9473 | Eyre bird observatory (former Eyre telegraph station) conservation plan prepared for Birds Australia and the Department of Conservation and Land Management. | Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} | 2005 |
9026 | Eyre bird observatory. Eyre telegraph station (fmr). Conservation works final report. | Conservation works report | 2008 |
5748 | Images CD No. 3 : Dundas Group. | C D Rom | 2002 |
Individual Building or Group
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Present Use | RESIDENTIAL | Single storey residence |
Original Use | Transport\Communications | Comms: Housing or Quarters |
Original Use | Transport\Communications | Comms: Post or Telegraph Office |
Style |
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Federation Bungalow |
Type | General | Specific |
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Wall | STONE | Limestone |
Wall | CONCRETE | Reinforced Concrete |
Roof | METAL | Corrugated Iron |
General | Specific |
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TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS | Telecommunications |
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Constructed from 1978, Constructed from 1897
The building is significant on the following grounds: Aesthestic Value: The Building is representative of the styles of hte period and makes a siginificant contribution to the landscape. Historic Value: It is associated with the construction of the telegraph line to connect Western Australia with the national network. Explorer Eyre and party rested in the area for about three weeks before resuming their journey. Social Value: The area has been suggested as having value as a tourist destination.
A limestone block building with timber-framed verandah and corrugated iron roof painted red; two chimneys (possible remnants of previous buildings) situated 200m east.
Authenticity: Most of the original fabric remains intact. Deterioration due to vandalism and weathering is apparent. Extent of original Fabric: Most Modifications: None
Good
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Crown | State Gov't |
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Coolgardie - Norseman Coolgardie - Norseman
Dundas
Goldfields
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Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 14 Aug 1995 | 5 |
Historic Site
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Original Use | Transport\Communications | Road: Other |
Present Use | Transport\Communications | Road: Other |
General | Specific |
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TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS | Road transport |
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Historic Value: This was the only track from Coolgardie to Norseman before the arrival of the railway in the early 1900's. Everything was transported along this route including, mail, food and mining supplies. Several people perished along this track during the summer months, when water in the soaks was scarce.
Bush track running parrallel to Coolgardie-Norseman Highway. Now abandoned.
Poor
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Dundas
Dundas
Goldfields
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Mining Heritage Study | Adopted |
zUNKNOWN ZERO CODE
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Present Use | MINING | Mining Battery |
Original Use | MINING | Mining Battery |
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Dundas
Dundas
Goldfields
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Mining Heritage Study | Adopted | 30 Jun 1999 |
Historic Site
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Present Use | MINING | Mining Battery |
Original Use | MINING | Mining Battery |
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Dundas
Norseman Gold Mines
Dundas
Goldfields
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(no listings) |
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Mining Heritage Study | Adopted | 30 Jun 1999 |
Historic Site
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Original Use | MINING | Mining Battery |
Present Use | MINING | Mining Battery |
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Dundas
Dundas
Goldfields
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(no listings) |
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Mining Heritage Study | Adopted | 30 Jun 1999 |
Historic Site
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Present Use | MINING | Mining Battery |
Original Use | MINING | Mining Battery |
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Dundas
Dundas
Goldfields
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(no listings) |
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Mining Heritage Study | Adopted | 30 Jun 1999 |
Historic Site
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Present Use | MINING | Mining Battery |
Original Use | MINING | Mining Battery |
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Dundas
Fairplay
Dundas
Goldfields
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(no listings) |
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(no listings) |
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Mining Heritage Study | Adopted | 30 Jun 1999 |
Library Id | Title | Medium | Year Of Publication |
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9051 | Galena mine field archaeological report. | Heritage Study {Other} | 2008 |
Historic Site
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Original Use | MINING | Mining Battery |
Present Use | MINING | Mining Battery |
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Dundas
Dundas
Goldfields
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(no listings) |
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Mining Heritage Study | Adopted | 30 Jun 1999 |
Historic Site
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Present Use | MINING | Assay Office |
Original Use | MINING | Assay Office |
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Cnr Prinsep & Richardson St s Norseman Dundas
Dundas
Goldfields
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(no listings) |
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Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 14 Aug 1995 | 2 |
00764 Convent & Convent School (fmr)
Individual Building or Group
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Original Use | RELIGIOUS | Monastery or Convent |
Present Use | RESIDENTIAL | Single storey residence |
Style |
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Inter-War California Bungalow |
Type | General | Specific |
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Wall | ASBESTOS | Fibrous Cement, flat |
Roof | METAL | Corrugated Iron |
General | Specific |
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SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES | Religion |
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Constructed from 1940
Aesthetic Value: The building remains mostly in it's original condition and makes a significant contribution to the streetscape. Historic Value: Constructed in the midst of the gold boom, the building is closely associated with the development of the Roman Catholic Church in the Eastern Goldields.
A single storey timber framed and asbestos cement and corrugated iron clad with a gabled roof and verandah.
Extent of original Fabric: Most Authenticity: Most of the original fabric remains intact and in it's original form.
Fair
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Cnr Talbot & Douglas Sts Norseman Dundas
Dundas
Goldfields
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Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 14 Aug 1995 | 2 |
00780 Norseman Hospital, Administration & Outpatients Bldgs
Individual Building or Group
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Present Use | HEALTH | Office or Administration Bldg |
Original Use | HEALTH | Office or Administration Bldg |
Type | General | Specific |
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Wall | ASBESTOS | Fibrous Cement, flat |
Roof | METAL | Corrugated Iron |
General | Specific |
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SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES | Community services & utilities |
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Constructed from 1936
Aesthetic Value: The building remains mostly in it's original condition and makes a significant contribution to the streetscape. Social Value: It currently offers health services to the community.
Extent of Original Fabric: Most Authenticity: Most of the original fabric remains intact and in it's original form.
Good
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Eucla
on the beach 5 km south of Eucla
Dundas
Goldfields
Constructed from 1887 to 1898
Type | Status | Date | Documents |
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State Register | Registered | 25 Jun 2004 | HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument, HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument |
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Statewide Lge Timber Str Survey | Completed | 11 Dec 1998 | ||
Register of the National Estate | YES | 21 Mar 1978 | ||
Port-related Structures Survey | Completed | 31 Oct 1995 |
Library Id | Title | Medium | Year Of Publication |
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5748 | Images CD No. 3 : Dundas Group. | C D Rom | 2002 |
Historic site
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Original Use | Transport\Communications | Water: Jetty |
Present Use | Transport\Communications | Water: Jetty |
Type | General | Specific |
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Other | TIMBER | Log |
General | Specific |
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TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS | River & sea transport |
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Eucla
& Tuart Mallee Tree
Dundas
Goldfields
Constructed from 1898
Type | Status | Date | Documents |
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State Register | Registered | 26 Aug 2003 | HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument, HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument |
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(no listings) |
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Classified by the National Trust | Classified {Trees} |
Library Id | Title | Medium | Year Of Publication |
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6532 | Western Australian endangered places 2003. | Kit | 2003 |
5748 | Images CD No. 3 : Dundas Group. | C D Rom | 2002 |
Individual Building or Group
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Present Use | Transport\Communications | Comms: Post or Telegraph Office |
Original Use | Transport\Communications | Comms: Post or Telegraph Office |
Style |
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Federation Free Style |
Type | General | Specific |
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Wall | STONE | Local Stone |
General | Specific |
---|---|
TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS | River & sea transport |
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Eucla
Dundas
Goldfields
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(no listings) |
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(no listings) |
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(no listings) |
Historic site
Epoch | General | Specific |
---|---|---|
OTHER | Other |
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Old Eucla Telegraph Stn Eucla
Dundas
Goldfields
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Type | Status | Date | Documents |
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(no listings) |
Type | Status | Date | Grading/Management | |
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Category | ||||
Classified by the National Trust | Classified {Trees} |
Library Id | Title | Medium | Year Of Publication |
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6607 | Register of significant trees as at June 1988. | Report | 1988 |
Tree
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Original Use | OTHER | Other |
Present Use | OTHER | Other |
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Lot 17 Patupis St Eucla
In 2002 the name Eyre Highway ceased to exist and the road way became known as Patupis Street. Street addresses include 17 & 32 Patupis Street (formerley Eyre Highway).
Eucla Police Station
Dundas
Goldfields
Constructed from 1976
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RHP - Assessed - Consultation (Preliminary) | Current | 24 Sep 2014 |
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Good
Individual Building or Group
Epoch | General | Specific |
---|---|---|
Other Use | GOVERNMENTAL | Police Station or Quarters |
Style |
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Vernacular |
Type | General | Specific |
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Wall | ASBESTOS | Fibrous Cement, flat |
Roof | METAL | Zincalume |
General | Specific |
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DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Workers {incl. Aboriginal, convict} |
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES | Community services & utilities |
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES | Law & order |
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Government policy |
TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS | Road transport |
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Multiple LGAs
The track stretches from Broomehill to Coolgardie, over numerous shires and includes soaks, tanks, springs, rock catchments, camps, native wells and many natural landmarks such as hills, trees and outcrops
Broomehill-Tambellup
Great Southern
Constructed from 1893
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RHP - Assessment in Progress | Current | 14 Feb 2022 |
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Holland’s Track marks a significant event in the Western Australian Gold Boom of the 1890s as its cutting created a direct route from Broomhill to the Goldfields, which enabled communication and transportation with the south-western portion of the colony in Albany and allowed for travelling prospectors from the eastern states to directly access the Goldfields via their initial docking point in Albany.
Holland’s Track was fundamental in the development of Coolgardie Townsite enabling supplies to be transported from Albany and the eastern states.
Holland’s Track is the life’s achievement of Richard John Holland, who never received any formal acknowledgment or compensation for his work, and who is memorialised in the various landmarks along the route that still bear the original names he gave them.
Holland’s Track was an important access road for the development of wheat-farming properties in the 1920s.
Holland’s Track is a major recreational tourist route for four-wheel drive travellers in Western Australia who specifically travel on the route to experience the original journey John Holland and his companions took.
Holland’s Track marks a significant event in the Western Australian Gold Boom of the 1890s as its cutting created a direct route from Broomhill to the Goldfields, which enabled communication and transportation with the south-western portion of the colony in Albany and allowed for travelling prospectors from the eastern states to directly access the Goldfields via their initial docking point in Albany. Holland’s Track is the life’s achievement of Richard John Holland, who never received any formal acknowledgment or compensation for his work, and who is memorialised in the various landmarks along the route that still bear the original names he gave them. Holland’s Track was an important access road for the development of wheat-farming properties in the 1920s. Holland’s Track is a major recreational tourist route for four-wheel drive travellers in Western Australia who specifically travel on the route to experience the original journey John Holland and his companions took.
John Holland, in his 1906 Report, which was later published in the Coolgardie Miner on 1 October 1936, outlined the distance he travelled as 320 miles from Broomehill to Coolgardie. This equates to roughly 515 kilometres. The current Holland Track which is well-documented and mapped for tourists is roughly 680 kilometres. The tourist route identified as Holland’s Track extends roughly 680 kilometres north-east from the Broomehill townsite to Coolgardie. It traverses a variety of differing native bush landscapes and runs through farming, pastoral and mining areas. This track runs approximately along the original route that was cut by John Holland in 1893. Overall the tourist route is predominately true to the historical route apart from some exceptions in the southern portion of the track after Nampup and close to the end of the track leading up to Victoria Rock. The southern and northern sections of the tourist track differ in accessibility for vehicles. The southern section, which is referred to as John Holland Way, is suitable for two-wheel drive travel along both sealed and unsealed roads, while the northern section, which veers off from John Holland Way at Emu Rock, Kondinin, is four-wheel drive only. The northern portion of the track was re-cut in 1992 as part of the celebrations of the Holland Track centenary. Along the track are a series of prominent landmarks that were named and recorded by John Holland on his initial trek. These landmarks are important markers for those travelling.
On the 17th September 1892, the discovery of gold 120 miles east of Southern Cross initiated a rush that attracted prospectors from across the country. Men in Albany and surrounds were keen to join the rush after it was initially announced in September 1892. Several parties attempted to cut a track towards the Goldfields straight away, with the aim to shorten the journey by two to three weeks. However, none were successful and all unanimously described the land as impenetrable. Despite this, and despite the increasing words of warning, John Holland, a sandalwood cutter local to the area, was not deterred and was confident a track could be cut in a small number of months. As a leaseholder in the area and an experienced bushman who had travelled across the land in search of sandalwood, Holland knew how to locate water and survive expeditions into the local landscape. He therefore felt confident he could successfully locate the best route to the goldfields and cut a track in relatively good time. Holland had been planning his expedition since the initial discovery of gold in September 1892. He was eager to begin straight away, but unlike others who attempted the feat before him he knew the summer months were approaching and it would be the worst time to set off. Holland instead waited until a cooler time of year and gathered a team together in the meantime. Joining John Holland were three local men, John Carmody, David Krakouer and his brother Rudolph Krakouer, who was the financer of the expedition and second in command. The official starting point for the expedition was Broomehill, which was already easily accessible from Albany along the Great Southern Railway. It was from here that the men gathered equipment for their 680 kilometre trek, which included ‘five W.A. ponies, a light dray, a 100 gallon tank [of water], and from five to six months provisions‘. The party, led by Holland, set off from Broomehill for Bayley’s Rush (Coolgardie) on the 14th April, 1893. The group had covered around 680 kilometres in two months and four days, cutting the longest cart road in Western Australia at that time and lessening the journey from Albany by a fortnight. Despite this achievement John Holland and his companions received no official acknowledgement and no compensation from the Government. Their only solace was the knowledge that the track enabled thousands of prospectors, both local and from the eastern States, to travel easily from the southern portion of the State. The track was in regular use up until March 1896 when the railway line from Fremantle was extended to Coolgardie and officially opened on the 23rd of that month. As the new extension connected Fremantle Port, supplies and travellers arriving in Western Australia were easily transported by train and Holland’s Track became a secondary route that was rarely travelled. Furthermore, with the onset of WWI, mining declined significantly and so people were less inclined to travel to the Goldfields. Today the two portions of Holland’s Track are used regularly by 4WD enthusiasts and holidaymakers.
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OCCUPATIONS | Mining {incl. mineral processing} |
TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS | Road transport |
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