Local Government
Rockingham
Region
Metropolitan
303 Mandurah Rd East Rockingham
To be assessed as part of P3841 Est Rockingham Heritage Precinct
Rockingham
Metropolitan
Constructed from 1895 to 1938
Type | Status | Date | Documents |
---|---|---|---|
Heritage Agreement | YES | 18 Apr 2008 | HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument |
Heritage List | Adopted | 01 Mar 2008 | |
State Register | Registered | 17 Feb 2006 | HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument, HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument |
Type | Status | Date | Documents |
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RHP - To be assessed | Current | 19 Apr 2013 |
Type | Status | Date | Grading/Management | |
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Category | ||||
Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 24 Apr 2018 | Category A |
03841 East Rockingham Heritage Precinct
Library Id | Title | Medium | Year Of Publication |
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4573 | Hymus House : Mandurah Road, East Rockingham W.A. : conservation plan. | Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} | 1999 |
9464 | Heritage report on East Rockingham settlement for City of Rockingham, Town of Kwinana and Landcorp. | Heritage Study {Other} | 0 |
8421 | Urgent works report : East Rockingham heritage precinct. | Book | 1998 |
9007 | Hymus house outbuildings. East Rockingham, Western Australia. Archival record. | Archival Record | 2008 |
Individual Building or Group
Epoch | General | Specific |
---|---|---|
Original Use | RESIDENTIAL | Single storey residence |
Present Use | RESIDENTIAL | Single storey residence |
Style |
---|
Vernacular |
Type | General | Specific |
---|---|---|
Roof | METAL | Corrugated Iron |
Wall | STONE | Limestone |
General | Specific |
---|---|
OCCUPATIONS | Grazing, pastoralism & dairying |
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Settlements |
PEOPLE | Early settlers |
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Immigration, emigration & refugees |
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Hymus House & Outbuildings, a Victorian bungalow style house constructed of vuggy lacustrine limestone and a roof clad in corrugated galvanised iron, together with outbuildings including Workers’ Quarters and Dairy, has cultural heritage significance for the following reasons: •The place is a visually prominent element in the East Rockingham landscape, and is a landmark on Mandurah Road; •The place is a rare example of a vuggy lacustrine limestone structure, a local construction material commonly used in the East Rockingham area until the post-World War Two period; •The House has aesthetic value arising from its physical proportions and construction in local stone; •The place is a rare component of a clearly definable collection of buildings and sites from the early settlement of the district; •The place has a strong association with the Hymus family who were among the earliest settlers in East Rockingham and were involved in the social and civic development of the district; •The place is associated with the Stokes family who owned land and farmed in the district from the early 20th century up to the 1970s; •The place contributes to the district’s sense of history and permanence.
Restored single storey bungalow of vuggy limestone masonry construction with a corrugated iron hipped roof, penetrated by a brick chimney topped with two clay pots. The roughly square plan bungalow and surrounding planted garden of mature shrubs and lawn are contained by a fence of brick piers and flat top timber palings atop low stone walls. The limestone walls of the building have been rendered, painted and feature timber framed windows with face brick quoining. The attached verandah is covered by an extension of the roof with a break of pitch, supported on timber posts and raised two steps from ground level. The surrounding outbuildings are no longer extant including the former dairy building, loading ramp, shed with lean-to and concrete water tank.
The Hymus family was among the first to settle in east Rockingham in the 1850s. Daniel Hymus (1835-1920) (senior), who ran the then Port (now Rockingham) hotel, and his wife Fanny (nee Bell) (1848-1913) acquired the land on which Hymus house now sits in 1878 and lived in an earlier dwelling. Their son Daniel (1876-1932) built the current house c1895. In 1935, the property was sold to farmer Joseph Stokes who developed it as a dairy. In 2006, the cultural value of Hymus House was recognised officially when it was placed on the State Register of heritage Places. In early 2007, subdivision of old farmland surrounding Hymus house was approved, subject to the establishment of a Heritage Agreement which required urgent conservation works which included securing the building, replacing the roof sheeting was replaced and rebuilding the verandahs. The new owners restored the building as the company’s administrative office.
Integrity: Moderate Degree Authenticity: High Degree
Excellent
Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
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Hymus House Conservation Management Plan | |||
City of Rockingham Municipal Heritage Investory | |||
Landgate Aerial Photos | |||
State Heritage Office |
Reserve | Lot/Location | Plan/Diagram | Vol/Folio |
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804 | 55354 |
Owner | Category |
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Kalari Pty Ltd | Other Private |
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Chesterfield Rd Rockingham
Chesterfield House
Rockingham Arms (fmr)
Rockingham
Metropolitan
Constructed from 1855
Type | Status | Date | Documents |
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Heritage List | Adopted | 01 Mar 2008 | |
State Register | Registered | 17 May 2021 | HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument, HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument |
Type | Status | Date | Documents |
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(no listings) |
Type | Status | Date | Grading/Management | |
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Category | ||||
Statewide Hotel Survey | Completed | 01 Nov 1997 | ||
Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 24 Apr 2018 | Category A | |
Classified by the National Trust | Classified | 11 Oct 1999 |
03841 East Rockingham Heritage Precinct
Vacant due to fires. According to the hotel survey this building was badly damaged by fire in 1992 and has not been repaired.
Library Id | Title | Medium | Year Of Publication |
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11709 | Chesterfield Inn (fmr), East Rockingham | Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} | 2010 |
8421 | Urgent works report : East Rockingham heritage precinct. | Book | 1998 |
9464 | Heritage report on East Rockingham settlement for City of Rockingham, Town of Kwinana and Landcorp. | Heritage Study {Other} | 0 |
5301 | Chesterfield House, Chesterfied Road, East Rockingham : conservation plan / prepared by Palassis Architects for City of Rockingham. | Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} | 1999 |
11577 | Chesterfield Inn (fmr) : stabilsation of existing building | Heritage Study {Other} | 2016 |
11578 | Chesterfield Inn (fmr) dairy | Archival Record | 2009 |
11579 | Chesterfield Inn : conservation and heriatge strategy | Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} | 2014 |
9381 | Chesterfield Inn (fmr). Detailed archival record. | Archival Record | 2009 |
9380 | Chesterfield Inn (fmr) dairy. Detailed archival record. | Archival Record | 2009 |
Individual Building or Group
Epoch | General | Specific |
---|---|---|
Present Use | VACANT\UNUSED | Vacant\Unused |
Other Use | FARMING\PASTORAL | Other |
Other Use | Transport\Communications | Comms: Post or Telegraph Office |
Other Use | RESIDENTIAL | Institutional Housing |
Original Use | INDUSTRIAL\MANUFACTURING | Dairy, Butter or Cheese Factory |
Original Use | COMMERCIAL | Hotel, Tavern or Inn |
Style |
---|
Vernacular |
Victorian Georgian |
Type | General | Specific |
---|---|---|
Other | CONCRETE | Other Concrete |
Other | TIMBER | Other Timber |
Wall | STONE | Limestone |
Roof | METAL | Corrugated Iron |
Wall | BRICK | Common Brick |
General | Specific |
---|---|
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Settlements |
OCCUPATIONS | Hospitality industry & tourism |
OCCUPATIONS | Grazing, pastoralism & dairying |
TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS | Mail services |
PEOPLE | Early settlers |
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The following statement is adapted from the amended documentation prepared for the State Register of Heritage Places in 2016. Chesterfield Inn (fmr), a substantial single storey building, built of rubble limestone and brick masonry walls with a corrugated iron roof and mostly wooden floors and designed in a vernacular Queen Anne Revival style, together with a dairy of similar construction and concrete floors, has cultural heritage significance for the following reasons: • the place is among the earliest land grants in the Rockingham region, and the inn is one of the region’s oldest built structures. Together with a number of other sites in East Rockingham the place provides tangible; • evidence of the district’s early history and is associated with a number of the district’s pioneering families and other individuals who were prominent in the early history of the district; • the place was one of the earliest stopping places for travellers on the road between Fremantle and Mandurah, and is one of the few remaining wayside inns in Western Australia that was established during the first fifty years of this state; • notwithstanding its current condition, the architectural composition of the façade of Chesterfield Inn (fmr) has aesthetic merit for its restrained detailing, comfortable proportions, and the symmetrical arrangement of its fenestration which makes the front door the focus of the elevation; • the place played an important part in the social and civic development of the district, being the oldest commercial building in the City of Rockingham and also the district’s first post office (1915-1918) ; • the dairy is representative of a class of outbuildings commonly constructed in the East Rockingham area in the mid-twentieth century using stone that was locally available. The layout of the dairy is able to demonstrate aspects of the process of milking as this was carried out in the 1930s through to the 1960s; and, • the stonework and other fabric of the dairy has acquired a patina from many years of exposure to the elements, and in the context of a fallow field has aesthetic value for its compositional and textural qualities.
Single storey limestone, rendered brick and iron property of symmetrical plan form incorporating flanking projecting wings. The place is in a derelict condition but some of the original design intent and plan form remains visible. The roof cladding and structure has been lost but the gabled for to the north-east gable remains extant. Two of the brick chimneys remain extant positioned towards the centre of the building.
The land on which this building is located was purchased by James Herbert Snr (1820-1875). James Herbert had previously held the license for the 'Bush Inn' which operated in the district. Using his experience as a publican he established the Rockingham Arms and was granted his publican's licence in January 1857. It is believed that the building was constructed using local limestone quarried on the site. Herbert and his family, who had arrived in the colony in 1853, evidently were successful publicans. When James Herbert Jnr (1842-1893) turned 21 in 1862 he took over the management of the premises and James Herbert Snr took over the Stirling Arms in Guildford. Between 1865-1875, father and son employed 22 ticket-of-leave men. The Rockingham Hotel also served as the first local post office for the district. In 1867, James Herbert Snr sold the licence for the Rockingham Arms to William Rewell and during the same period acquired the adjacent lot to the Rockingham Arms and several other landholdings in the vicinity and in Fremantle. The licence for the hotel was transferred in 1870 to Andrew Seubert and in 1874 to William Summers whilst the Herberts pursued a diverse range of business interests. James Herbert Snr died in 1875 on the maiden voyage of his ship the 'Mary Herbert' which he built for shipping of goods along the coast. In 1876, the Rockingham Arms was transferred to John Chester (1839-1918) and in the 1890s he changed the name of the premises to Chesterfield Inn. In 1890, the property was transferred to John Chester's daughters, Caroline and Eliza. From the mid-1890s there were various lessees who operated the Inn. It was c1910-11, under the tenancy of the 'Cotterells' that a fire destroyed portion of the roof. The place was restored and in 1912, the lease was taken over by Ernest and Selina (nee Hymus) Huxtable. Ownership of the property was transferred in the same year to William M. Brogan and William T. Matthew for the purpose of grazing cattle. Brogan and Matthew transferred the publican's license to another premises but did operate a popular racing club from the premises for some years. Between 1915 and 1918, the local post office again operated from building and apparently the lands around the Inn were used as an encampment for the 10th Light Horse. The condition of the building declined after this period despite the efforts of tenants Helena and William McCormick between 1923 and c1929. William McCormick was Group Foreman under the State Government Group Settlement Scheme and had skills as a builder which he put to use for repairs to the building. In 1929, the property was transferred to George Ramsay and in 1932 to Philip Ward. Philip and Sara Ward developed the property as a dairy and family home. They undertook additions to the former Inn, relocated the stables and built a new dairy using materials from the old stables and the iron and timber from an old deserted settlers hut. In the late 1940s or early 1950s, a new dairy was built to the north of Chesterfield Inn (fmr) again materials were reused from other structures in the vicinity. (This structure is still extant and designated as Chesterfield Dairy) In 1967, the property was sold but continued to be operated as a dairy by Mr and Mrs Ingram. In this period, parcels of land were being acquired by the state government and local community concern about the future of several early settlers cottages led to the classification of Chesterfield Inn (fmr) by the National Trust in 1970. In the late 1970s, the place operated as a Youth Hostel and some minor changes were undertaken including the construction of a new garage. In 1992, a fire led to the eviction of the tenants and the building has been largely unoccupied since that time. Vagrants have periodically occupied the place and it has been subject to considerable vandalism and graffiti. In 2003, it was included on the State Register of Heritage Places on an interim basis. By that time the place was owned by the State Government. Throughout 2017, Landcorp of the State Government of WA undertook conservation works to the structure to stabilise it and prevent further deterioration. These works included the removal of intrusive and later elements, construction of a new roof, removal of the external paint and rebuilding and repointing of the stone work where required. Internal works have not been commissioned until an appropriate occupant has been found for the place. The site has been securely fenced to prevent further vandalism.
Integrity: Low Degree Authenticity: Low Degree
Poor
Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
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Landgate Land Information and aerial photographs | |||
Conservation Plan for City of Rockingham | |||
City of Rockingham Municipal Heritage Investory |
Reserve | Lot/Location | Plan/Diagram | Vol/Folio |
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149 | 68599 |
Owner | Category |
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Industrial Lands Development Authority | State Gov't |
City of Rockingham | Local Gov't |
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The place is among the earliest land grants in the City of Rockingham and the house is one of the area's oldest built structures. It is also the oldest commercial building in the area. As an early wayside inn, it is of some importance to the history of Western Australia. The place has social value for its association with a number of the district's pioneers.
Chesterfield House is a building that has evidently developed from successive additions to a core of four rooms and a central passage. There are additions to the front, sides and rear of this core part. In plan, the building forms a square with verandah recesses at the middle of the north (front), east and west sides. The house is a ruin, having been badly damaged by fire some years ago and thereafter abandoned. Externally, the house is rendered with a buff coloured cement based mortar, the walls are mainly constructed of rubble limestone. The toilet outhouse at the rear of the building is constructed of brick, as are the five chimneystacks that project above the roof line. The roof is clad with corrugated iron, with a framed structure of hardwood. Although there is evidence to suggest that the building had a cellar, no evidence of it was found. (Further detail, including notes on the joinery, ceilings and characteristics of individual rooms, as well as the building's condition, may be found in the Conservation Plan). The dairy is located some 150 meters north of Chesterfield House. It is constructed of limestone masonry walls with brick quoins to the corners and window reveals. Concrete lintels have been used over door and window openings. Concrete has also been used for the floors throughout the dairy. The roof is framed with hardwood, hipped in form, and clad with corrugated galvanised iron. Most sheeting is rusted, and a number of sheets are missing. An open sided skillion structure is attached to the southern half of the west wall, returning around the south side. Part of this structure has collapsed. There are five rooms within the masonry part of the dairy, the largest of which forms the southern half of the building and contains the remains of tubular metal milking stalls.
The history of Chesterfield House has been traced back to 1855 when James Herbert commenced trading from premises known as the 'Bush Inn', but it is not known whether this inn was located on the present site of Chesterfield House. When the present site, Cockburn Sound Location 71, was surveyed in August 1857 it was noted that a building already stood on the property. The Herbert family owned the inn until the 1870s. John and Alexander Forrest are said to have frequently visited the place. Records indicate that for all but a couple of years, the inn traded continuously until 1912 when the license was transferred to the newly established Naval Base Hotel. The inn was known as the 'Rockingham Arms' from around 1857 until the 1890s, when it was renamed the Chesterfield Inn (after the proprietor, John Chester). A fire caused considerable damage to the hotel circa 1910. It was rebuilt, incorporating the original masonry walls but with additions on the north side of the building and with a different roof shape. The original building is believed to have had a steeply pitched roof wit a loft, but it was rebuilt with two lower hipped roofs side by side. After 1912 the principal use of the place was as a farmhouse, and is thought to have also served as the district's post office during the years 1915 to 1918. During the Great War the property was apparently used as an encampment for the 10th Light Horse. The Ward family acquired the place in 1932 and established it as a dairy farm. A new dairy was constructed circa 1950, north of the house, and this building is still extant. The Wards sold the place in 1967 and in the 1970s the government resumed the property as part of its strategic planning for the area. The house was vacant for some time, but then it was tenanted out to an organisation that used the house as a youth refuge. In 1992 a fire damaged one of the bedrooms of the place, and the tenants were evicted. No repairs were undertaken, and while the place remained vacant it became subject to acts of vandalism. Another fire, circa 1994, caused extensive damage to the roof and remaining internal timberwork. Because the fire was concentrated in the roof, the masonry of the building is still in sound condition.
Integrity - Many of the values identified with the place are sustainable, providing that Chesterfield House is restored to asound and habitable state. If left in its present state, the condition of the place will rapidly deteriorate and eventually the physical form of the place would be lost – which would in effect destroy the cultural significance of Chesterfield House as a physical entity. Its significance is bound up with both the site and the physical fabric of the house. Some value is derived from the context, which includes a rural landscape (that will shortly be changed to industrial) and a relationship to the dairy and other sites of early settlement (some of which are likely to be retained). Authenticity - There is insufficient evidence to determine whether or not the layout and general form of Chesterfield House is representative of wayside inns or hotels of the colonial era, although there is some indication that other places of this type were of a similar design. Chesterfield House is a place that has been subject to various extensions and alterations throughout its history. Most of these changes have been executed in sympathetic manner, and the present form of the building has a pleasing aesthetic quality. The changes that are evident in the building fabric may be viewed as an historical text, documenting the evolution of the building from the 1850s to the present. Given that most of the fabric is significant as an expression of the place’s long history of occupation and changing uses, it may also be considered as ‘authentic’. The dairy building appear to have sustained some changes while it was being used as a dairy, but has not been modified since. Apart from the bails and copper, most of the fixtures and equipment relating to its use as a dairy have been removed.
Two fires have reduced Chesterfield House to a masonry shell with only part of a roof and remnants of its joinery remaining. The north-western quarter of the building ahs suffered the greatest damage, but because the fire was concentrated in the roof space, the walls of the building are mostly in sound condition. Painted finishes and plasterwork are to varying degrees damaged. Floors in most areas were not affected by the fire, but most have subsequently been destroyed by the deliberate and unauthorised removal of salvageable timber. Doors, lining boards from the door reveals and the moulded architraves facing into the central passage have similarly been removed after the fires. Plumbing and electrical services in the building have been rendered inoperable.
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Day Rd Rockingham
nr junction of Dixon Rd To be assessed as part of P3841 Est Rockingham Heritage Precinct
Ellendale
Rockingham Inn
Rockingham
Metropolitan
Constructed from 1882 to 1970
Type | Status | Date | Documents |
---|---|---|---|
Heritage List | Adopted | 24 Apr 2018 | |
Heritage Agreement | YES | 13 Jun 2023 | HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument |
State Register | Registered | 04 May 2001 | HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument, HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument |
Type | Status | Date | Documents |
---|---|---|---|
RHP - To be assessed | Current | 19 Apr 2013 |
Type | Status | Date | Grading/Management | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Category | ||||
Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 24 Apr 2018 | Category A | |
Classified by the National Trust | Recorded | 11 Jun 1973 | ||
Register of the National Estate | Identified Through State Process |
03841 East Rockingham Heritage Precinct
Library Id | Title | Medium | Year Of Publication |
---|---|---|---|
9464 | Heritage report on East Rockingham settlement for City of Rockingham, Town of Kwinana and Landcorp. | Heritage Study {Other} | 0 |
11988 | Day Cottage, East Rockingham | Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} | 2022 |
8421 | Urgent works report : East Rockingham heritage precinct. | Book | 1998 |
4456 | Ellendale (also known as Day Cottage) : conservation plan. | Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} | 1999 |
Individual Building or Group
Epoch | General | Specific |
---|---|---|
Present Use | VACANT\UNUSED | Vacant\Unused |
Original Use | RESIDENTIAL | Single storey residence |
Original Use | COMMERCIAL | Hotel, Tavern or Inn |
Style |
---|
Vernacular |
Type | General | Specific |
---|---|---|
Roof | METAL | Corrugated Iron |
Wall | STONE | Limestone |
General | Specific |
---|---|
OCCUPATIONS | Grazing, pastoralism & dairying |
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Land allocation & subdivision |
OCCUPATIONS | Hospitality industry & tourism |
PEOPLE | Early settlers |
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The following statement is taken from the State Register Entry for place 4015, Day Cottage. Day Cottage, a colonial vernacular cottage with limestone masonry walls and shingle clad roof covered in corrugated iron, together with two outbuildings, windmill, tankstand and a number of mature plantings, has cultural heritage significance for the following reasons: • the place is a rare example of a dwelling dating to the colonial period of Western Australia, which has been preserved in a highly authentic state and in a structurally sound condition; • the construction of the cottage is of technical interest as an example of construction methods employed in the mid to late nineteenth century in rural areas in Western Australia. Of particular interest are the planning of the building, the type of masonry employed and the intact shingle roof; • the place is an important component of the collection of extant colonial buildings at East Rockingham; • the place is one of the older established properties in the locality, and has social value because of its long-standing association with the Day family who were prominent in local social and civic affairs; and, • the place is recognised as having aesthetic value, and over the past three decades has been a favourite subject of artists and photographers.
A Victorian vernacular single storey rendered limestone and iron cottage. The place has fallen into disrepair but retains much of its original design intent. The core of the house has a high hipped roof with rendered corbelled chimneys, the roof pitch breaks at eaves level becoming shallower over the two side wings. The skillion verandah across the recessed section of the façade has partially been lost with the timber structure remaining extant, though in poor condition, whilst most of the iron cladding sheets have been lost. The timber framing to the windows remains extant in most openings but the glazing has been broken or lost. The north elevation contains a stone chimney projecting out from the north wall adjoining a section of the house constructed from timber framing with fibre cement cladding and louvered openings. The north west corner of the place has a separate hipped roof but is attached to the main part of the house. The outbuildings including a former kitchen, an out- house, a laundry, a well, a windmill and a tank stand to the rear of the place are in variable condition. The windmill appears to have been lost.
The land on which this cottage is located was originally owned by Jabez White. It is believed that a small cottage was built on this site before William and Susan (nee Hymus) Day leased 40 acres of land at Cockburn Sound Location 72 in c1858. William Day was a relative of Jabez White. Susan Day had come to the district around 1855 when her brother William Hymus had acquired land at Location 44 and established a home for his mother, and brothers and sisters. Susan (1836-1929) and William (1835-1917) married on 21 April 1857, and two children, Sarah Ann and James, were born before the family settled on their East Rockingham land. The home they built there was a stone cottage constructed near the Mandurah Road. As the Day family expanded between 1857 and 1882, fifteen children were born and another stone shed was constructed behind the first. Between 1882 and 1885, William with the help of his sons and a stonemason, built the main homestead in front of the two earlier structures and named the place Ellendale. In 1895-6, Day converted Ellendale into the ‘Rockingham Inn’, although this venture was short lived. In 1897, Day became one of the founding members of the Rockingham Roads Board. In 1901, the land was transferred to the three youngest sons and William and Susan moved to Fremantle. From around 1919, there were various owners and occupiers of the Day property George John, 1919-1920; then Mary Ellen John until 1937; the WA Trustee, 1938-39; Ada Orwin (later Ada Lane), 1942-48; and George and Annie Orwin until 1951. In that year, the place was sold to Francis and Vida McClure. All of these owners were members of the White Family. In 1962, the property was purchased by Len and Mavis Pike. The Pikes also acquired additional land adjacent to the property and a new home and stables were built just north of Ellendale. Horse stables and a thorough bred training track was established by the Pikes. Ellendale has been unoccupied for many years and has deteriorated.
Integrity: Moderate Degree Authenticity: High Degree
Poor
Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
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State Heritage Office | |||
Rockingham District Historical Society | |||
City of Rockingham Municipal Heritage Investory | |||
Ellendale (Day Cottage) Conservation Plan | |||
Landgate Aerial Photos |
Reserve | Lot/Location | Plan/Diagram | Vol/Folio |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 37651 |
Owner | Category |
---|---|
ME Pike | Other Private |
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371 Mandurah Rd Rockingham
Inc: ruined cottage, 3 Peppercorn trees and ruins of a limestone masonry barn
Woodbine
Rockingham
Metropolitan
Constructed from 1868
Type | Status | Date | Documents |
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Heritage List | Adopted | 01 Mar 2008 | |
State Register | Registered | 04 Nov 2020 | HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument, HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument |
Type | Status | Date | Documents |
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(no listings) |
Type | Status | Date | Grading/Management | |
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Category | ||||
Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 24 Apr 2018 | Category A+ | |
Register of the National Estate | Indicative Place | |||
Classified by the National Trust | Classified | 08 Jul 2002 |
03841 East Rockingham Heritage Precinct
Needs restoration
Library Id | Title | Medium | Year Of Publication |
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3808 | Study of conservation options for Thorpe, Thomas and Bell Cottages East Rockingham, Western Australia. | Heritage Study {Other} | 1997 |
4881 | Woodbine (also known as Bell Cottage) : conservation plan. | Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} | 1999 |
9464 | Heritage report on East Rockingham settlement for City of Rockingham, Town of Kwinana and Landcorp. | Heritage Study {Other} | 0 |
8421 | Urgent works report : East Rockingham heritage precinct. | Book | 1998 |
11623 | Bell Cottage, East Fremantle archaeologiocal management plan | Heritage Study {Other} | 2017 |
11687 | Bell Cottage (Ruin), Rockingham: conservation management plan | Electronic | 2019 |
Individual Building or Group
Epoch | General | Specific |
---|---|---|
Present Use | VACANT\UNUSED | Vacant\Unused |
Original Use | FARMING\PASTORAL | Cottage |
Original Use | FARMING\PASTORAL | Shed or Barn |
Style |
---|
Victorian Georgian |
Type | General | Specific |
---|---|---|
Wall | STONE | Limestone |
Roof | TIMBER | Shingle |
Roof | METAL | Corrugated Iron |
General | Specific |
---|---|
PEOPLE | Early settlers |
PEOPLE | Famous & infamous people |
OCCUPATIONS | Domestic activities |
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Workers {incl. Aboriginal, convict} |
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Immigration, emigration & refugees |
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Settlements |
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The following statement is drawn from the State Registry Entry for Place 2329 prepared in 2001. Bell Cottage (ruin), a ruined Victorian Georgian cottage with limestone masonry walls and remnants of a shingle clad roof covered by corrugated iron, together with three peppercorn trees and the ruins of a limestone masonry barn, has cultural heritage significance for the following reasons: • the place is one of the earliest land grants in the Rockingham region, and the cottage and barn on the property are among the region's oldest built structures; • the Victorian Georgian elegance of the cottage and its simple vernacular construction have considerable visual appeal, and together with the barn ruin and old peppercorn trees present an aesthetically pleasing composition. The building fabric has acquired, through many years weathering, a textual and tonal quality that harmonises with the surrounding environment; • the place is important for its close association with the James Bell family who were pioneers of the district, and specifically Jane Bell (nee Green) who arrived in Western Australia as an orphan sponsored by the Children's Friend Society [sic] and who, after suffering abuse in the hands of her custodian, came to the public eye in a legal case for the murder of her child; • the place is part of the documented life of James and Jane Bell which, involving an advancement from humble beginnings to a situation of land ownership, business success and respectability; • the cottage in particular is highly valued by long term residents of Rockingham because it is a tangible reference to the district's history, residents having fought for its preservation for approximately thirty years; • the authenticity of the cottage and its visual qualities makes it one of the more evocative and memorable ruins in the near vicinity of Perth, and a landmark along Mandurah Road; • the place has considerable archaeological potential which may provide information relating to domestic life during the early period of this state's settlement. Relatively few sites of this nature have been investigated; and, • the place is an important component of a clearly definable precinct containing cultural and natural heritage sites.
Bell Cottage comprises a ruined colonial vernacular cottage with limestone masonry walls and remnants of corrugated iron and shingle clad roofing and the ruins of another structure some distance from the cottage which are believed to have been a limestone masonry barn. The building is fenced and inaccessible to the public and obscured from view by large trees.
In 1854/55, James Bell (c1821-1911) a former ships carpenter and boat builder bought 20 acres of land from Henry Mead in Location 64, one of seven surveyed blocks that had been acquired by the latter. The land was timbered, with some swamp land towards the rear of the block, and adjacent to the Mead farm. In 1855, the Bell family including Jane Bell, nee Green (1823-1909) and their 4 children moved to East Rockingham from Mandurah where they had farmed since 1847. A hut was erected close to the swamp, with vegetables and fruit trees planted in the fertile soils. The site of the hut was, however, damp and cold in winter and, with four additional children, the hut proved too small for the family of ten. During the late 1860s, James Bell began the construction of Bell Cottage, also known as 'Woodbine' a larger and more substantial dwelling, built of stone and roofed with jarrah shingles. The vuggy lacustrine limestone used in the cottage is consistent with many of the buildings in the vicinity as the stone is a regional phenomenon. A limestone quarry located near Chesterfield Road may have been the origin or the stone may have been sourced closer to the cottage. Sometime after the construction of the cottage, a large stone barn was built to store hay. In 1911, after the deaths of Jane and James Bell, the property was transferred to James’ son, John. John Bell died in 1936 and the property was transferred to Joseph Stokes, who let the cottage to tenants. With the development of the Kwinana industrial area from the early 1950s, the State Government began resuming land in the area for a proposed rail line and marshalling yards. Although the marshalling yards were not built, the condition of the cottage steadily deteriorated. In 1996, Westrail sold the property to a private owner who has subdivided portion of the land and fenced the former cottage and structures. The structures have continued to deteriorate since that time. The cottage has been indefinitely included on the State Register of Heritage Places on an interim basis.
Integrity: Low Authenticity: Moderate
Very Poor
Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
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City of Rockingham Municipal Heritage Investory | 2012 | ||
Woodbine Conservation Plan for the CoR | Palassis Architects | ||
Aereal Photographs | Landgate |
Reserve | Lot/Location | Plan/Diagram | Vol/Folio |
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850 | 415740 |
Owner | Category |
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Trecap Pty Ltd | Other Private |
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End of Point Peron Rd, Cape Peron Rockingham
Cape Peron Battery Complex
Point Peron "K" Battery
Rockingham
Metropolitan
Constructed from 1942 to 1945
Type | Status | Date | Documents |
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Heritage List | Adopted | 24 Oct 1995 | |
State Register | Registered | 13 Oct 2019 | HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument, HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument |
Type | Status | Date | Documents |
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(no listings) |
Type | Status | Date | Grading/Management | |
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Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 24 Apr 2018 | Category A | |
Register of the National Estate | Permanent | 30 May 1995 |
24003 Cape Peron K Battery and Barracks Group
The site of Cape Peron K Battery Complex has been associated with the defence of Australia since its acquisition by the Commonwealth in 1916. The place demonstrates technical achievement through its use of ‘Panama Mounts’, a versatile design that had the potential to achieve a 360° traverse to increase the capacity of its 155mm guns and has potential for interpreting the extensive coastal defence system of Western Australia during World War II.
Cape Peron K Battery Complex comprises Gun Emplacements North and South and their associated and adjacent Ready Ammunition and Storage Bunkers, a Battery Observation Post, an Operations Centre, archaeological deposits in and around the structures, and other structures associated with the Battery.
The sinking of HMAS Sydney, and the entry of Japan into the war on 7 December 1941, changed the strategic picture in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean theatres. Singapore fell on 15 February 1942, Darwin was bombed on 19 February by the same Japanese fleet that had attacked Pearl Harbour, and on 3 March, Broome was attacked from the air. The sudden conquest of Hong Kong, Singapore, the Dutch East Indies and the Philippines left Australia as the most suitable base for the development of an Allied counter offensive. It was realised that Japanese submarines and surface vessels would be active, and that there was a need to supplement Australia’s coastal defences. General MacArthur arrived in Darwin on 17 March 1942 and was invited to assume the role of Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in the Southwest Pacific Area. On 18 April, MacArthur assumed command over all Australian Forces. McArthur subsequently requested an inspection of facilities to ensure that the US Troops stationed in Australia would be properly protected and this led to the establishment of the Letter Batteries. In December 1942, the ‘K’ Battery personnel arrived in Fremantle without guns or searchlights. To control the coast defences of Cockburn Sound, HQ Southern Fire Command was formed in January 1943. Peron Battery was to be situated on the western end of Cape Peron with its Battery Observation Post (BOP) on the 30 metre feature some 300 to 400 metres to the south of the gun emplacements. The Operations Centre (Plotting Room) was located, among a thicket of scrub, behind the guns and northeast of the BOP. The battery was served by two 90cm searchlights located at John Point and Mushroom Rocks, not the 150cm searchlights usually associated with such batteries. The reduced threat to Western Australia finally led to further rationalisation in the second half on 1944. The 155mm guns on Cape Peron were withdrawn in December with the men assigned to developing CA/AA batteries. In early 1945, personnel were reallocated to anti-aircraft units in the Fremantle area and ‘K’ Australian Heavy Battery disbanded.
Gun Emplacement No 1 is almost completely covered by sand and vegetation. Gun Emplacement No 2 has suffered major structural damage due to erosion undermining its base. The Observation Post (OP) located on the highest point of Cape Peron, has for many years been a prominent vantage point. Continued pedestrian activity around the OP has, coupled with wind erosion, contributed to a serious undermining of the base of its foundation. Vandals have also defaced walls inside and outside the building.
Library Id | Title | Medium | Year Of Publication |
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11442 | Point Peron 'K' Battery | Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} | 2016 |
Individual Building or Group
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Original Use | MILITARY | Fort or Gun Emplacement |
Present Use | SOCIAL\RECREATIONAL | Other |
Type | General | Specific |
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Wall | BRICK | Common Brick |
Other | BRICK | Common Brick |
Wall | CONCRETE | Reinforced Concrete |
Wall | CONCRETE | Reinforced Concrete |
Other | CONCRETE | Reinforced Concrete |
Roof | BRICK | Common Brick |
General | Specific |
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OUTSIDE INFLUENCES | World Wars & other wars |
OUTSIDE INFLUENCES | Tourism |
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Point Peron “K” Battery is a large, public open space of sand dune formation covered with dense native planting which features structures constructed in 1943 including two gun emplacements, observation post bunker, operations bunker, two ammunition bunkers and several other ancillary elements which together were part of a network of defence strategies around the port of Fremantle. The place has cultural heritage significance for the following reasons; • the place, together with the other elements of Western Australia’s coastal defence system, known as ‘Fremantle Fortress’ erected in response to external threats during WWII and together have the potential to yield information about coastal defence strategies; • the Battery demonstrates technical achievement in its design – the guns were placed to enable them to cover any shipping approaching within range south of Rockingham and Safety Bay and the western approaches to Garden Island, as well as providing cover for the boom defence which was laid across South Channel; • the remaining built elements of Point Peron “K” Battery are representative of WWII coastal defence architecture, of functional design and simplistic but robust construction used by the military engineers in a remote sand dune environment; • the site of the former Point Peron campsite and the headland is valued by the wider community as the venue for many school camps since 1946 to 1996; • Point Peron “K” Battery is associated with members of the Australian Army specifically the Artillery who served at this site or similar batteries. It is also valued by members of this cohort for its demonstration of past techniques and practices; • the place is valued as an informal recreational space both before and after WWII and as part of the Rockingham Lakes National Park; and, • Point Peron “K” Battery is valued by the local community, members of Parliament and the Army Reserves who are contributing to the restoration and conservation of the place. • the pathways, carparks and remnant signage have no cultural heritage significance.
Point Peron remains as a predominantly natural environment with only the remnant WW2 infrastructure placed at strategic points around the site. Pathways link the majority of the elements although some are not readily accessible largely due to safety concerns. The visible and accessible elements of the extant infrastructure are: • Observation Post • Operations Bunker • Gun Emplacement 1 (south) and associated ammunition bunker • Gun Emplacement 2 (north) and associated ammunition bunker • Concrete water tank (possibly from the former Barracks or later use of the same buildings) • Remnant well; and • Debris from the removed Barracks These structures are in varying condition with the remnant well and the concrete water tank in the most fragile condition. The southern gun emplacement is in poor condition, effectively falling off the side of the hill where sand movement has caused the structure to become unstable. The former gun emplacements, observation post and observation bunker are of reinforced concrete construction of a simple design. The function of these structures required a sturdy and basic structure. All accessible structures were showing varying degrees of concrete cancer with evidence of spalling and rusted reinforcements. The structures have also been subject to vandalism, predominantly in the form of graffiti which has necessitated the painting of the visible exteriors, the structures are now green rather than natural brick and concrete. Except for the Observation Tower, the bunkers and gun emplacements have become partially submerged due to encroaching vegetation and changing sand levels. The bunkers get cleaned out but despite sandbags, they soon fill up again. The remains of other structures and buidings associated with the battery on the headland include searchlights at John Point and Mushroom Rocks. Due to the continual vandalism, the entrances to the bunkers have been locked with gates to prevent unauthorised access.
The Cape Peron headland has undergone minimal development and the main features on the site are remnants of the World War II battery and associated structures constructed in 1943 as part of the defence system for the port of Fremantle. Prior to this period of occupation by the Australian Army the headland had been the home for fisherman and a destination for tourists. After the dismantling and removal of the guns from the site in 1944 the site remained the domain of the Australian Army until a long term lease with the National Fitness Council. This organisation used the former barracks constructed on the northern side of the headland as a holiday and recreation camp for young people. The campsite was subsequently used as a holiday camp until the late 1990s by government and private organisations as well as individual family groups. The campsite buildings were demolished c1997. Since that time the site has been accessed for informal recreation with the provision of paths and parking enabling visitors to access the site without damaging the landscape. The native vegetation had degraded throughout the 20th century and regeneration programs in the late 20th century have helped to stabilise the landscape. In recent years, there has been a resurgence of interest in the battery structures and their role in the defence of Australia during World War II. Local community groups, army reservists and members of the military have contributed many hours of voluntary labour to clear the structures of sand and painting over of graffiti on the structures.
Integrity: Moderate Degree Authenticity: Moderate Degree
Fair
Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
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Point Peron 'K' Battery Cons MgtPlan | |||
City of Rockingham Municipal Heritage Investory | |||
Aerial Photos | Landgate |
Reserve | Lot/Location | Plan/Diagram | Vol/Folio |
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48968 | 301 | 48616 |
Owner | Category |
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Department of Environment & Conservation | State Gov't |
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Richmond Av Rockingham
14/07/2011 Additional addresses: Lot 1596 Fisher Street, Rockingham; Lot 8001 Fisher Street, Rockingham. Area is bounded by Safety Bay Road, Lake Street, Richmond Av & Fisher Street, Rockingham. VFL.
Rockingham
Metropolitan
Type | Status | Date | Documents |
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Heritage List | Adopted | 25 Mar 2008 | |
State Register | Registered | 30 Jun 2017 | HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument, HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument |
Type | Status | Date | Documents |
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(no listings) |
Type | Status | Date | Grading/Management | |
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Category | ||||
Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 24 Apr 2018 | Category A | |
Register of the National Estate | Registered | 30 Jun 1992 |
Library Id | Title | Medium | Year Of Publication |
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9875 | Lake Richmond environmental reserve implementation strategy. | Heritage Study {Other} | 2011 |
9774 | Lake Richmond management plan 2008 | Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} | 2008 |
Landscape
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Original Use | PARK\RESERVE | Park\Reserve |
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The following statement has been drawn from the State Heritage Office Register Documentation prepared in 2012 and altered in 2014. Lake Richmond, a freshwater lake with associated sedgelands located within the Quindalup Dune system, has cultural significance for the following reasons: • the place is host to very rare and critically endangered Thrombolites. The rock-like Thrombolites are organosedimentary structures, which grow and survive in the calcium rich, freshwater of the lake. They are rare as there are few other places in the world that live Thrombolites can be found, and the Thrombolites at Lake Richmond have a unique internal structure which is not known to have occurred anywhere else in the world; • the place is rare as a freshwater lake with considerable size and depth, which in its close proximity to the ocean, has the potential to yield information about the seaward advancement of the coastline which caused the lake to become separated from the ocean 4000 years ago; • the place is an important Aboriginal mythological site; • the place was an important site to Aboriginal people and early European pioneering activity in Western Australia, providing a source of fresh water, food and shelter to both groups; and, • the place has been continuously used since the 1960s by the local community as a site for recreational and educational activities.
A perennial freshwater lake, 1000m long and 600m across, occupying an area of 40ha and located in the Quindalup dune system. The lake features unique freshwater thrombolites and is bordered by the flats which are vegetated with sedge and rushes. 4m high dunes surround the flats to the northwest and southeast and are vegetated by low lying coastal scrub. The Lake is almost 1km in length, 600m wide and the water area covers approximately 40ha. The water depth fluctuates throughout the year with its deepest point being the centre at approximately 15m.
Lake Richmond was created when part of the marine portion of Cockburn Sound filled during the last 4000 years. Once formed, the lake was fed from rainfall and seepage from the groundwater through the dunes in the Safety Bay region and later the inlet drains that were installed. Thrombolites appear in Lake Richmond as rock-like structures, which occur in 15 metre wide zones around the circumference of the lake, the most visible being on the east side. Thrombolites are basic microbial structures, which along with Stromatolites, represent the oldest living organism on earth, however the two differ greatly as Strombolites have a layered internal structure, and Thrombolites have an unlayered, clotted internal structure. The Lake Richmond Thrombolites are unique as they differ substantially in composition and structure from all other known Thrombolites in the world. Lake Richmond represents a significant ceremonial and mythological site for the Nyungar people, who believed that the Waugal, which represents the life and spirit of water, created water bodies surrounded by dune systems through its movement across the lands, and Lake Richmond was seen as the embodiment of this belief. Settlers first came to the Rockingham district in December 1829 although the early settlements in the district were abandoned. It was not until the late 19th century that the area became more settled for grazing and townsites grew with the establishment of the timber industry. Lake Richmond was gazetted as a Reserve for freshwater in 1904. It is believed that the lake was named after the London borough of Richmond. During the war years, the lake was utilised by the 10th Light Horse Regiment, who are believed to have established an encampment neighbouring the lake. Settlers and pioneers used Lake Richmond until at least the 1930s as an area for grazing and as a source of fresh water for stock. Over time, various groups have utilised Lake Richmond as a site for recreation. Up until 1956, duck shooting was permitted, and for a brief period in 1961 the Lake Richmond Ski Club used the lake for water skiing, however this was discontinued after opposition by local residents. Lake Richmond and its surrounding reserve has been continuously used by birdwatchers and nature walkers. Along with the other lakes in the district; Lake Cooloongup, Lake Walyungup, Tamworth Hill Swam and Port Kennedy; Lake Richmond was identified as a potential regional park in 1983. It was subsequently included in the larger Rockingham Lakes Regional Park which was established in 1997. In 1992, the Lake Richmond Area was placed on the Register of the National Estate, which highlighted the significance of the lake’s unique freshwater Thrombolites, and its unusual method of lake formation. Additionally, in 2000, one site at Lake Richmond was registered under the Aboriginal Heritage Act, 1972 (AHA) as a site of spiritual importance. Lake Richmond was permanently included on the State Register of Heritage Places in 2017.
Integrity: High Authenticity: High
Good
Reserve | Lot/Location | Plan/Diagram | Vol/Folio |
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47145 | 8001 | 25925 | |
9458 | 18 | 218763 | |
9458 | 1596 | 218621 |
Owner | Category |
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City of Rockingham | Local Gov't |
Dep't for Planning & Infrastructure | State Gov't |
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