Local Government
Busselton
Region
South West
Location
12 Bussell Hwy Busselton
Location Details
Other Name(s)
Busselton Mitsubishi
Construction Date
Constructed from 1880
Demolition Year
1990Statutory Heritage Listings
| Type | Status | Date | Documents | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (no listings) |
Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations
| Type | Status | Date | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|
| (no listings) |
Other Heritage Listings and Surveys
| Type | Status | Date | Grading/Management | More information | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category | Description | ||||
| Classified by the National Trust | Recorded | 02 Feb 1976 |
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Heritage Council | |
| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 13 Sep 2006 | Category 5 |
Category 5 |
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Statement of Significance
Site of ‘Yarrie-Mia’ has cultural heritage significance as the site of a once fine house and as the residence of James Savage a prominent Busselton builder who was active in the district in the second half of the 19th century.
Physical Description
Symmetrical in design it featured twin gables with corrugated iron on the roof. contained several magnificent leaded panels featuring Australian animals. The place was demolished to enable the building of Fennessy’s car yard in the early 1990s.
History
Previous home of James Savage, who was a prominent builder in the south west during the second half of the 19th Century. Built c1880s of cut limestone blocks with brick quoins and chamfered verandah posts.
Born Norwich England in 1847. James arrived in Fremantle in the late 1860s after serving as a ship’s carpenter for a number of years. The property is reputed to have been given to James, who was living in Nannup, after he swam across the Blackwood and walked about 65 kilometres to Busselton to find a doctor for the Nannup Policeman’s wife, who was seriously ill. James married Hannah Grace Fordham, born Fremantle 1857. The newly married Savages took up a property about six kilometres west of town, naming the property Seaview. Several of the Savages 13 children were born at Seaview before it was burnt down. James Savage was a carpenter and wheelwright of outstanding ability and took on contracts to build houses, bridges, jetties, horse drawn carts and wagons. He worked for M.C. Davis of Karridale Timber mill and John Garrett Bussell at Cattle Chosen. He is reported to have won a contract for the Busselton Jetty extensions.
References
| Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Busselton-Margaret River Times; "Monument to a craftsman of early Busselton", | 10 May 1979 |