Commissariat Buildings (fmr)

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

00857

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Location

47 Cliff St Fremantle

Location Details

Bounded by Cliff St, Croke Ln & Marine Tce

Other Name(s)

Customs House & Bonded Warehouse
Maritime Museum

Local Government

Fremantle

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1852 to 1898

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
Heritage List	YES	08 Mar 2007		City of Fremantle
State Register	Registered	22 Jun 2001	Register Entry Assessment Documentation

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	18 Sep 2000	Level 1A	Level 1A The City of Fremantle has identified this place as being of exceptional cultural heritage significance in its own right within the context of Fremantle. This place is entered onto the Heritage Council of Western Australia’s Register of Heritage Places. All development applications must be referred to the Heritage Council for approval.	City of Fremantle
Classified by the National Trust	Classified	20 Sep 1960
Register of the National Estate	Permanent	21 Mar 1978

Parent Place or Precinct

25225 West End, Fremantle

Associations

Name	Type	Year From	Year To
James Manning, Clerk of Works	Architect	-	-

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id	Title	Medium	Year Of Publication
11561	Building the Fremantle convict establishment - Henderson and Coy	Heritage Study {Other}	2011
7902	Fremantle walks.	Book	2006
11942	The Maritime Museum of Western Australia - A case study in tracing the history of the Commissariat to it's prersent day use as the Maritime Museum.	Heritage Study {Other}	1987
6426	A preliminary study of convict sites in Western Australia (draft).	Heritage Study {Other}	1997
11815	Henderson & Coy : Royal Engineers & the Convict Establishment Fremantle Western Australia 1850 - 1872	Book	2017
11693	The Commissariat Buildings : conservation management strategy (Restricted release)	Electronic	2018

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	GOVERNMENTAL	Customs House\Bond Store
Present Use	EDUCATIONAL	Museum

Architectural Styles

Style
Victorian Regency
Victorian Georgian

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Wall	STONE	Limestone
Roof	METAL	Corrugated Iron
Roof	ASBESTOS	Fibrous Cement, corrugated

Historic Themes

General	Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY	Workers {incl. Aboriginal, convict}
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES	Law & order
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY	Government policy
TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS	River & sea transport
OCCUPATIONS	Commercial & service industries

Creation Date

30 May 1989

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Approved

Last Update

31 Dec 2016

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