Local Government
Manjimup
Region
South West
Location
Broke Inlet Rd Broke Inlet (Broke)
Location Details
Construction Date
Constructed from 1950
Demolition Year
N/AStatutory 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 | ||||
| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 28 Aug 2008 | Category C |
Category C |
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Physical Description
· Coastal bushland setting;
· Located close to inlet;
· One of a group of simple cottages;
· Small rustic cottage;
· Timber frame with weatherboard cladding;
· Gabled roof - corrugated iron, and;
· Corrugated iron extensions.
History
Broke Inlet is highly valued today for its environmental and scenic
attributes. There is debate about the origins of the name. It has been
linked to Brockman, Broke and Brooks.
An early mention of Broke Inlet was by explorer Nairn Clark who in
1841 declared that the area was fine sheep country. There is also
mention made of a hut built in 1846 by three men who caught and salted
fish for the Mauritius Island market. This was perhaps earliest signs of
the commercial fishing activity which has continued in the inlet since the
1950s.
In 1861 the explorer William Henry Graham witnessed hunting with fire
by the Murrum people in the area. He and his companions joined in the
wallaby hunt, successfully catching three wallabies.
In the 1880s the Muirs, who were pastoralists at Deeside, had a lease on
the coast between the Gardner River and Broke Inlet. They would drive
the cattle down Deeside Coast Road each year for summer grazing. The
cattle were left there from January to June. Refer to Muirs Hut, Coastal
Ward; Bolganup Slab Hut, West Ward; and Deeside Homestead, East
Ward.
Broke Inlet is the location for a group of cottages and shacks, occupied
by a group of commercial fisherman who have been fishing in the Inlet,
some since the 1950s. One of these cottages is called ‘Judy’s Hut’. The
long term future of the settlement and fishermen is currently under
question.
Refer to 16.5 for more historical notes
References
| Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crawford, P., and I: "Contested Country: A History of the Northcliffe Area WA". | UWA Press | 2003 |