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South Fremantle Power Station

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

03381
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Location

Robb St Coogee

Location Details

Formerly Hamilton Hill. Lot 3.

Local Government

Cockburn

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1951

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents More information
Heritage List Adopted 14 Jul 2011 City of Cockburn
State Register Registered 08 Jun 2021 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
Category Description
Aboriginal Heritage Sites Register Permanent

Municipal Inventory Adopted 10 Apr 2014 Category A

Category A

Exceptional significance Essential to the heritage of the locality. Rare or outstanding example. The place should be retained and conserved unless there is no feasible and prudent alternative to doing otherwise. Any alterations or extensions should be sympathetic to the heritage values of the place and in accordance with a Conservation Plan (if one exists for the place).

City of Cockburn

Associations

Name Type Year From Year To
W.H. Taylor, General Manager of WA Government Electricity Supply Architect - -

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
6641 South Fremantle Power Station : heritage assessment review. Heritage Study {Other} 1997
8519 First light: The development of a State Government Electricity and Gas supply. Part one. Book 0
877 South Fremantle Power Station heritage assessment. Heritage Study {Other} 1994
6304 South Fremantle Power Station. Brochure 0
6303 Souvenir program : closing ceremony : South Fremantle Power Station : September 27th 1985. Brochure 1985
9147 Cockburn Coast: draft district structure plan Book 2008
5832 Port Catherine environmental review summary. Report 2001
2400 Industrial heritage schools competition 1990. Report 1990
10036 The changing Cockburn Coast. Appendices - European Heritage Electronic 2008
9846 East Perth Power Station proposed site redevelopment. A proposal to refurbish and modify a heritage power station complex to create a science and technology centre. Heritage Study {Other} 1997
10272 South Fremantle Power Station: Master Plan Heritage Study {Other} 2014
9101 Cockburn coast: reborn. Report 2008
10273 South Fremantle Power Station: Master Plan Appendices Heritage Study {Other} 2014
9935 Electricity generation, transmission and distribution in Western Australia: representation on the register of heritage places. Report 2007
4948 Market research study of the South Fremantle Power House Project. Report 1998
9148 The changing Cockburn coast: Aborignal and European heritage in the Cockburn region. Heritage Study {Other} 2008
9102 Cockburn coast: regional framework. Report 2008
9529 South Fremantle power station: a heritage dilemma? Journal article 2004
9917 Survey of the Port Coogee development area. Electronic 2006
3703 Integrated coastal management strategy City of Cockburn (draft). Report 1998
553 South Fremantle Power Station : archive photographs. Heritage Study {Other} 1994
3214 Proposal to Purchase the South Fremantle Power Station. Report 1996
4476 Fremantle Studies: journal of the Fremantle History Society. Serial 1999
6640 South Fremantle Power Station : conservation plan. Volumes 1 & 2. Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 2003

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Present Use VACANT\UNUSED Vacant\Unused
Original Use GOVERNMENTAL Power Station

Architectural Styles

Style
Inter-War Art Deco

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Wall CONCRETE Concrete Block
Roof CONCRETE Concrete Slab

Historic Themes

General Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Immigration, emigration & refugees
OUTSIDE INFLUENCES Water, power, major t'port routes
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Resource exploitation & depletion
OCCUPATIONS Technology & technological change
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Community services & utilities

Creation Date

20 Dec 1993

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

31 Dec 2016

Disclaimer

This information is provided voluntarily as a public service. The information provided is made available in good faith and is derived from sources believed to be reliable and accurate. However, the information is provided solely on the basis that readers will be responsible for making their own assessment of the matters discussed herein and are advised to verify all relevant representations, statements and information.