East Rockingham Heritage Precinct

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

03841

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Location

Rockingham

Location Details

Includes: Chesterfield Inn & Stables, Bell Cottage, Hymus Cottage, site of Sam Chalwell Cottage, Day Cottage, Abattoir, East Rockingham Cemetery, site of Rockingham Road Board.

Local Government

Rockingham

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1855, Constructed from 1940

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
Heritage List	Adopted	24 Apr 2018		City of Rockingham

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
RHP - To be assessed	Current	09 May 2003

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Adopted		Category A	Category A Worthy of the highest level of protection- recommended for entry into the State Register of Heritage Places. Development would require consultation with the City of Rockingham. Maximum encouragement to the owner should be provided under the City of Rockingham Planning Scheme to conserve the significance of the place. A detailed Heritage Assessment* and Impact Statement should be undertaken before approval is given for any major redevelopment. Incentives to promote heritage conservation should be also be considered.	City of Rockingham

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Values

· The place is a good representative example of an early settlement group which retains its original rural setting.
· The place is indicative of the settlement of the East Rockingham district by European settlers from the early 1850s.
· The place is associated with a number of prominent local families, who were the first to settle and established residences in the East Rockingham area.
· The place may yield further information about traditional construction techniques used by early settlers from the 1850s.
· The place, and in particular Pines Cottage, may yield further information about how early settlers utilised local construction materials, including materials salvaged from shipwrecks.

Physical Description

East Rockingham Heritage Precinct comprises:
• P2329 Bell Cottage (ruin) (1868)
• P2325 Chesterfield Inn (fmr) (1855)
• P4015 Day Cottage (1882-85)
• P3145 East Rockingham Cemetery (1842)
• P2320 Hymus House and Outbuildings (1895-1905)
• P3316 Key Cottage (c.1854)
• P2327 Mead Homestead (1850)
• P12088 Paradise Cottage (c.1870)
• P12089 Pines Cottage (1854/5)
• P19937 Rockingham Road Board Site (1905)
• P16042 Old Rockingham School Site (1865)
• P1434 Sloan Cottage (1911)
• P1433 Smirk Cottage (1905)
• P4624 Tasker’s Cottage (Wheatfields) (1856)
• P24537 Limestone Quarry (c.1850)

History

Although the area know known as East Rockingham was first allocated to European settlers (Thomas Peel) in 1829, it remained unsettled until the 1850s, when families moved to the area, attracted by the good grazing land and adequate water supply.1 The first families to permanently settle in the district chose to establish themselves close to the Mandurah to Fremantle track (Mandurah Road).2 Residences were simple buildings, constructed using local limestone., or were initially constructed of wattle-and-daub and later replaced with limestone structures.3 The earliest families to settle in the area came during the 1850s and 1860s. The relationships between these families became inter-twined as families inter-married.

Condition

Good

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id	Title	Medium	Year Of Publication
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
9470	The old abattoir, Hillman, conservation plan (review).	Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan}	2009
9471	The old abattoir, cnr Dixon and Day Roads, Hillman WA conservation plan for City of Rockingham.	Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan}	1999
8421	Urgent works report : East Rockingham heritage precinct.	Book	1998

Place Type

Precinct or Streetscape

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	INDUSTRIAL\MANUFACTURING	Other
Original Use	RESIDENTIAL	Single storey residence
Original Use	FARMING\PASTORAL	Homestead
Original Use	MONUMENT\CEMETERY	Cemetery
Original Use	EDUCATIONAL	Primary School
Original Use	COMMERCIAL	Hotel, Tavern or Inn

Architectural Styles

Style
Vernacular
Victorian Georgian

Historic Themes

General	Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY	Settlements

Creation Date

05 Feb 1998

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Approved

Last Update

11 May 2022

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.