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Buckingham Ruins and Archaeological Sites, Roleystone

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

24916
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Location

42 & 701 Thompson Rd Roleystone

Location Details

Other Name(s)

and Stone Walls, Roleystone
Thomas Buckingham Cottage Ruins, Stone Dam

Local Government

Armadale

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1880

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents More information
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
RHP - Assessed - Consultation (Preliminary) Current 22 Dec 2014

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management More information
Category Description
Municipal Inventory Adopted 01 Sep 2015 Category A

Category A

Worth of the highest level of protection - recommended for entry in the State Register of Heritage Places. Development would require consultation with the City of Armadale. Maximum encouragement to the owner should be provided under the City of Armadale's Town Planning Scheme to conserve the significance of the place. A Heritage Assessment and Impact Statement should be undertaken before approval is given for any major redevelopment. Incentives to promote heritage conservation should also be considered.

 City of Armadale

Statement of Significance

Thomas Buckingham Cottage Ruins, Stone Dam and Stone Walls, Roleystone, is associated with the first European land grants in the colony and the early European settlement of the Roleystone and Armadale districts of Western Australia. It is also associated with the early struggles and failures by settlers to estabish and develop farming land. The archaeological record associated with the place is likely to include surface scatters and intact subsurface archaeological deposits associated with the construction and occupation of the place. The place has the ability to provide information on the lives and activities of Western Australia's early settlers.

Physical Description

The place comprises the ruins of two stone buildings, a stone dam structure and the remnants of a series of dry stone walls, situated in an open wooded setting that extends across two lots south of the Canning River in the suburb of Roleystone. There is a high probability that intact archaeological deposits are present in and around both ruins.

History

The property was first settled by the Buckingham family in 1861. The Buckinghams farmed cattle and other produce on the farm, but had little success, and the sons began to cart timber from Bickley to Canning River. The family sold the property in the mid 1880s, and it passed through a number of hands, gradually subdividing into smaller lots for predominately farming uses. It is currenlty located across two lots and not currently being farmed.

Condition

ruins

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
10250 Thomas Buckingham's memoirs Electronic 1910

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use FARMING\PASTORAL Other
Present Use VACANT\UNUSED Vacant\Unused
Original Use FARMING\PASTORAL Cottage

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Wall STONE Local Stone

Historic Themes

General Specific
OCCUPATIONS Rural industry & market gardening
OCCUPATIONS Timber industry
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Land allocation & subdivision
PEOPLE Early settlers
OCCUPATIONS Grazing, pastoralism & dairying

Creation Date

13 Sep 2013

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Approved

Last Update

01 Jan 2017

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.