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Old Onslow Townsite

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

03444

Location

Reserve 35118 Talandji

Location Details

North of the Ashburton River

Local Government

Ashburton

Region

Pilbara

Construction Date

Constructed from 1885 to 1924

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents More information
Heritage Agreement YES 06 Nov 2012 Text of the Heritage Agreement
State Register Registered 17 Feb 2006 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

Register of the National Estate Indicative Place

Municipal Inventory Adopted 17 Aug 1999 Category B

Category B

Worthy of high level of protection: to be retained and conserved; provide maximum encouragement to the owner under the Shire of Ashburton Planning Scheme to conserve the significance of the place. A more detailed Heritage Assessment/Impact Statement to undertaken before approval is given for any major redevelopment. Incentives to promote conservation should be considered.

Shire of Ashburton

Condition

Old Onslow Townsite is a rare example of an historical archaeological site of a former ‘frontier’ settlement in a very remote area of the North West of the State.

Associations

Name Type Year From Year To
George Temple Poole Architect - -

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
11441 Old Onslow Townsite Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 2016
3729 Old Onslow Townsite Pilbara, Western Australia : a conservation management plan. Volumes 1 & 2. Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 1998
109 An archaeological survey of old Onslow Report 1991
2163 Edge of empire. Book 1983
10162 Wheatstone Project: environmental scoping document Report 2009
10228 Old Onslow Townsite Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 2011
11661 Peedamulla and Old Onslow Police Station Complex Conservation works report 2017
11671 Old Onslow Cemetery Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 2018
9909 Final environmental impact statement/ reponse to submissions on the environmental review and management programme for the proposed Wheatstone project. Electronic 2011
11660 Old Onslow Police Station Complex Conservation works report 2017

Creation Date

18 Feb 1994

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Approved

Last Update

01 Jan 2017

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