Tone River Cattle Crossing

Author

Shire of Manjimup

Place Number

24759

Location

Mordalup Rd Manjimup

Location Details

Ext of Perup Rd

Local Government

Manjimup

Region

South West

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Municipal Inventory Adopted 28 Aug 2008 Category D

Statement of Significance

Representativeness and Historic

Physical Description

Causeway over stream constructed from: timber posts and framework, rocks, rubble. Sand has collapsed in parts, so is not usable as a crossing.

History

Tone River Crossing is likely to have been used by local pastoralists during the annual droving of cattle to the summer pastures at the coast. In the 1880s two of the well known pastoral families in the district were the Muirs (Deeside, East Ward) and the Brockmans (Warren House, West Ward). In the winter months they grazed their cattle on their properties, while in summer they drove the cattle down to their coastal leases for grazing. Deeside Coast Rd and Wheatley Coast Rd were the original routes down to the coast.

Place Type

Historic site

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use Transport\Communications Rail: Other

Creation Date

09 Aug 2002

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

01 Jan 2017

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