Local Government
Augusta/Margaret River
Region
South West
Davies St Flinders Bay
Augusta/Margaret River
South West
Constructed from 1882 to 1900
| Type | Status | Date | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heritage List | Adopted | 08 Aug 2012 |
| Type | Status | Date | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHP - Does not warrant assessment | Current | 30 Apr 2004 |
| Type | Status | Date | Grading/Management | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category | ||||
| Classified by the National Trust | Classified | 01 May 1978 | ||
| Port-related Structures Survey | Completed | 31 Oct 1995 | ||
| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 17 Jun 1996 | Criterion 5 | |
| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 01 Jul 2012 | Considerable Significance | |
Flinders Bay Jetty (archaeological remains and plaque) is of significance: • As a significant local maritime archaeology site. • For its important historical association with the development and operation of the timber industry in the Augusta-Margaret River region in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. • As a community memorial recognising an important site in the history of Augusta.
At the foreshore there are remnants of heavily weathered round timber jetty pylons and sawn timber bracing. Other maritime archaeological evidence has survived within the Bay. The site overlooking the jetty has recently been developed with a timber viewing platform, with a timber and stainless steel balustrade and timber seating. Between the Davies Road and the viewing platform there is a cleared grassed area with rough hewn granite memorial bearing a simple plaque that reads: Flinders Bay Jetty Built 1882 by M.C. Davies As a safe winter port 1100 ft long: 80ft wide
By 1880 Davies had started laying a wooden tramline from Coodardup (now Kudardup) to Flinders Bay to serve his first local timber mill (relocated to Karridale in 1882).In 1881 a jetty was built at Hamelin Bay and a 3'6" gauge railway was laid to connect this with the locality of Karridale. In 1882 work commenced on a new jetty at Flinders Bay, and by 1885 this had also been connected by a steel railway to Karridale, therefore providing Davies' operations with alternative ports for shipment of timber - Flinders Bay used in winter, and Hamelin Bay used in summer. Tramlines were built along the length of both jetties, enabling timber to be unloaded by crane onto the waiting ships.The Flinders Bay jetty was extended in 1900 to approximately 1000 feet long.The local timber industry closed in 1913 and Davies’ jetty gradually deteriorated. In September 1932 a considerable portion was broken up in a major storm, but damaged sections survived and some pylons still remain insitu.The community has since commemorated the site of the1882 jetty with a plaque on a cairn.
Historic site – Low: The use has been altered and the original use cannot be readily discerned. Memorial - High: The original use has been maintained. Historic site – Low: The place has been considerably altered, with the loss of significant fabric. The original intent/character is no longer clearly evident. Memorial - High: The original/significant fabric is largely intact.
Historic site – Poor Memorial - Good
| Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Municipal Heritage Inventory | 1996 | ||
| Cresswell, Gail J,The Light of Leeuwin:the Augusta/Margaret River Shire History | Augusta/Margaret River Shire History Group | 1989 | |
| The West Australian p3 | 7/12/1932 | ||
| The West Australian p19 | 3/9/1932 | ||
| Davies Park and Foundry Chimney | HCWA Assessment Documentation |
| Ref Number | Description |
|---|---|
| AU-11 | MI Place No. |
| A4431 | LGA Site No. |
| Library Id | Title | Medium | Year Of Publication |
|---|---|---|---|
| 482 | Historical sites in the Margaret River Augusta region : a photographic survey of documented and undocumented historical sites in the region carried out by students of the University of Western Australia, Department of Architecture. | Heritage Study {Other} | 1980 |
| 1458 | Conservation Plan for Flinders Bay Historic Settlement | Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} | 1996 |
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