Convict Fence

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

04609

Location

River between Salter Pnt & Shelley Bridge Canning

Location Details

Local Government

Canning

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1892, Constructed from 1866

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
Heritage List Adopted 18 Sep 2018
State Register Registered 12 Dec 1997 HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument, HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument

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 17 Oct 2017 1

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
1798 The convict built fence in the Canning River. Journal article 1979
6426 A preliminary study of convict sites in Western Australia (draft). Heritage Study {Other} 1997

Place Type

Historic site

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use Transport\Communications Water: Other
Present Use Transport\Communications Water: Other

Architectural Styles

Style
Other Style

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Wall TIMBER Log

Historic Themes

General Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Workers {incl. Aboriginal, convict}
TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS River & sea transport
OCCUPATIONS Timber industry

Creation Date

17 Jun 1996

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

01 Jan 2017

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