Local Government
Rockingham
Region
Metropolitan
Rockingham
Includes: Chesterfield Inn & Stables, Bell Cottage, Hymus Cottage, site of Sam Chalwell Cottage, Day Cottage, Abattoir, East Rockingham Cemetery, site of Rockingham Road Board.
Rockingham
Metropolitan
Constructed from 1855, Constructed from 1940
| Type | Status | Date | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heritage List | Adopted | 24 Apr 2018 |
| Type | Status | Date | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHP - To be assessed | Current | 09 May 2003 |
| Type | Status | Date | Grading/Management | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category | ||||
| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | Category A | ||
· The place is a good representative example of an early settlement group which retains its original rural setting.
· The place is indicative of the settlement of the East Rockingham district by European settlers from the early 1850s.
· The place is associated with a number of prominent local families, who were the first to settle and established residences in the East Rockingham area.
· The place may yield further information about traditional construction techniques used by early settlers from the 1850s.
· The place, and in particular Pines Cottage, may yield further information about how early settlers utilised local construction materials, including materials salvaged from shipwrecks.
East Rockingham Heritage Precinct comprises: • P2329 Bell Cottage (ruin) (1868) • P2325 Chesterfield Inn (fmr) (1855) • P4015 Day Cottage (1882-85) • P3145 East Rockingham Cemetery (1842) • P2320 Hymus House and Outbuildings (1895-1905) • P3316 Key Cottage (c.1854) • P2327 Mead Homestead (1850) • P12088 Paradise Cottage (c.1870) • P12089 Pines Cottage (1854/5) • P19937 Rockingham Road Board Site (1905) • P16042 Old Rockingham School Site (1865) • P1434 Sloan Cottage (1911) • P1433 Smirk Cottage (1905) • P4624 Tasker’s Cottage (Wheatfields) (1856) • P24537 Limestone Quarry (c.1850)
Although the area know known as East Rockingham was first allocated to European settlers (Thomas Peel) in 1829, it remained unsettled until the 1850s, when families moved to the area, attracted by the good grazing land and adequate water supply.1 The first families to permanently settle in the district chose to establish themselves close to the Mandurah to Fremantle track (Mandurah Road).2 Residences were simple buildings, constructed using local limestone., or were initially constructed of wattle-and-daub and later replaced with limestone structures.3 The earliest families to settle in the area came during the 1850s and 1860s. The relationships between these families became inter-twined as families inter-married.
Good
| Library Id | Title | Medium | Year Of Publication |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4881 | Woodbine (also known as Bell Cottage) : conservation plan. | Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} | 1999 |
| 9464 | Heritage report on East Rockingham settlement for City of Rockingham, Town of Kwinana and Landcorp. | Heritage Study {Other} | 0 |
| 9470 | The old abattoir, Hillman, conservation plan (review). | Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} | 2009 |
| 9471 | The old abattoir, cnr Dixon and Day Roads, Hillman WA conservation plan for City of Rockingham. | Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} | 1999 |
| 8421 | Urgent works report : East Rockingham heritage precinct. | Book | 1998 |
Precinct or Streetscape
| Epoch | General | Specific |
|---|---|---|
| Original Use | INDUSTRIAL\MANUFACTURING | Other |
| Original Use | RESIDENTIAL | Single storey residence |
| Original Use | FARMING\PASTORAL | Homestead |
| Original Use | MONUMENT\CEMETERY | Cemetery |
| Original Use | EDUCATIONAL | Primary School |
| Original Use | COMMERCIAL | Hotel, Tavern or Inn |
| Style |
|---|
| Vernacular |
| Victorian Georgian |
| General | Specific |
|---|---|
| DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Settlements |
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