Local Government
Northam
Region
Avon Arc
North of Cobb Rd Woottating
north of Cobb Road. Consultant's Map locates the place within the Shire of Northam boundary not the Shire of Mundaring (MI listing is in Mundaring MI!) NT informer Latitiuse 31,45,43 & Longitude 116,22,13. Ngangaguringguring Hill.
Northam
Avon Arc
Type | Status | Date | Documents |
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Heritage List | Adopted | 19 Feb 2020 | |
State Register | Registered | 20 Jan 2006 | HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument, HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument |
Type | Status | Date | Documents |
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Type | Status | Date | Grading/Management | |
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Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 22 Apr 1997 | 1.Exceptional significance | |
Aboriginal Heritage Sites Register | Recorded | |||
Classified by the National Trust | Classified | 14 Jun 2004 |
The cairn consists of a trunk or branch of wandoo protruding from and supported by granite stones mounded around the trunk. The cairn is situated on top of a flat sheet granite outcrop/ ridge at the south end of an ironstone ridge overlooking Wariin Brook Valley and Cobb Road
The place is the only remaining survey marker used by Chauncy for York Road, and is the oldest known surviving road survey marker in Western Australia; Ngangaguringguring Hill
Integrity: High Authenticity: High
Good
Historic site
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Present Use | PARK\RESERVE | Park\Reserve |
Original Use | OTHER | Other |
Style |
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Other Style |
Type | General | Specific |
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Other | STONE | Granite |
General | Specific |
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TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS | Road transport |
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Exploration & surveying |
PEOPLE | Early settlers |
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