Doungup

Statement of Significance

The place was one of the first three settlements int he Capel area,a nd has remained relatively intact since the beginning. It has considerable association with Samuel Rose and his descendants.

Physical Description

Flagstone house in the lee of the sand dunes south of Minninup. The stone well is shaped like a honey pot.

History

This property was taken up by one of the first three settlers in the Capel region, the Rose family.
In 1840, The Western Australian Land Company was formed with the plan to settle in the Lescenault area and develop a city. In December 1840, a survey party set out from the confluence of the Brunswick and Collie Rivers. After watching Child establish Minninup, Sam with wife Mary and two children chose land close by the Child's and began farming the 30 acres, building a house in 1844. In 1850, Mary Rode died during the birth of Mary. In 1855, Sam Rose married Emma (nee Delaporte) and increased their family to te children, with five each and anothe born at Doungup. Emma and her husband John had arrived in 1854, with the WA Land Company, and John died soon after, leaving Emma with five children. She started a wayside inn, and then met Samuel Rose.
During the 1850's Sam Rose bred remount horses for the Indian Army. By the early 1860's, they had convict servants and tutors in their employ. In 1859, son Sam jr married Mary Forrest. Sam and Emma retired from Doungup in c.1871 and Willaim (Sam's son) and Alice (Emma's daughter) continued as amanagers. Sam and Emmas began building the Rose Hotel in Bunbury in the early 1860's and it was licenced in 1865. After Sam died in 1867, Emma continued to run the hotel. In c.1874 William died leaving Alice with five young children. Emma Rose's brother John Delaporte and his wife Anne (nee House) stayed on to run the farm.
Sam Rose (3rd one) ran the place through WWI? Sam Rose (Stratham?) married Susannah (daughter of Henry and Lavinia Higgins of Springfield and had a daughter Lavinia in 1891.
In the mid 1890's Mrs Rose held many socials and dances at the place. For many years Lavinia (great grand daughter of Sam and Mary Rose) and her husband JO Roberts managed Doungup Park until JO died of snakebite in 1953. His son Bob and wife Joyce, raised 7 daughters and 2 sons and ran beach cottages at Doungup Park for a while. The Roberts family sold the property to Ross Price, a horse trainer, who converted the cottages into stable hands' accommodation He trained the race horses along the beach.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: Redeemable
Authenticity: Moderate Degree

Condition

Good

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