Eacott Cottage

Author

City of Mandurah

Place Number

03065

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Location

35 Gibla St Mandurah

Location Details

In the grounds of Mandurah SHS. Reserve 39085.

Local Government

Mandurah

Region

Peel

Construction Date

Constructed from 1831, Constructed from 1830

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
Heritage List	Adopted	27 May 2014

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
RHP - To be assessed	Current	28 Nov 2008

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	27 May 2014	Category 1	Category 1 National or State significance The highest level of protection is appropriate including referral for entry on to the appropriate national and/or state registers, and the provision of maximum encouragement to the owner/s to conserve the significance of the place. The place should be photographically recorded and a conservation plan be prepared.

Statement of Significance

• The oldest cottage in the district.
• The cottage is associated with the pioneering Eacott family.
• The only remaining hut from Thomas Peel’s original village.
• A rare example of early colonial architecture.
• Local school students helped in the restoration of the building

Physical Description

A square, grid-like limestone cottage with shingle roof and bag finish render it is comprised of two rooms with a dividing wall that does not go all the way to the ceiling. The original floor was ant bed. It has jarrah doors, windows and a front veranda. The architectural style is colonial vernacular.

History

Thomas Eacott arrived in WA in the Rockingham in 1830. Shortly afterwards his wife, Elizabeth, died at Clarence and Eacott shifted to Mandurah to work and farm for Thomas Peel. Eacott’s second wife was Charlotte Tuckey, daughter of John, who was also a free immigrant on the Rockingham. In the early days of Peel’s village in Mandurah a number of two-roomed huts were erected. Eacott’s Cottage is the only one left standing. As the Eacott family prospered their influence on Mandurah became significant. The land on which Mandurah Senior
High School was built in 1979 was an original block granted by Peel to Thomas Eacott. It was handed down through several generations until it was sold to the Education Department in 1976.
The cottage itself was built on the same land in the 1830s by Dan Myerick, Eacott’s future son-in-law. It was occupied by the Eacotts for one hundred years, until the 1930s, after which it fell into disrepair and suffered fire
damage. Students of Mandurah Senior High School restored the building using a Bicentennial grant in 1987/88.

Integrity/Authenticity

Authenticity : High (Restored)

Condition

Good

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	Ronald Richards "Mandurah and the Murray: a sequel to the history of the old Murray District of Western Australia"	Shire of Murray and City of Mandurah	1993

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	FARMING\PASTORAL	Cottage
Original Use	RESIDENTIAL	Single storey residence
Present Use	RESIDENTIAL	Single storey residence

Architectural Styles

Style
Vernacular

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Roof	TIMBER	Shingle
Wall	STONE	Limestone

Historic Themes

General	Specific
PEOPLE	Early settlers

Creation Date

12 Mar 1993

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Approved

Last Update

01 Apr 2021

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