Local Government
Mundaring
Region
Metropolitan
Great Eastern Hwy Sawyers Valley
Mundaring
Metropolitan
Constructed from 1900
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Old timber lined well in road reserve, approximately 3-4 metres deep and which will be in the way of proposed road works to Great Eastern Highway '95'96. The well has been covered with sleepers and become over grown with kikuyu grass and is in a dangerous condition.
Initially it was thought to be one of the two wells that were the subject of a coroners inquiry in 1896 following the death of a three year old boy, Albert Thomas farmer. He fell into one of the wells about 24 feet deep and was found dead after striking a piece of jarrah floating at the bottom of the well. These wells had been sunk by the swayer hayward in the 1860's and were actually further west st the edge of wht is now Sawyers Road and the rail reserve, opposite the Sawyers valley Tavern. It was subsequently filled in later in 1896. The well, the subject of this record is further east, originally on the southern extremity of the property at 10955 Great eastern Highway but resumed for highway widening. According to the local resident Mrs Heine the well had been there long before she could remember back into the 1930's. At one time it was used by a blacksmith for cooling hot metal and horseshoes. Gradually over the years a lot of rubbish had been thrown into it.
Integrity: Poor
Poor
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| MHHS; "Copy of Coroner's report, Deputy Surveyor General Reports & Goodwin Field Books. | |||
| I Elliot; ibid |
Historic site
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| Present Use | OTHER | Other |
| Original Use | OTHER | Other |
| Original Use | FARMING\PASTORAL | Other |
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| Other | TIMBER | Other Timber |
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| OCCUPATIONS | Grazing, pastoralism & dairying |
| OCCUPATIONS | Rural industry & market gardening |
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