Eacott Cottage

Values

· The place is rare being one of the oldest stone cottages of its type in Western Australia.
· The place is historically important for its association with Thomas Peel’s ‘Land Grant Scheme’ of the 1830s.
· The place has a high degree of local social and historic associations with one of the Peel region’s prominent families the Eacotts.
· The place represents the modest lifestyle of early colonial European settlers to Western Australia.
· The place has social value to the surrounding community and to Mandurah Senior High School and local school children that were involved in its restoration and this has added to the educational value of the place.

Physical Description

Eacott’s Cottage is a two-room limestone cottage / hut with a square or grid-like appearance built in a colonial vernacular style. The cottage has a shingled roof and bag finish render. A wall that doesn’t go to the top of the ceiling divides the cottages two rooms. The cottage originally had an ants nests bed covered floor laid with jarrah planks. It also has jarrah framed windows and a jarrah door and a front verandah. Eacott’s Cottage is located within the grounds of Mandurah Senior High School car park set amongst a native garden of trees and smaller plants.

History

Eacott’s cottage is the only two-room hut dwelling of its type left from the original 1830s settlement of Mandurah and was part of Thomas Peel’s Land grant scheme. In May 12, 1830 Thomas Eacott arrived in Western Australia on the Rockingham along with his young wife Elizabeth. Thomas Eacott originally travelled to Western Australia as an indentured servant of Thomas Peel. Thomas Eacott like many of the early European settlers endured considerable hardship at the after arriving in the Swan River Colony.

Condition

Good.

Uses

Historic Themes

Creation Date

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