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19th century limestone walls and steps 1n Fremantle I
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CITY OF FREMANTLE
HERITAGE REPORT ON: 19TH CENTURY LIMESTONE WALLS AND STEPS IN FREMANTLE
AUGUST 1986
J RESEARCHER:
t
I I I I
SILVARA GRASSADONIA
laOVERNMENT NOTICE.
(cuncluded)
s" r11~9ur
( ;,merar. 0 ffic~ Pert!,, April 18th, 1833.
REGULATIONS TO 'rowN AND SUBURIIAN ALLOTMENTS IN \V1::STI\RN Atrs·raALIA RKLATIV&
CONDITIONS
RELATIVE FREl\fANTLE
Anide 1.
The occupant many Allobneot, not
~
TO
Special Iota are granted aubject to the
COO•
lleing a lpeaiallot, will be ~uirecl to end build- wtion ol erecting upon each • building of the value mptbereoctto \he value of £ l 00. ai !Nit, withia, of at le.u&£i00., within two yean frum the date o( the licenN of occupation; auch building to have ... J..Z &om&he dale~ -.igumemol,uolaAu. a (~ade occonllngto une of the Plans in the SurI. Buil~ or party wal11may be erecied oa veyor Generar, Qffic,t, ur acconling to auch other •1 panol an allotment •aituate bil&weenMarb&• plan u may be 1ub\1Uttedby the applicant., and ..,_ and Arthut'1 Head. providaclao portioll of approved by tbe local Govemment. ~ ltNduN fll'OjllMbeyond \be ~ limi&I Ci. Suburbaa Iota are granted aubjed to the cif• lol. •• condition ol building on and improving each to the 3. High-1treet to baH Corty·fee\~ way, value of at leut .(:.?O0. within I yean from the and ten feet for two (ooi-pa~ of five feet eacb. date oCthe licenM to oecupy. Clifr, Mouat. H•ry and l'abnbam•ttreet.lo '1. The conaerva&.ion of weroads, ~• or have thirty Coctcarriaa• way, anJ ten feet for two plantation, .-ill be committal to the charge of the Commi.,ionen of Lands, who will aaeea on ea.oh Coot-p&Llas. The allo&menta '-nning the S. W. aide o( Mar- bouae iLI proportion of the••~ ket-1lreel &o have a width of G!J~ feet ; and the s. Theem:tiooel•~ aDll uaifonn .... boJden of all uae loll Lhu, increaacJ in 1iu, be- or wall around each "Ju.are of houaeawill be Jitween l\lark.et•1treet and Arthur'• Jlead, with the rectal by the Cornnuaaionen ol Landi, and__ the eaception of those on Sbon-1trect and aucla u are whole ,~penae be divided between the liouan ci>m: n•~t to North and South Bay,, are &o build upon priaed within the tquare ; the oumer houaee being the ectr. of the atreet Pu which they are ,itl.laled c~lewith a ~ proportion than t.ha others. one ot the iollowing ,tructura, IJefore the 1K 4y 9. Party wall. or feacee between Iota are, in al July, I b3.&, namely,ca.. of reference. to be erected aoconling to the Uou1e-wall, of atone, with Cront to the atreet. direction o( the Coanniaaionen. wllo will.indicate Parapet wall, of •tone, 3 (eet at leut in heiah&. the pn,pon.ionof tbe expenae&o be boroe by eacb Venndah, open or cl0te, with pillan of wooJ or bouae. atone. •.. 10. Penoaa requiring •tone (or building, or for •Duon, gateway• or enlnlncea u convenient.. other ~• withindie Colony, are permitted to 4. On every iot not included in the preced1n1t take it from Anbur', Head, and from the reeen·e U'licle, the bou,e i, to 1tand on the middle line- uf between Canknment road and Higb-,treet. in aa allotment, and it.afront to be at &bedi1iance of rear of tbe iolaS-l8, I.e. 11. All comer houaea &o b,ne douLltt fron~ 1e11feet from &he'''"' front of 1u,:h allotment. whether erectedon ,pecial allotmffltl or otbeN·iae.
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TOWN OF MOSMAN PARK
CITY
OF
PHASE IV
FREMANTLE 1890-
1913
INDIAN
TOWN OF EAST FREMANTLE
CITY OF ~IELVII
OCEAN
TOWN OF COCKBURN
____________________
,..
.
~
HERITAGE
REPORT
ON
19TH
CENTURY
STEPS
As an approach more as
to
this
comprehensive
a city
people
and to
understanding buildings
I
started
to
this
governed
of
get
a better
Fremantle
but
as
information
is
how the
people
either
through
seemed
to
and
not
a space
get
history
Fremantle, investments,
social
AND
just
where about
history.
of
capital
research
up of
live
WALLS
FRBMAIITLB
made
Fremantle's
Part
IR
LIMESTONE
disconcern
and
who
public
express
unawareness
have
off ices
the about
or
more
general
the
city
heritage.
The "gold better
rush"
future,
to create
In the flats
that
recent replaced
in
the
city
cultural
background,
examples
of
materials.
society
though
a new idea
more
"lumps"
times
poor
stretched
destroying
towards
the
old,
of
life
and
60's
the
supermarkets
older
urban
buildings
design. they imagination,
was capable
design.
and blocks
appear
Expressing sometimes quality
an even
of
almost a lack
become
like of
painful!
design
and
- 2 -
Since
the
beginning
recognised the
worth
National
an effort
of
town's
the
general
that
to
the
preserve
go to
preserve,
the
create
the
more
disconnected
the
in
with
extensively
a future
parts
as
the
part
with to other
helped
could
be of plan
and
if
and of
me
use
to
projected
and pieces
readjust
or delapidated
is
together
environment,
itself
by
Council them
all
buildings
design
listed
importance
with
research
information
urban
City
restore
of
This
been
This,
unity
together
townscape, possible
and
a
a direction.
buildings,
have
heritage.
as
some basic
some
Fremantle
acknowledgement
elements
give
70' s
preserved,
cultural
buildings
take
the
and to
consider
to
r
being
Trust
making the
of
or
of
the
where
reconnect
townscape.
'
~:;
h
~
t;
I
recorded
in
the
"City
Scheme' No. 3" (scale . walls cliffs retaining image
a_.nd steps and
other walls,
of the
as
of
1/2000) well
as
surroundings
the
19th
everything
undated that
Fremantle
existing
could
give
Town Planning century else, limestone
a more
and landscape.
limestone like
rock and
comprehensive
- 3 -
In the
Town Planning
limeston~ marked
walls more
chain
that
recent
from
individual
In order
to
each
Heritage
the
of
going
from
1829 to
west
by the
ocean,
Ocean
Christina
and
cover
IV that
have
different the
town
end
of
the
20th
east
has the
by East
and
itself.
area
city
North
the
of time
just
to
slips
which
to
the
1980
Scheme No. the
from
short
give
an
phases
idea
and show into
the
of
phases
on (limited boundaries, Fremantle, the I,
1829 to
account
3
different
into
I work
by
through
developing
in
appi-oximately
a very
research
an
Fremantle
north
here
been
Fremantle
divided
The area
a lapse
phases
take
where are
In an
not
as a reference
illustrates
the
compiled
town
of a
town.
"Town Planning
1980.
Parade) of
in
development
Road
deveropment
I
actual
differently
still
to
Architecture",
Fremantle
by
give
I took
and
stages
south
but
publication:
History
new can
original
links
the
a character
research,
Council
and
old
the
broken
together
other and
with
like
pull old
define
this
lay
still
marked
together
ones,
flavour
confine
steps
continuum
anything
City
and
could
harmonious
Scheme map the
of
II,
III
1914.
these
how and
when
how naturally
the
early
beginning
of
century.
~
- 4 -
PHASE I
(1829
Corresponds their
-
to
area
the
and
from
seemed
effort
of
and
Probably
to
the
to
as
and
unifying,
of
and the sides
in
to
are
introduced
with
date~'April
18th
1833 about
the
.~
of
erection square will the
stone
3 feet
of proper of
houses.
have
a long
town.
at
uniform This term
need
least
looking
the
the
main
anxious
assert
values
a
the
divine and
sandy
Government
construction in
means
soil, Notice
of parapet
height
and
or
walls
around
with
other
fences
together
effect
West-end
church of
to
contain
• regulations
walls
are
"new land".
to the
necessity
lots
the
symbolize
reassuring
transport
out
in
and
approved.
jail
society
settlers
town
settled
opposite
express
a forming
human law
of control
of the
free
first
boundaries
points
street
first
patterns
townsite
other
of the when the
street
the
each
times
arrival
The two focal
)
the
servants
released,
at
1849)
on the
visual
the each
regulations character
of
- 5 -
In the
early
days
this
garden
w~lls
surrounded
generated the
lots
wide
areas
where
before
the
houses
the were
built.
PHASE II
(1850
The need
for
the
convicts
the
resident
convict street
- 1870)
working and their
Hampton
Road
gravity
of
not
always
in
the the the
destined
landmarks
in
Street
to
the
of
up
Warehousing construction settlement
Street, changes
limestone
townscape,
Road
still
the
the
behind
the
spread
around
South
Bay
of
bridge
in North
Fremantle.
in
of
gives
also
system
{if
emotionally most
obvious
intact.
from lots
scarp
the
Street,
centre
occurred
residential
the
present
walls
largely
allotments and
of
by the
and
one of
to
in a few years,
new development
become
5 acre
territory
Holdsworth
aesthetically
to
the
defined
Road)
consistent
Douro
established
site
This
most
town
The establishment
Alma
town.
the
doubling,
Henderson
and
agreaple)
"Subdivision
guards
(39 acres
system
Fremantle
opens
population.
depot
to
hands
South
were
prison". and
1866 encouraged
the further
- 6 -
PHASE III
"The
(1870
1870's
-
1890)
were
more
intensification
The
town
rather
plan
Fremantle
Rocky
Bay.
was
in
Hall
in
At the becoming
building
f.
growing
out
subdivided
"garden"
walls
the stone
of
the in
High
I don't after
part of
Carrington
into
lots
new expensive
1880's,
of parapet
expansion
city".
to
railway
up as the
Victorian.
become
of the
Street.
around
line
to
was
and imposing
powerful
Town
expression
of a
was on its
way to
society.
end of the
by-laws
further
L
expansion
east
of the
1887 stands
confident
consolidation,
1880.
The construction
i,;
of
Fremantle/Perth/Guildford
constructed
have
period
than
extended
North
The
a
city the
the
Street have
any
1830 ones walls.
style we still
connected
These of
knowledge
seem anyhow
building find
new residential
to
and
with
a few limestone areas.
of the to the
- 7 -
PHASE IV (1890
With ten
- 1914)
the
development
years
between
1891
town made another
In the
ngold End area,
look
and most
still
"In
of into
city,
the
of
rapid
south".
"Houses
"Between
South
begun
"In
-
eastern
1901
the
white
of
capital
the
to
"modern"
of
the the
14.700).
to
lost
washed
in
population
5.600
rebuilt,
its
goldfields
(from
abundance
intact
the
the
jump
largely
largely
spite
big
rush"
West
transformed
of
its
invest,
the
country
limestone
Victorian
town
walls city
to be
which
is
today.
1880's
subdivisions
expansion were
of
housing
built
all
and
Douro
Street
to
the
the
took
of the
place
way to
Road,
east
to
the
Douro
Road".
Beaconsfield
had
to ·~ ..... move eastwards".
1905 a tram
service
foot
of
High
Street
East
Fremantle
and
Fremantle
was built-
was introduced to
South
Marmion in
running
Fremantle,
Street.
from
the
Beaconsfield,
A branch
to
North
1908".
--.,
- 8 -
The phase
IV marks
Fremantle
and
a moment
as a ftmodern"
By 1914 river
Beaconsfield
built
the
characterization
was
highly
Phillimore
the
1890 's
upon
of the
as
larger
New houses line
and
whole
of
developed.
Street
on
hilly
City the
of
place
On the
was rapidly
Fremantle
north
as
lots
have
been
been
built
old
filled
like
many others
steps
and
proximity
of
ground
a wide
rock
cliff
the
river,
Road.
the
in
in
of
make
an
upon.
railway
Bay.
Fremantle,
that
built
the
Rocky
collection faces
being
By 1914 many and
west
around
This
because of
particularly always
of
parade
streets
of
Fremantle
and the
end
of phase
in
the
point
-
the
great
-
war
with
its
marks IV.
of
retention
changing
townscape.
The beg inning
turning
steadily
subdivided to
high
has
was
Leslie
the
ground,
inte~,:sting
North
far
have
area,
walls, the
of
of
new buildings.
Through
the
development
city.
frontage,
with
a strong
soldier's a historical
in
- 9 -
I stopped
my research
1904 and
1914.
caused
by
This
the
information
(here
.
annexed)
as
Sewerage (scale are
40 feet
retaining
walls
inspected
stone
sewerage
1 inch)
areas,
1913 for
particularly
1938-39.
and
steps. to
or
to
the
Fremantle important
I have
retaining
with
areas. in
area
the
North each
fences, of these
been
maps
and
marking not
existing
West and
This
of
all
recorded
across.
compare
South
a few
maps have
walls
the
the
maps
existence
showing
191 O for
ones
help
their
IV map
(only
walls,
the
I was coming
maps
1908
These
With
time
phase
the
garden
verify
garden
dated
as
same
so far
are
North
date well
for
is
district
mostly
except
as
suitable find
dated
the
Metropolitan
Fremantle
1914)
maps
field,
and
the
North
in
is
involved
my research
At the
other
exist
area
between
difference
for
sites
condition.
span
to
The
that
marked
I could
seem
phase,
on the
1 911 and area
The only
time
that
and
-
building
on the
year
this
as marked
Fremantle
1907,
the
end of
same
a base
Fremantle
I
the
available. the
used
ten
gaps
approximately
I
at
the
results
End and 1904
double
North
buildings,
for
on the Central
the
check
Fremantle
Eastern has
been
area.
I I I I
t I I I I I
- 10 -
Here, hold
the
only
of,
maps showing
~ere
Looking
too
the
Library
as much visual
original
appearance
that
parapet
to
have
been
stones
height)
with
The more
recent
stones
with
sometimes
the
different
than
this
report
and
( even
Library about
to
the
realise
1830 and to
the
1914 seem
when they
have
seem to be made of compact
1000
and
at
if
because
seem wood
pillars
2000
times
to
mm.
going
average
on a slope
be mostly
fences with
or
to
with
position,
or
intervals
analysis
cases
Battye
I came
according
tops
at
as possible
between
walls
walls
square
Some walls
get
to another.
iron
regular
closer
styles
the
walls
built
rounded
height
at
walls
these
( between
from one
at
information
The older
rubble
I could
collection
partially
of
different
built.
photograph
and
to get
the
walls,
recent.
through
Fremantle
"garden"
as
styles
top
differently
on either
connect
the
made
the
sides times
of of
would
require
are
plastered
of
cut
part
and
shaped
tops
the
gates.
A
construction much more time
allows.
most
steps
we can they
be are
sure recorded
of
their on the
and
in
some
original old
maps)
in
I
I I I
-
Here, hold
the
only
of,
too
the
Library as
and
original
appearance
that
parapet
to
have
been
built. stones
height)
with
The more
recent
with
sometimes
or
different
than
this
report
Some walls
and
( even
if
because
seem
pillars
to
and
to
mm.
the
realise seem
1914
they
be made
going
the
about
when
2000
times
to
have
of compact average
on a slope
be mostly
fences with
or
to
the
get
Library
1830 and
seem to
at
wood
intervals
with
position,
tops
Battye
I came
according
1000
at
as possible
between
walls
walls
square
analysis
I could
to another.
iron
at .cegular closer
styles
the
walls
built
rounded
height
cases
walls
these
{between
from one
at
information
The older
rubble
walls,
collection
partially
of
different
stones
photograph
much visual
the
"garden"
recent.
through
Fremantle to get
maps showing
~ere
Looking
10 -
as
styles
the
top
differently
on either
connect
the
made
sides times
would
require
are
plastered
cut
part
and
shaped
tops
of- the of
of
gates.
A
construction much more time
allows.
most
steps
we can they
be are
sure recorded
of
their on the
and
in
some
original old
maps)
in
-
absence
of
old
impossibl~ changed
to and
also
actual
condition
walls
*
"Heritage
)
;
I
can
the
phrases History
or
with
In all a report
taken
and their
All
out
how.
I have
photographs
photographs
find
make as accurate
11 -
drawings,
certainty
this
I have
some of the
also
give
different
in and
they
have
been
made an effort
to
as possible.
a few photographs of
if
is
it
some
walls idea
as a record
of
and steps. of
the
the These
variety
of
environment.
inverted Architecture"
commas are (see
quoted
from:
bibliography)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
City
of
Fremantle
"Heritage Architect
Town Planning
History and Nov. 1980
Architecture"
Fremantle Preservation March 1971 Fremantle
I I I
Change
- City
The Fremantle Sept. 1975
McK Campbell
Prison
Fremantl.e Recorded
R.
Building
in
by
-
3 McK Campbell
of
Fremantle
Development in association Sept. 1974
Architecture Nov. 1973
I
for
- R.
Maunsell & Partners Fty Ltd R. McK Campbell - Architect
The Evan Davies July 1975
l
and
Guidelines
Scheme No.
- R.
Fremantle
McK Campbell
( 1875
and Rottnest the Nationai
-
Buildings Trust
with
1915)
-
Architect
- Architect
Warren
Kerr
Classified and & Marie Cownie
- Stewart
1978
The Historic Ken Jackson
Port 19 81
City
Frernantle Architecture Anne Maria Ludicke
of
Fremantle
Conservation
- A Visitor's
and
Guide
Restoration
-I ~
-
BIBLIOGRAPHY
City
of
Fremantle
"Heritage Architect
Town Planning
History and Nov. 1980
Architecture"
Fremantle Preservation March 1971 Fremantle
f
Guidelines
Scheme No.
and
for
- R.
Change
The Fremantle Sept. 197 5
McK Campbell
-
R.
Building
Architecture Nov. 1973 c-
Fremantle
Fremantle Recorded 1978
in
- R.
Port 1981
City
Fremantle Architecture Anne Maria Ludicke
McK Campbell
(1875
and Rottnest by the National
The Historic Ken Jackson
of
Fremantle
Development in association Sept. 1974
The Evan Davies July 1975
McK Campbell
- City
Maunsell & Partners Pty Ltd R. McK Campbell - Architect Prison
3
-
1915)
with
-
Architect
- Architect
Warren
Kerr
Buildings Classified and Trust - Stewart & Marie Cownie
of
Fremantle
Conservation
- A Visitor's
and
Restoration
Guide
I I
-I I
I
I I
MAP LIST
METROPOLITAN SEWERAGE Fremantle inch)
North
Fremantle
PWD WA (dated
between
1907
Sheet
From 2003
2069 2123,
No's: -
and
2070; From 2124, 2153
{Microfilm
2072
available
at
District
feet
-
to
2065; 2109,
& 1942)
to 2010; to 2100; the
(40
Water
From 2013 2103,
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