List of heritage places in the Shire of Shark Bay

The State Register of Heritage Places is maintained by the Heritage Council of Western Australia. As of 2024, 53 places are heritage-listed in the Shire of Shark Bay,[1] of which three are on the State Register of Heritage Places, all on Dirk Hartog Island.[2]

List edit

State Register of Heritage Places edit

The Western Australian State Register of Heritage Places, as of 2024, lists the following state registered places within the Shire of Shark Bay:

Place name Place # Location Suburb or town Co-ordinates Built State
registered
Notes Photo
Cape Inscription Lighthouse & Quarters 3261 Cape Inscription Dirk Hartog Island 25°28′55″S 112°58′19″E / 25.481919°S 112.971985°E / -25.481919; 112.971985 (Cape Inscription Lighthouse & Quarters) 1910 30 August 2001
  • Consists of a concrete lighthouse tower, quarters and outbuildings
  • Includes the following State Heritage listed-child places:
    • Cape Inscription Landing Site (23848)
    • Cape Inscription Lighthouse & Buildings (24591)
 
Cape Inscription Landing Site 23848 Cape Inscription Dirk Hartog Island 25°28′57″S 112°58′23″E / 25.482433°S 112.973007°E / -25.482433; 112.973007 (Cape Inscription Landing Site) 1616
Cape Inscription Lighthouse & Buildings 24591 Cape Inscription Dirk Hartog Island 25°28′57″S 112°58′20″E / 25.482494°S 112.972097°E / -25.482494; 112.972097 (Cape Inscription Lighthouse & Buildings) 1910

Shire of Shark Bay heritage-listed places edit

The following places are heritage listed in the Shire of Shark Bay but are not State registered:

Place name Place # Street # Street name Suburb or town Notes & former names Photo
Denham Post Office (former) 2367 10 Denham Road Denham Shark Bay Secondary Education Group Building, Police Station, Lock-up & Stables
Denham Townsite Buildings 2369 Denham Townsite
Pioneer Museum 2370 Nanga Streetation Shark Bay former Shark Bay Road Boards Office
Peron Homestead 3606 Francois Peron National Park Shark Bay  
Wolgedda Pioneer Cottage 4053 Nanga Station Shark Bay
Dirk Hartog Island 7402 Dirk Hartog Island  
Shark Bay Primary School 11704 39 Hughes Street Denham
St Andrew's Anglican Church 11705 35 Hughes Street Denham
Old Hospital 11706 29 Hughes Street Denham Hospital
Shark Bay Shire Office 11707 42 Hughes Street Denham Townsite
Pioneer Park & Denham War memorial 11708 86 Hughes Street Denham
Poland House 11709 125 Knight Terrace Denham
Standring House 11711 53 Knight Terrace Denham
Pearl Buyer's Cottage 11712 39 Knight Terrace Denham
Bassett House 11713 31 Knight Terrace Denham
Ronberg House 11714 29 Knight Terrace Denham
Ma Fletcher's Cottage 11715 25 Knight Terrace Denham
Jetty at Denham Townsite 11716 Between Brockman & Durlacher Streets, off Knight Terrace Denham Townsite Shark's Bay Jetty, Original Jetty  
Winship House 11717 4 Mainland Street Denham Townsite
Shark Bay Road Board Office (former) 11718 9 Francis Road Denham
Denham Cemetery 11719 Denham-Hamelin Road Denham Townsite
Hamelin Pool Post Office, Post Master's Qtrs & Telegraph Station (former) 11720 Lot 50 Hamelin Pool Road Shark Bay Flint Cliff Telegraph Station  
Grave of Onslow Thomas Carmody 11722 Lot 346 Hamelin Pool Road Shark Bay  
Flagpole 11723 Lot 346 Hamelin Pool Road Shark Bay  
Shell Quarry 11724 Lot 55 Hamelin Pool Road Shark Bay  
Point Petit Bore 11725 Point Petit Shark Bay
L'Haridon Bight Shell Spits 11726 L'Haridon Bight Shark Bay
Hamelin Station Homestead & Outbuildings 11727 220 Shark Bay Road Hamelin Pool
Carrarang Homestead 11728 Lot 3090 Useless Loop Road Carrarang
Carrarang Lifeboat (ruins) 11729 Carrarang Peninsula Shark Bay
Tamala Homestead, Outbuildings and Cottage Ruins 11730 Off Useless Loop Road Shark Bay
40 Mile Water Shed 11731 Off Denham-Overlander Road Shark Bay
Canning Factory Site 11732 Herald Bight Shark Bay
Monkey Mia Grave Site 11733 Monkey Mia Shark Bay
Denham-Hamelin Pool Telegraph Line 11734 Off Denham-Overlander Road Shark Bay
Nanga No.1 Bore 11735 Nanga Streetation Shark Bay
Shipwrecks 11736 various locations Shark Bay
Pearl Camps - site 11927 Shark Bay
Dirk Hartog Island Station 11928 Dirk Hartog Island, Shark Bay Denham
Peron No. 1 Bore 11929 Peron Streetation Shark Bay  
Shark Bay Area 12412 Shark Bay Denham Includes Bernier Island, Dorre Island, Shark Bay Area, includes Dirk Hartog Island, the Peron Peninsula and Freycinet Estuary
Shark Bay Honour Roll, foyer Heritage Resort 14094 Knights Terrace Denham
Denham/Shark Bay Fire Station 14495 Dampier Road Denham
Uranie Land Camp 15268 Peron Peninsula Shark Bay
Shark Bay Police Station 17384 Main Road Shark Bay Shark Bay Police Station (Denham)
Police Lock-up, Shark Bay 17472 6 Denham Hamelin Road Denham Shark Bay Secondary Education Group
Gudrun Shipwreck 18646 Shark Bay  
Sandy Point Compound, Dirk Hartog Island 19831 Sandy Point Dirk Hartog Island Sandy Wells
Former Post Master's Quarters 23885 Hamelin Pool Shark Bay  
Former Hamelin Pool Post & Telegraph Station 24478 Hamelin Pool Shark Bay Shark Bay Flint Cliff Telegraph Station  

References edit

  1. ^ "Shire of Shark Bay Heritage Places". inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Shire of Shark Bay State Register of Heritage Places". inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 2 March 2024.