List of State Register of Heritage Places in the City of Karratha

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The State Register of Heritage Places is maintained by the Heritage Council of Western Australia. As of 2021 ^[update] , 122 places are heritage-listed in the City of Karratha, ^[1] of which 29 are on the State Register of Heritage Places. ^[2]

List

The Western Australian State Register of Heritage Places, as of 2021 ^[update] , lists the following 29 state registered places within the City of Karratha:

Place name	Place #	Location	Suburb or town	Co-ordinates	Built	State registered	Notes	Photo
Cossack Town Site Precinct	3239		Cossack	20°40′48″S117°11′24″E / 20.68000°S 117.19000°E / -20.68000; 117.19000 (Cossack Town Site Precinct)	1870	21 April 2006	Also referred to as Tien Tsin, Port Walcott and Butcher's Inlet Western Australia's first pearling port, established in 1863 and a staging post during the gold rushes of the 1880s
Cossack School (Ruins)	3230	47 Perseverance Street	Cossack	20°40′50″S117°11′06″E / 20.68056°S 117.18500°E / -20.68056; 117.18500 (Cossack School)	1896	24 March 1992	A typical government building of the late 1800s
Cossack Cemetery	3232	Lots 422-423 Settlers Beach Road	Cossack	20°40′27″S117°11′35″E / 20.67417°S 117.19306°E / -20.67417; 117.19306 (Cossack Cemetery)		24 March 1992	An historically cemetery which includes a Japanese section
Customs House & Bond Store	2345	Lot 442 Pearl Street	Cossack	20°40′44″S117°11′20″E / 20.67889°S 117.18889°E / -20.67889; 117.18889 (Customs House & Bond Store)	1895	24 March 1992	Designed by George Temple-Poole, built of local field stone Became "The Strand" cafe in 1927, later used as a munitions store and a holiday house
Galbraith's Store	2344	Lot 444 Pearl Street	Cossack	20°40′40″S117°11′16″E / 20.67778°S 117.18778°E / -20.67778; 117.18778 (Galbraith's Store)	1890	24 March 1992	A large stone warehouse-store, re-roofed with corrugated metal sheeting
Jarman Island Lighthouse & Quarters	2337	Jarman Island	Cossack	20°39′31″S117°13′02″E / 20.65861°S 117.21722°E / -20.65861; 117.21722 (Jarman Island Lighthouse)	1888	12 May 2000	Consists of the lighthouse and the ruined keepers quarters
Jarman Island Lighthouse	25070	Jarman Island	Cossack	20°39′28″S117°13′03″E / 20.65778°S 117.21750°E / -20.65778; 117.21750 (Jarman Island Lighthouse)			Part of Jarman Island Lighthouse & Quarters Precinct (2337) A typical of cast iron towers of the late nineteenth century
Jarman Island Quarters	25071		Cossack	20°39′31″S117°13′02″E / 20.65861°S 117.21722°E / -20.65861; 117.21722 (Jarman Island Quarters)			Part of Jarman Island Lighthouse & Quarters Precinct (2337) Designed by George Temple-Poole, now a ruin
Land Backed Wharf	3231	Lot 446 Cossack Road	Cossack	20°40′47″S117°11′20″E / 20.67972°S 117.18889°E / -20.67972; 117.18889 (Land Backed Wharf)	1894	24 March 1992	Constructed of stone
The Old Court House	2346	Lots 106-107 Pearl Street	Cossack	20°40′41″S117°11′18″E / 20.67806°S 117.18833°E / -20.67806; 117.18833 (The Old Court House)	1885	24 March 1992	A stone building with a metal roof and large masonry piers supporting a verandah on all four sides
Police Quarters, Lockup & Service Buildings	3229	between Perseverance Street & Cossack Road	Cossack	20°40′43″S117°11′21″E / 20.67861°S 117.18917°E / -20.67861; 117.18917 (Police Quarters)	1890	24 March 1992	Complex consists of a single storey building constructed of stone with metal roof, the Police Quarters, Lockup, Cookhouse and toilets
Cookhouse	4018	Perseverance Street	Cossack	20°40′43″S117°11′21″E / 20.67861°S 117.18917°E / -20.67861; 117.18917 (Cookhouse)	1898		Part of Police Quarters, Lockup & Service Buildings Precinct (3229)
Three Toilets	4019	Perseverance Street	Cossack	20°40′43″S117°11′21″E / 20.67861°S 117.18917°E / -20.67861; 117.18917 (Three Toilets)	1898		Part of Police Quarters, Lockup & Service Buildings Precinct (3229)
Post and Telegraph Office	2347	Corner Pearl & Perseverance Street	Cossack	20°40′43.1″S117°11′19.7″E / 20.678639°S 117.188806°E / -20.678639; 117.188806 (Post and Telegraph Office)	1884	24 March 1992	The oldest building in town, two-storeyed, with a metal roof and was constructed from local shell limestone
Kitchen	4016	Corner Pearl Street & The Strand	Cossack	20°40′43″S117°11′20″E / 20.67861°S 117.18889°E / -20.67861; 117.18889 (Kitchen)	1884		Part of Post and Telegraph Office Precinct (2347)
Service Building	4017	Corner Pearl Street & The Strand	Cossack	20°40′43″S117°11′20″E / 20.67861°S 117.18889°E / -20.67861; 117.18889 (Service Building)	1884		Part of Post and Telegraph Office Precinct (2347)
Registrar's Office and Residence	3233	Pearl Street	Cossack	20°40′45″S117°11′19″E / 20.67917°S 117.18861°E / -20.67917; 117.18861 (Registrar's Office and Residence)	1895	24 March 1992	Also referred to as North-West Mercantile Store and Office (former)
Mercantile Store (ruins)	8675		Cossack	20°40′45″S117°11′19″E / 20.67917°S 117.18861°E / -20.67917; 117.18861 (Mercantile Store)	1895		Part of Registrar's Office and Residence Precinct (3233) Also referred to as North West Mercantile Store
Cooya Pooya Station	3376	35 km South of Roebourne	Cooya Pooya	21°02′02″S117°08′20″E / 21.03389°S 117.13889°E / -21.03389; 117.13889 (Cooya Pooya Station)	1882	2 September 1998	Also referred to as Cooapooey, Lockyer Station and Table Hill Station Homestead with stone walls, surrounding verandahs, an example of North-West vernacular architecture The freestone shearers’ kitchen building is an exceptional example of stone construction
Roebourne Police Station, Gaol & Court House Precinct	2319	Bounded by Queen, Hampton & Victoria Street and Carnarvon Terrace	Roebourne	20°46′40″S117°08′40″E / 20.77778°S 117.14444°E / -20.77778; 117.14444 (Roebourne Police Station, Gaol & Court House Precinct)	1886	20 October 1995	A rare example of a complex where a police station, court house and gaol are contained upon the one site
Roebourne Courthouse	25072	Lot 785 Queen Street	Roebourne	20°46′42″S117°08′38″E / 20.77833°S 117.14389°E / -20.77833; 117.14389 (Roebourne Courthouse)	1886		Part of Roebourne Police Station, Gaol & Court House Precinct (2319) The oldest functioning court house in Western Australia
Roebourne Gaol	25074	786 Carnarvon Terrace	Roebourne	20°46′43″S117°08′40″E / 20.77861°S 117.14444°E / -20.77861; 117.14444 (Roebourne Gaol)	1896		Part of Roebourne Police Station, Gaol & Court House Precinct (2319)
Roebourne Police Station (1896)	25073	Lot 785 Queen Street	Roebourne	20°46′40″S117°08′43″E / 20.77778°S 117.14528°E / -20.77778; 117.14528 (Roebourne Police Station)	1896		Part of Roebourne Police Station, Gaol & Court House Precinct (2319)
Dalgety House	13254	48 Roe Street	Roebourne	20°46′30″S117°08′47″E / 20.77500°S 117.14639°E / -20.77500; 117.14639 (Dalgety House)	1892	11 August 2009	A single-storey timber framed, corrugated iron clad residence in the North-West vernacular style Associated with pastoral and agricultural company Dalgety & Co.
Holy Trinity Anglican Church	2332	Hampton Street	Roebourne	20°46′49″S117°08′39″E / 20.78028°S 117.14417°E / -20.78028; 117.14417 (Holy Trinity Anglican Church)	1895	29 September 1998	Built in vernacular style, with Victorian Romanesque elements Oldest church in the Pilbara district and the only stone church in the region
Roebourne Hospital Group	2339	51-61 Hampton Street	Roebourne	20°46′35″S117°08′38″E / 20.77639°S 117.14389°E / -20.77639; 117.14389 (Roebourne Hospital Group)	1887	30 June 2014	Also referred to as West Pilbara Health Service The second purpose-built public hospital to be constructed in Western Australia The first, and one of the few surviving, Bungalow Hospitals in Western Australia One of George Temple-Poole's earliest design works
Mount Welcome House	2343	64 Hampton Road	Roebourne	20°46′41″S117°08′35″E / 20.77806°S 117.14306°E / -20.77806; 117.14306 (Mount Welcome House)	1864	31 October 1998	A good example of North-West vernacular architecture
Roebourne Primary School & Quarters (former)	2341	54 Hampton Street	Roebourne	20°46′34″S117°08′35″E / 20.77611°S 117.14306°E / -20.77611; 117.14306 (Roebourne Primary School & Quarters)	1891	30 August 2002	Also referred to as Yaadina Babies and Children's Centre The first school opened in northern Western Australia and the oldest extant school building in the region
Roebourne Post Office	2334	69 Sholl Street	Roebourne	20°46′34″S117°08′43″E / 20.77611°S 117.14528°E / -20.77611; 117.14528 (Roebourne Post Office)	1887	2 September 1998	An early work of George Temple-Poole

References

1. "City of Karratha Heritage Places". inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
2. "City of Karratha State Register of Heritage Places". inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 12 March 2021.