W.A. Heritage Trails Network

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The W.A. Heritage Trails Network is a network of heritage trails and places in Western Australia that was initially funded by the Australian Commonwealth/State Bicentennial Commemorative Program for the 1988 Australian Bicentenary. In many cases local communities and councils collaborated with the National Trust of Australia (WA) to research and develop local trails.

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The production of signage and literature for the 1988 celebrations set significant standards for heritage identification for the state of Western Australia. [1]

The network was overseen by the W.A. Heritage Committee at the time; the committee became the Heritage Council of Western Australia. [2] [3] [4]

The trails included walk trails, and others that spanned distances requiring a vehicle to traverse. [5]

The trails were grouped into regions - South Metropolitan and North Metropolitan in Perth, Midlands (including parts of the Wheatbelt region), South West and other regions of Western Australia.

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References

  1. ↑ Markwell, Kevin; Stevenson, Deborah; Rowe, David (2004), Footsteps and memories: interpreting an Australian urban landscape through thematic walking tours, Routledge, retrieved 6 November 2016 a later publication on the subject of heritage walking tours
  2. ↑ Western Australian Heritage Committee (1988), A guide to the W. A. Heritage Trails Network, Western Australian Heritage Commission, retrieved 16 October 2016
  3. ↑ Western Australian Heritage Committee (1985), Report on the activities of the Western Australian Heritage Committee, The Committee, retrieved 16 October 2016
  4. ↑ Western Australian Heritage Committee (1987), Annual report, Western Australian Heritage Committee, ISSN   1031-2102
  5. ↑ De Vos, Ainslie (1986), "Bicentennial brief. -New walks and drives through Western Australia's past-", This Australia, 5 (4): 54–56, retrieved 16 October 2016
  6. ↑ Western Australian Heritage Committee (1988), First settlement heritage trail : settlement and development of the Albany district, W.A. Heritage Committee, retrieved 16 October 2016
  7. ↑ Heritage Trails Network (W.A.); South Fremantle Senior High School; Heritage Trails Schools Program (W.A.) (1986), The Arthur Head Heritage Trail, W.A. Heritage Trails Network, retrieved 16 October 2016
  8. ↑ Western Australian Heritage Committee (1988), Augusta-Busselton Heritage Trail : retracing the pioneer route from Augusta to the Vasse : a Commonwealth, W.A. Heritage Committee, retrieved 17 October 2016
  9. ↑ Heritage Trails Network (W.A.); Heritage Council of Western Australia (1999), Heritage Trail, Augusta-Busselton : retracing the pioneer route from Augusta to the Vasse, Heritage Council of Western Australia, retrieved 17 October 2016
  10. ↑ Heritage Trails Network (W.A.); Heritage Council of Western Australia; Western Australian Heritage Committee (1988), Broome Heritage Trail : settlement and development of the North West's major pearling port, Heritage Council of W.A, retrieved 16 October 2016
  11. ↑ "Western Australian Heritage Trails Network" (PDF). State Library of Western Australia . J S Battye Library of West Australian History Collection PR12454. Perth. 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
  12. ↑ National Trust of Australia (W.A.); Heritage Trails Network (W.A.); Heritage Council of Western Australia (1988), Guildford to York Heritage Trail, Heritage Council of W.A, retrieved 17 October 2016
  13. ↑ Western Australian Heritage Committee (1988), Moora Heritage Trail : a Commonwealth/State Bicentennial Project, Western Australian Heritage Committee, retrieved 17 October 2016
  14. ↑ Western Australia. Heritage Trails Secretariat (1986), New Norcia Heritage Trail : the development of the Benedictine settlement at New Norcia, Western Australia, Heritage Trails Secretariat, Western Australian Heritage Committee, retrieved 17 October 2016
  15. ↑ Heritage Trails Network (W.A.); Heritage Council of Western Australia (1999), Heritage Trail, New Norcia : the development of the Benedictine settlement at New Norcia, Western Australia, Heritage Council of Western Australia, retrieved 17 October 2016
  16. 1 2 Heritage Council of Western Australia (1988), Perth heritage trails : settlement and development of the City of Perth. 1., Central Perth Heritage Trail; 2. East Perth Heritage Trail, Western Australian Heritage Committee], retrieved 16 October 2016
  17. 1 2 Heritage Council of Western Australia (1988), Perth heritage trails : settlement and development of the City of Perth. 1., Northbridge Heritage Trail; 2. West Perth Heritage Trail, Western Australian Heritage Committee], retrieved 16 October 2016
  18. ↑ two titles: Rugged mountains, jewelled sea : the south coast heritage trail networkExplore the living history of the south coast from Eucla to AlbanySandiford, Libby; Western Australia. Department of Conservation and Land Management; Western Australian Heritage Committee; Sandiford, Libby; Western Australia. Dept. of Conservation and Land Management (1988), Rugged mountains, jewelled sea : the south coast heritage trail network, Dept. of Conservation and Land Management, ISBN   978-0-7309-2510-1
  19. ↑ Western Australian Heritage Committee (1988), Subiaco heritage trails, Western Australian Heritage Commission, retrieved 17 October 2016
  20. ↑ Western Australian Heritage Committee (1988), Subiaco Heritage Trails : development of an early inner city municipality. 1. Subiaco Heritage Trail. 2. Jolimont Heritage Trail : a Commonwealth/State Bicentennial Project, W.A. Heritage Committee, retrieved 17 October 2016
  21. ↑ Heritage Council of Western Australia; Heritage Trails Network (W.A.) (1988), Subiaco heritage trails : development of an early inner city municipality - 1. Shenton Park Heritage Trail. 2. Foreshore Heritage Trail, Heritage Council of WA, retrieved 17 October 2016
  22. ↑ Swan River Heritage Trail in PDF format
  23. ↑ Western Australian Heritage Committee (1988), Swan Valley Heritage Trail : settlement of the Swan River Valley, Western Australia :Commonwealth/State Bicentennial Project, W.A. Heritage Committee, retrieved 16 October 2016
  24. ↑ Heritage Council of Western Australia (1988), Toodyay Pioneer Heritage Trail : early settlement of Toodyay in the Avon Valley, Western Australia : a Commonwealth/State Bicentennial Project, Heritage Council of W.A, retrieved 17 October 2016
  25. ↑ Western Australian Heritage Committee; Heritage Trails Network (W.A.) (1988), Yarloop Heritage Trail : a Commonwealth/State bicentennial project, Western Australian Heritage Committee, retrieved 16 October 2016
  26. ↑ Heritage Council of Western Australia; Heritage Trails Network (W.A.); National Trust of Australia (W.A.); Western Australian Heritage Committee (1988), York Heritage Trail : settlement and development of Western Australia's oldest inland town, Heritage Council of W.A, retrieved 16 October 2016
  27. ↑ Western Australian Heritage Committee (1988), York to goldfields heritage trail : retracing the original route to the, Western Australian Heritage Commission, retrieved 17 October 2016
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