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

The State Register of Heritage Places is maintained by the Heritage Council of Western Australia. , 122 places are heritage-listed in the City of Karratha, of which 30 are on the State Register of Heritage Places.

List The Western Australian State Register of Heritage Places, , lists the following 30 state registered places within the City of Karratha: Place namePlace #LocationSuburb or townCo-ordinatesBuiltStateregisteredNotesPhotoCossack Town Site PrecinctCossack187021 April 2006Also 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 1880sCossack School (Ruins)47 Perseverance StreetCossack189624 March 1992A typical government building of the late 1800s Cossack CemeteryLots 422-423 Settlers Beach RoadCossack24 March 1992An historically cemetery which includes a Japanese sectionCustoms House & Bond StoreLot 442 Pearl StreetCossack189524 March 1992Designed by George Temple-Poole, built of local field stone Became "The Strand" cafe in 1927, later used as a munitions store and a holiday houseGalbraith's StoreLot 444 Pearl StreetCossack189024 March 1992A large stone warehouse-store, re-roofed with corrugated metal sheetingJarman Island Lighthouse & QuartersJarman IslandCossack188812 May 2000Consists of the lighthouse and the ruined keepers quartersJarman Island LighthouseJarman IslandCossackPart of Jarman Island Lighthouse & Quarters Precinct () A typical of cast iron towers of the late nineteenth century Jarman Island QuartersCossackPart of Jarman Island Lighthouse & Quarters Precinct () Designed by George Temple-Poole, now a ruinLand Backed Wharf Lot 446 Cossack RoadCossack189424 March 1992Constructed of stoneThe Old Court HouseLots 106-107 Pearl StreetCossack188524 March 1992A stone building with a metal roof and large masonry piers supporting a verandah on all four sidesPolice Quarters, Lockup & Service Buildingsbetween Perseverance Street & Cossack RoadCossack189024 March 1992Complex consists of a single storey building constructed of stone with metal roof, the Police Quarters, Lockup, Cookhouse and toiletsCookhousePerseverance StreetCossack1898Part of Police Quarters, Lockup & Service Buildings Precinct ()Three ToiletsPerseverance StreetCossack1898Part of Police Quarters, Lockup & Service Buildings Precinct ()Post and Telegraph Office Corner Pearl & Perseverance StreetCossack188424 March 1992The oldest building in town, two-storeyed, with a metal roof and was constructed from local shell limestoneKitchenCorner Pearl Street & The Strand Cossack1884Part of Post and Telegraph Office Precinct ()Service BuildingCorner Pearl Street & The Strand Cossack1884Part of Post and Telegraph Office Precinct ()Registrar's Office and ResidencePearl StreetCossack189524 March 1992Also referred to as North-West Mercantile Store and Office (former)Mercantile Store (ruins)Cossack1895Part of Registrar's Office and Residence Precinct () Also referred to as North West Mercantile StoreCooya Pooya Station35 km South of Roebourne Cooya Pooya18822 September 1998Also 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 constructionRoebourne Police Station, Gaol & Court House PrecinctBounded by Queen, Hampton & Victoria Street and Carnarvon TerraceRoebourne188620 October 1995A rare example of a complex where a police station, court house and gaol are contained upon the one siteRoebourne CourthouseLot 785 Queen StreetRoebourne1886Part of Roebourne Police Station, Gaol & Court House Precinct () The oldest functioning court house in Western AustraliaRoebourne Gaol786 Carnarvon TerraceRoebourne1896Part of Roebourne Police Station, Gaol & Court House Precinct ()Roebourne Police Station (1896)Lot 785 Queen StreetRoebourne1896Part of Roebourne Police Station, Gaol & Court House Precinct ()Dalgety House48 Roe StreetRoebourne189211 August 2009A 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 ChurchHampton StreetRoebourne189529 September 1998Built in vernacular style, with Victorian Romanesque elements Oldest church in the Pilbara district and the only stone church in the regionRoebourne Hospital Group51-61 Hampton StreetRoebourne188730 June 2014Also 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 worksMount Welcome House64 Hampton RoadRoebourne186431 October 1998A good example of North-West vernacular architectureRoebourne Primary School & Quarters (former)54 Hampton StreetRoebourne189130 August 2002Also 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 regionRoebourne Post Office69 Sholl StreetRoebourne18872 September 1998An early work of George Temple-Poole De Grey - Mullewa Stock Route No. 9701 Through Woodenooka & Tallering Peak from Mullewa 1870 7 December 2022 Also referred to as De Gray Mullewa Stock Route A 1,500 kilometre stock route from Mullewa to just east of the De Grey River, near Port Hedland

References

External links City of Karratha: Local heritage inventory