TURNER COTTAGE MASTERPLAN - Context & Strategic Design Directions September 2019 - Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale
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TURNER COTTAGE MASTERPLAN
Context & Strategic Design Directions
September 2019
VISION:
To provide a heritage gateway experience for visitors and locals that travel along the South Western Highway. The early settler gateway experience is heightened by a strong
row of large exotic deciduous trees that harken back to the early settler plantings that adorned early community and farmhouse buildings. Use of endemic local plantings within
both the Turner Cottage and Federation Parks will celebrate Serpentine’s unique sense of place, encourage local biodiversity, provide habitat and support waterwise goals.
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CONTEXT
LOCATION NYUNGAR CULTURAL HERITAGE
Turner Cottage is located within The area around Serpentine
the southern portion of Shire of are the traditional lands of the
Serpentine Jarrahdale on the South Aboriginal Southwest Nyungar
Western Highway 27km, 20mins Nations and specifically part of
drive south of Armidale (60km, the Pindjarup (Pinjareb or Binjareb)
50mins drive from Perth). The Nyungar language group. The South
Serpentine River runs east to west West Aboriginal Land and Sea
along the northern boundary. Council (SWALSC) - Southwest
Nyungar Settlement Agreement
acknowledges this area as part
of the larger Gnaala Karla Boodja
region referring to the Nyungar
language or dialectical groups of
the Binjareb/ Pinjarup, Wilman and
Ganeang.
Wedjellah and Nyungar – we are all
here together, this is our country,
Nyungar-Wedjellah.
We welcome you here to our
country, this is our Moort, you are
our Gnaala Moort – we are family,
we are one – that Moort means we
are one.
Nyungar Elder, Mrs Janet Hayden August
2012 www.Nyungarculture.org.au/gnaala-
karla-booja/ accessed 23 July 2019
Image 1. Pindjarup Language Group Area – part of Gnaarla Karla Boodja (SWALSC South
West Settlement Agreement to resolve native title claims). Source: http://www.boodjar.
sis.uwa.edu.au/language-region-pindjarup
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BARRAGUP MUNGAH famous for this and we still are –
we still do it.
In Gnaala Karla Booja the
Barragup mungah – fish weir on Nyungar Elder Harry Nannup 2012 www.
the Serpentine River has long Nyungarculture.org.au/gnaala-karla-booja/
been recognised by local Nyungar accessed 23 July 2019
people as amongst the most
important traditional meeting
places for Nyungar from the Swan, Recommend engagement with
Peel and Darling Ranges areas. local Nyungar families to gain
The Serpentine River is a place of cultural heritage knowledge of the
plenty where the surrounding hills Serpentine area. Nyungar Families
and wetlands of the coastal plain that live/speak for this area:
continue to provide fresh water, • Hill’s – Maitland Artist
fish, tortoises, lizards and birds. Dwellingup, Christine
• Thorn’s
… this country is our country, not • Walley’s – Richard Walley
one, not two but all of us that
are here today, this is our land • Nannup’s
and we can be proud of it. As a
child, I wondered all around these
waterways with my family, we
fished the area, we hunted, we
got berries and whatever else –
we survived where other people
couldn’t. We got used to other
people coming here from all other
country areas and we fed them
with fish because we knew how to
catch the fish. We became pretty
Image 2. Serpentine River. Source: Hesperian
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COLONIAL HERITAGE
O LD SE RP E N TI NE SET T LEM ENT STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
The immediate Serpentine Bridge The old townsite has a high degree The old townsite contains intact
precinct includes colonial heritage of cultural heritage significance, the key elements of a village
sites and buildings such as: having survived relatively centre of the late 1800s. These
intact and possessing a good include original settlers cottages
• Turner Cottage (1855)
representation of 19th Century flanking the main highway, old
• Serpentine Bridge Primary village life of a close-knit farming school, former teacher’s quarters,
School (1902) Old School community. church and the cemetery containing
House graves of early settlers. Old
Serpentine Settlement comprises
• Teacher’s Quarters (relocated
Turner Cottage (1856), Bishop
c.1927)
Hale’s Cottage (1864), Baldwin’s
• St Stephen’s Anglican Church Cottage (1871), Serpentine
(1913) Old Bridge School (1858), Old
• Bishop Hale’s Cottage (1864) Serpentine Cemetery (1907),
St Stephens Anglican Church
• Michael Bowman Park & (1913), Summerfield Cottage
Monument (1955 – accident) (1922), Teachers Quarters
• Baldwins Cottage (1856 (relocated c.1927), Serpentine
Circa) Road Bridge (1935), Serpentine
Falls Roadhouse (former Don
• Old Serpentine Cemetery
Ronzio’s tearooms, date unknown),
(1907)
a memorial to Clontarf student
• Summerfield Cottage (1922) Michael Bowman, and a portion of
the Serpentine River. It represents
an intact precinct which creates
a collective understanding of early
settlement life as experienced in
the southeast farming communities
of the Swan River Colony.
Image 3. St Stevens Church. Source: Shelley Young
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COLONIAL HISTORY Group Settlement in the 1920s, buildings,” Mr Lewis said.
The settlement originated in the new facilities such as shops and
1830s but was never gazetted a hotel were now being built near
“It operates as a museum and
as an official townsite. It was the railway, shifting the focus
tourist facility and has the
superseded by the new Serpentine away from the settlement at the
potential to form part of a
settlement after the opening of bridge area.
significant heritage conservation
the East Perth to Pinjarra railway area.”
line. Collectively, the place forms TURNER COTTAGE
a significant cultural environment,
Turner Cottage, Serpentine, to be The Minister said ticket-of-leave
which retains a high level of
given heritage listing - Thursday, man James Brown was the first
integrity and authenticity and
19 December 1996 (as reported) to settle the Serpentine River
illustrates the development of a
The State Government has moved property and the first cottage on
settlement over time. Settlers
to protect the heritage values of the site is believed to have been
arrived in the area in 1849 to
one of the pioneering buildings thatched in grass. Edward Turner
purchase farmland under the
of the Serpentine region. Historic and his wife Elizabeth moved on to
Government sponsored Immigration
Turner Cottage, built in about the property in the mid-1850s.
Scheme. The old Serpentine
1855, is to be placed on the In 1866, Turner was postmaster
townsite was centred at the point
Heritage Council of Western at Serpentine and grew wheat,
where the road crossed the river
Australia’s interim register of fruit, fodder and produced milk and
and therefore developed as an
heritage places. Heritage Minister butter. Edward died in 1873 at the
important stopping place for Cobb
Richard Lewis said Turner Cottage, age of 41. His widow continued on
& Co. coaches during the 1880s.
originally known as Bridge Farm, the farm on a subsistence basis
The opening of the railway in 1893
had important historic and and it was used as a changing
1.4 km west of the bridge marked
aesthetic qualities. station for the mail coach. The
the beginning of the demise of
this once busy townsite. Although family continued to operate the
the population of Serpentine grew “The cottage is nestled alongside postal service.
rapidly, particularly after the First the South West Highway among
World War and with the advent of a number of other heritage “ The Serpentine Bridge hamlet
Image 4. Turner Cottage. Source: UDLA
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was well placed for trade from the A single-storey brick and shingle
passing coaches until the railway farmhouse, Turner Cottage was
line was connected to Bunbury in built of on-site materials such as
1893 ,” Mr Lewis said. mud brick, sawn timbers and split
shingles. The walls are single leaf
clay brick bonded with river mud
“ The building is an important
outside and painted with lime. Mr
reminder of the beginnings of the
Lewis said Turner Cottage was a
postal and road transport service
reminder of the hardship endured
in rural WA.
by a pioneering family of the
Serpentine area.
“ It is also significant as a
demonstration of the type of
“ With its current use as a museum
subsistence farming that took
place in Serpentine in that era. ” and tourism facility, the cottage is
a major starting point for possible
Mr Lewis said Elizabeth Turner died
community involvement in a wider
in 1902 and the property passed
conservation area, ” he said.
to her son Harry, who struggled on
with farming until he died in 1945.
It was left to his son Claude, “It is a significant local heritage
who lived and worked elsewhere building and deserves the
and leased out the property. The protection of the State’s heritage
cottage fell into disrepair and at laws.”
one stage was condemned by the Media Statement: https://www.
local shire. mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/
Court/1996/12/Turner-Cottage,-
Serpentine,-to-be-given-heritage-listing.
Reconstruction began in 1978 and
aspx 19/12/96
the work was completed in 1980
and opened as a tourist facility.
Image 5. Old Bridge School.. Source: UDLA
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SERPENTINE OLD BRIDGE SCHOOL MICHAEL BOWMAN PARK & or that he had died without a BALDWIN’S COTTAGE (1856)
Just a little to the north of the MONUMENT (1955) family to mourn him and without Built in 1870s by Richard and
Serpentine River Bridge and to A monument commemorates his mate and twin brother. David Hannah Baldwin for their family
the east of the highway is this Michael Bowman, who was killed in fulfilled a lifelong dream when he (10 children) after purchasing
old school. This is the site of the a road crash. unveiled a marble memorial to his the property (16tia) in 1871. The
Serpentine Old Bridge School, 1858 best mate and all their friends cottage served as a Post Office
In December 1955, 53 youngsters
to 1954. This particular building at the site of the tragedy in and Staging Post between 1887
from Clontarf Boys Town were on
was erected in 1902 although Serpentine. - 1893 (taking over the business
their way to an annual Christmas
there were others (or another) holiday when their bus collided Source: 09-October-2015 – monuments originally at Turner’s cottage -
before this. In those days, the with a truck on the South Western Australia http://monumentaustralia.org. refer SJ34). With the opening of
South Western Highway was Highway, killing 12-year-old au/themes/people/tragedy/display/61129- the railway in 1893, the last Stage
known as the Bunbury Road. Photo Michael Bowman instantly and michael-bowman Coach ran through Serpentine in
- September 2012 Source: http://www. injuring 19 other boys in the April 1893. The Baldwin family
mingor.net/special-interests/schools.html horrific smash. Michael`s best and their descendants are the
mate David Crisp, who now lives longest resident in the Serpentine-
in Northam, and Michael`s twin Jarrahdale district. Richard
brother Richard Bowman had Baldwin was also Serpentine’s
missed the bus. The three boys first publican, operating a wayside
were orphans and had met when inn (south of Wellard Road) in the
they were babies at an orphanage 1890s.
in Swansea, Wales. They were Source: WA State Heritage Council http://
brought to Clontarf as child inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/Public/
migrants in 1952. Richard never Inventory/Details/245cbc3e-19a2-4fc4-
recovered from his twin brother`s 9de0-927c22a4af28
death and died in 1966. David
Crisp left Clontarf when he was 15
and became a successful shearer
throughout the wheatbelt. He
never forgot his best mate Michael
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THE SITE
PROPERTY STRATEGIC PLANNING CONTEXT farmland for future generations will The beauty of the natural
The property is rectangular in shape The Perth and Peel @ 3.5 Million continue to be an important asset environment should be preserved,
with a diagonal corner in the south document identifies strategic to the region .’. integrated and promoted
west allowing for a bend in the activity centres and growth 2016 SJ 2050 Visioning Framework The Darling Escarpment, State
South Western Highway including corridors. Serpentine is situated Forest and water bodies within
a Main Roads reserve. It is just outside the southern limits of the shire make the natural
SJ VALUES STATEMENT
approximately 2.5Ha in area, 200m the eastern growth corridor that environment a unique asset. The
length - north south and 110m wide terminates at the rural township What people value most about living community value the beauty of the
- east west. of Mundijong. Serpentine is located in the Shire. landscape and believe it requires
within the rural agricultural zone. proper integration into residential
OPPORTUNITIES ‘The country lifestyle and development. Proper conservation
The Hames Sharley SJ natural bushland’ efforts should be made as the
The property has prominent landscape offers an opportunity
north west corner views from 2050 Visioning Framework
to promote the shire as a ‘trails
the Highway. Its location on the acknowledges: The community most value the
hub’ while providing high quality
four-way intersection of Falls and relaxed country lifestyle
amenity and sense of place for local
Karnup Roads provides both an ‘ it will be important to define The shire residents enjoy a lifestyle residents.
invitation to the area’s natural development limits along the that is peaceful and quiet, they
environment to the east, and a eastern growth corridor as would like the tranquility of the
gateway to showcase the rural shire to be maintained as growth Strong sense of community is
proposed within the Perth and
village of Serpentine. The hub occurs. An element of this lifestyle maintained
Peel @3.5million - in order that
location also showcases the areas the shire preserves its distinctive is the neighbourly engagement Residents feel there is a strong
early settler heritage through a character and environmental that occurs, and the strong sense of community within the
myriad of early to mid 19th century qualities unique to the region .’ sense of community. The country shire. The community is close-
cottages, schools, churches lifestyle encompasses housing, knit and akin to a small country
And:
and associated agriculture and the natural environment, families community where neighbours are
landscape influences. It presents and community and should be friendly, and many tend to be family
a unique opportunity for nature ‘ …the shire benefits from its strategically retained and enhanced oriented. Many believe the shire
based tourism, set in an authentic close proximity to productive and for the community to maintain its encapsulates a ‘ family friendly
heritage context, which also valuable farmland. Maintaining unique way of life. lifestyle ’.
functions as a gateway into the access to fresh, locally grown
2016 SJ 2050 Visioning Framework
Shire from the south. food and preservation of the rural
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Key Serpe
ntine
Michael Bowman
Memorial 2 10.5.3 - attachment 1
River
2
1 Serpentine Southern Heritage Gateway Signage
Presentation of Serpentine township through an Deciduous pylons
experiential southern gateway that celebrates Nyungar and Feature
Tree
early farming settler heritage. Including signage, feature Gateway
tree planting, slow 60 km zone, pedestrian and cycle
amenity and open area for town interest display.
2 Serpentine Northern Heritage Gateway 3
BBQ
Picnic
Presentation of Serpentine township through an experiential Tables
northern gateway that showcases the Old Bridge School Pedestrian
bridge Old
and local river environment. Including signage, feature tree Barnyard (interpretation) Pedestrian Bridge
planting, 60 km zone, Michael Bowman Memorial and events underpass Primary
School
Federation Park, pedestrian and cycle amenity Bio
Toilets Nature
3 Pedestrian Bridge Access to Underpass Rest Creative 9 Play
Serpentine Rooms
Pedestrian bridge to provide easy access from Federation
lease Federation Park
Park to Turner Cottage Heritage Park. Provide Nyungar
tractor
museum
Heritage
9
interpretation at this location to connect with local river and (new building) 10 display BBQ
location stories, as appropriate. area
Serpentine
6 Picnic
Tables
Cultural
4 RV 24hr Rest Stop, Water & Dump Point Heritage
display
tractor
museum Tours
RV Stop to enable tourism activation and support for area
adaptive reuse of cottage and local emerging food and Turner
universal Cottage
beverage destination. access path
km)
Turner Cottage Roadside I
tine (60
Community coffee
5 Laterite Gravel Carpark Heritage Park stop 7
30 formal spaces
Serpen
2 formal caravan parks Market
open Space
10 RV parks lawn 8
area 5
6 Site Buildings
Information Centre
Serpentine Tractor Museum (Site Management) Bio BBQ
Cultural Tours
Se
Toilets Picnic Deciduous
Creative Lease Tables
rpe
Rest Feature
Rest Rooms Rooms 9 Tree
ntin
Gateway
Barnyard Events RV water
eR
& dump point
ive
7 Roadside Popup Coffee Signage
r
Opportunity for small popup coffee van to take advantage RV stop (24hrs)
1 pylons
of roadside customers and attract longer stay in heritage 4 Open area
park used for
Serpentine
display town
8 Serpentine Country Markets hydro-carbons treatment swale marketing &
promotion
Use of gravel hardstand / lawn area for markets
New
roundabout
9 Picnic Amenity and reduced
Picnic benches, BBQ’s, rest rooms, nature play by the river n60km speed
azoe
to encourage family day use
Serpentine (1.4km)
10 Serpentine Tractor Museum
Existing and new building including open air heritage
display and hardstand 0 10 20 30 50m
Scale 1:1000 (A4) N
VISION:
To provide a heritage gateway experience for visitors and locals that travel along the South Western Highway. The Turner Cottage Vision Plan
early settler gateway experience is heightened by a strong row of large exotic deciduous trees that harken back to Serpentine Heritage Gateway
the early settler plantings that adorned early community and farmhouse buildings. Use of endemic local plantings Ordinary 161
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Serpentine
V3: 10 SEP 2019 within both the Turner Cottage and Federation Parks will celebrate Serpentine’s unique sense of place, encourage
local biodiversity, provide habitat and support waterwise goals.
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1 & 2. ESTABLISH
H E R I TA G E G AT E WAY S
Formalised avenue Improved
Signify a country town gateway
Improved of Heritage Style signage
treatment, signifying to the traveler
signage trees Pedestrian
to slow down and anticipate a crossing points
changed environment as you enter Banner style
the town. events & Tractors/
wayfinding artwork Reduce
advertising speed to
on corner
Formalised exotic street tree 60km/h
planting within the precinct will help
celebrate the towns heritage and
form a more distinct center. This will
also help to shade the expansive
streetscape and create a more
welcoming environment for both
pedestrians and vehicles.
Tree planting along the highway
will serve as a natural traffic
calming device and encourage lower
speeds by creating both a sense of
enclosure and visual interest.
1 . S E R P E N T I N E S O U T H E R N H E R I TA G E G AT E WAY
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Entry sign Improved signage Formalised avenue of
& wayfinding Heritage Style trees
Improved access
& connections
2 . S E R P E N T I N E N O R T H E R N H E R I TA G E G AT E WAY
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A low cost pedestrian bridge shall
reconnect the Turner Cottage to
Bowman Park, creating a Heritage Trail
ending at the Old Bridge School. This
will be the safest route for pedestrians
crossing the river. The bridge will
connect to the South-West Highway
underpass on the northern side of
Serpentine River, allowing pedestrians
to cross the highway safely. The bridge
presents an opportunity for indigenous
interpretation of the river.
3. PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE TO UNDERPASS
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4. RV REST SITE AND 5. LATERITE GRAVEL 6. S I T E B U I L D I N G S
DUMP POINT CARPARK Street, Serpentine) This group could
Information Centre:
potentially manage the site.
RV rest site and dump point to be Low key local laterite gravel carpark to
located by to the west of the entrance, provide 30 formal car parks, 2 formal The Turner Cottage would serve as
a modest information centre where Cultural Tours:
away from buildings. A rest site within caravan parks and 10 RV parks. The
visitors can get information about the The existing wool shed could be used
the Serpentine precinct will attract mature existing trees are a feature of
town and its local attractions. as a base for Cultural Tours. Local
travelers into the town. the site, having a low impact treatment
artifacts and other significant items
such as gravel will minimise root
Serpentine Tractor Museum: could be on display here,
disturbance. This path would mostly
use already paved ground around The existing arts and crafts building
would serve well as a home for Creative Lease:
existing trees.
the Hugh Manning Tractor Museum If not used for other purposes this
(currently located on Wellard building could be leased out to a
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creative / local artist/s. 7. POP UP COFFEE 8. SERPENTINE COUNTRY 9.PICNIC AMENITY
Rest Rooms: MARKETS
A small space within the Turner The Serpentine Country Markets
Restrooms could be provided at the
Cottage lot has been allocated for a The Serpentine Country Markets happen on the first Sunday of every
rear of the property, adjacent the
pop up coffee vendor to operate during happen on the first Sunday of every Month (except October.) This is a
events space.
certain hours and for events. Month (except October.) This is a great use of the space, and should be
great use of the space, and should be encouraged to keep happening on this
Barnyard Events:
encouraged to keep happening on this site.
The existing buildings barnyard at
the rear of the property could be site.
used for events such as weddings
and functions. The open structure is
situated in a quiet area of the site
facing the Serpentine River.
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BIO-TOILETS
Composting toilets are suggested
as a more appropriate solution to
conventional toilets due to the
environmentally sensitive location
adjacent a river.
It is suggested 2 x men’s composting
toilets and 2 x women’s composting
toilets are contained in the ablution
block. These toilets will be the main
ablutions, close to the Tractor Museum
and events space. Composting toilets
systems require a 1m raised platform
for better circulation and easier
servicing. Suggested composting
toilets can be used for garden fertiliser
as part of the sustainable composting
process.
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