Convict built bridges, buildings and jetties

From Engineering Heritage Western Australia

Major Bridges constructed by convicts between 1860 and 1870 (as recorded in the 1870 Census)

River Length (feet) Region
Beverley 370 Wheatbelt
Beverley 400 Wheatbelt
Canning 408 Metropolitan Perth
Chapman 180 Mid West
Collie 1,068 South West
Donnelly 160 South West
Helena 1,610 Metropolitan Perth
Henty 210 South West
Molloy’s Cutting 150 South West
Preston 350 South West
Serpentine 240 Peel
Swan Fremantle 954 Metropolitan Perth
Swan Perth Causeway Bridge east channel 1,056 Metropolitan Perth
Swan Perth Causeway Bridge centre channel 270 Metropolitan Perth
Swan Perth Causeway Bridge west channel 443 Metropolitan Perth
Swan Causeway 2,340 Metropolitan Perth
Sabina 60 South West
Warren 220 South West

Public Buildings constructed by convicts

Location Buildings Region
Albany Lighthouses and quarters – Breaksea Island and Point King Great Southern
Courthouse
Post Office
Bond Store
Police Station and Gaol
Bunbury Courthouse South West
Bond Store
Police Quarters and Gaol
Champion Bay Police Buildings and Residences Mid West
Lighthouse (not completed)
Fremantle Boys’ School Metropolitan Perth
Commissariat and Bond Store
Lunatic Asylum
Powder Magazine and Guard Room
Water Police Barracks and Boathouse
Police Barracks
Guildford Courthouse and Bond Store Metropolitan Perth
Police Station
Perth Abattoir (Claisebrook) Metropolitan Perth
Boys’ School
Colonial Hospital
Government House and Stables
Police Buildings
Colonial Gaol
Poor House
Town Hall
Rottnest Island Governor’s Residence Metropolitan Perth
Pilot’s Quarters
Toodyay Police Station and Gaol Wheatbelt
York Police Station and Gaol Wheatbelt

Major Jetties constructed by convicts

Location Length (feet) Region
Albany 555 Great Southern
Bunbury 1,400 South West
Busselton 500 South West
Champion Bay 300 Mid West
Fremantle North Bay 208 Metropolitan Perth
Fremantle South Bay 470 Metropolitan Perth
North Fremantle 300 Metropolitan Perth

Reference:

The Convict Places of Western Australia, Martin Gibbs, published in Building a Colony, the Convict Legacy, Jacqui Sherriff and Anne Brake Editors, UWA Press 2006

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