St Ronans Well Nature Reserve, Great Southern Hwy, York, Western Australia
Posted by: blingg
S 31° 53.146 E 116° 36.109
50J E 462342 N 6472156
The earliest well on the road from Perth to York
Waymark Code: WMWB8T
Location: Western Australia, Australia
Date Posted: 08/07/2017
Views: 1
St Ronans Well comprises a stone lined circular well (c.1832) that has overflowed to form a kidney shaped pool and a circular brick lined well (1862) built by convicts as a watering place for travellers along the York Rd.
The area around the well was used as a convict station in the 1860's.The surrounding nature reserve contains Wandoo trees, acacia bushes and low scrub.
List: Register of the National Estate
Place ID: 10032
Place File No: 5/07/121/0026
URL database reference: [Web Link]
Status:
Registered
Year built: c1830 , c1860
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