Wallaroo Customs House erected 1862–1866 by builder David Bower. Yorke Peninsula
Erected 1862–1866 the Customs House was built by David Bower: a residence was also built.
The House is listed in the South Australian Heritage Register.
The Customs House was built of limestone with expressed quoins.
Windows are symmetrically located around the central axis and are double hung. Blind windows repeat the form.
A rendered cornice mould projects from the gable parapet and conceals the corrugated iron roof beyond.
The customs house was built at Wallaroo shortly after copper was discovered nearby at the Wallaroo Mines.
David Bower was the builder. He had established a business in Wallaroo in the early 1860s and developed a monopoly on the timber trade on Yorke Peninsula. He supplied the copper mines and his building contracts included the Wallaroo Police Station.
The copper discovery precipitated a shipping industry, continuing today.
In the period 1862 to 1927 three jetties were constructed. Wallaroo became the destination for many vessels from around the world. Coastal vessels also used the port. Ref: Yorke Peninsula Heritage Survey 1997 and Bailliere’s South Australian Gazetteer of 1866.
This property is in private ownership.
Wallaroo Customs House erected 1862–1866 by builder David Bower. Yorke Peninsula
Erected 1862–1866 the Customs House was built by David Bower: a residence was also built.
The House is listed in the South Australian Heritage Register.
The Customs House was built of limestone with expressed quoins.
Windows are symmetrically located around the central axis and are double hung. Blind windows repeat the form.
A rendered cornice mould projects from the gable parapet and conceals the corrugated iron roof beyond.
The customs house was built at Wallaroo shortly after copper was discovered nearby at the Wallaroo Mines.
David Bower was the builder. He had established a business in Wallaroo in the early 1860s and developed a monopoly on the timber trade on Yorke Peninsula. He supplied the copper mines and his building contracts included the Wallaroo Police Station.
The copper discovery precipitated a shipping industry, continuing today.
In the period 1862 to 1927 three jetties were constructed. Wallaroo became the destination for many vessels from around the world. Coastal vessels also used the port. Ref: Yorke Peninsula Heritage Survey 1997 and Bailliere’s South Australian Gazetteer of 1866.
This property is in private ownership.