Rous Head

Rous Head is a reclaimed seabed area, which is utilised as a service industrial area. It includes a small harbour area that is located on the north side of the North Mole at Fremantle Harbour.

It has a Rottnest Island ferry service jetty, and boat maintenance areas.

Original

The original Rous Head was a feature on the coastline before the changes at the harbour area.[1]

In the 1860s, the head was the natural point of reference to the bar and rock that blocked the river for any possible usage as a harbour.[2]

Land fill

Various schemes and plans were put forward before the result of its current condition.[3][4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Rous Head, site of present North Wharf, Fremantle, 1900, retrieved 7 February 2016
  2. ↑ "THE NEW CHANNEL AT THE BAR NEAR ROUS' HEAD.". The Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth, WA : 1855 - 1901). Perth, WA: National Library of Australia. 18 July 1866. p. 3. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  3. ↑ Western Australia. Fremantle Port Authority (1995), Proposed seawall & land reclamation to extend Rous Head, Fremantle : proposed change to environmental conditions, The Authority, retrieved 7 February 2016
  4. ↑ Western Australia. Environmental Protection Authority; Western Australia. Fremantle Port Authority (1995), Seawall and land reclamation to extend Rous Head, Fremantle : change to environmental conditions : Fremantle Port Authority : report and recommendations of the Environmental Protection Authority, The Authority, ISBN 978-0-7309-5717-1
  5. ↑ Sinclair Knight Merz (Firm); Western Australia. Environmental Protection Authority; Fremantle Ports (2009), Fremantle Port inner harbour & channel deepening, reclamation at Rous Head and offshore placement of dredged material public environmental review, Sinclair Knight Merz, retrieved 7 February 2016
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