Rous Head Harbour in 2015
Rous Head Harbour in 2015

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 located in Rous Head Harbour, and a boat maintenance area in the harbour.

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 current plan was adopted.[3][4][5]

It currently has a network of roads, Port Beach Road being the main access road, with it extending into Rudderhan Drive, and Rous Head Road to the Rous Head Harbour and Ferry Terminal.

North Mole road goes all the way to the North Mole Lighthouse, leaves Rudderham and travels on the breakwater between the ocean and the Rous Head Harbour to the north mole.

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 & Commercial News. Perth, WA. 18 July 1866. p. 3. Retrieved 7 February 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  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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