W.A. Heritage Trails Network

The W.A. Heritage Trails Network is a network of heritage trails and places in Western Australia that was initially funded by the Australian Commonwealth/State Bicentennial Commemorative Program for the 1988 Australian Bicentenary. In many cases local communities and councils collaborated with the National Trust of Australia (WA) to research and develop local trails.

The production of signage and literature for the 1988 celebrations set significant standards for heritage identification for the state of Western Australia.[1]

The network was overseen by the W.A. Heritage Committee at the time; the committee became the Heritage Council of Western Australia.[2][3][4]

The trails included walk trails, and others that spanned distances requiring a vehicle to traverse.[5]

The trails were grouped into regions - South Metropolitan and North Metropolitan in Perth, Midlands (including parts of the Wheatbelt region), South West and other regions of Western Australia.

Trails

• Albany Heritage Trail - titled First settlement Heritage Trail[6]
• Arthur Head Heritage Trail (Fremantle)[7]
• Augusta-Busselton Heritage Trail[8][9]
• Broome Heritage Trail[10]
• Bunbury Heritage Trail[11]
• Guildford to York Heritage Trail[12]
• Moora Heritage Trail[13]
• New Norcia Heritage Trail[14][15]
• Perth

• Central Perth Heritage Trail[16]
• East Perth Heritage Trail[16]
• Northbridge Heritage Trail[17]
• West Perth Heritage Trail[17]

• South coast Heritage Trail[18]
• Subiaco Heritage Trail[19][20][21]
• Swan River Heritage Trail[22]
• Swan Valley Heritage Trail[23]
• Toodyay Pioneer Heritage Trail[24]
• Yarloop Heritage Trail[25]
• York Heritage Trail[26]
• York to Goldfields Heritage Trail[27]

See also

• List of heritage buildings in Perth, Western Australia

References

1. Markwell, Kevin; Stevenson, Deborah; Rowe, David (2004), Footsteps and memories: interpreting an Australian urban landscape through thematic walking tours, Routledge, retrieved 6 November 2016 a later publication on the subject of heritage walking tours
2. Western Australian Heritage Committee (1988), A guide to the W. A. Heritage Trails Network, Western Australian Heritage Commission, retrieved 16 October 2016
3. Western Australian Heritage Committee (1985), Report on the activities of the Western Australian Heritage Committee, The Committee, retrieved 16 October 2016
4. Western Australian Heritage Committee (1987), Annual report, Western Australian Heritage Committee, ISSN 1031-2102
5. De Vos, Ainslie (1986), "Bicentennial brief. -New walks and drives through Western Australia's past-", This Australia, 5 (4): 54–56, retrieved 16 October 2016
6. Western Australian Heritage Committee (1988), First settlement heritage trail : settlement and development of the Albany district, W.A. Heritage Committee, retrieved 16 October 2016
7. Heritage Trails Network (W.A.); South Fremantle Senior High School; Heritage Trails Schools Program (W.A.) (1986), The Arthur Head Heritage Trail, W.A. Heritage Trails Network, retrieved 16 October 2016
8. Western Australian Heritage Committee (1988), Augusta-Busselton Heritage Trail : retracing the pioneer route from Augusta to the Vasse : a Commonwealth, W.A. Heritage Committee, retrieved 17 October 2016
9. Heritage Trails Network (W.A.); Heritage Council of Western Australia (1999), Heritage Trail, Augusta-Busselton : retracing the pioneer route from Augusta to the Vasse, Heritage Council of Western Australia, retrieved 17 October 2016
10. Heritage Trails Network (W.A.); Heritage Council of Western Australia; Western Australian Heritage Committee (1988), Broome Heritage Trail : settlement and development of the North West's major pearling port, Heritage Council of W.A, retrieved 16 October 2016
11. "Western Australian Heritage Trails Network" (PDF). State Library of Western Australia. J S Battye Library of West Australian History Collection PR12454. Perth. 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
12. National Trust of Australia (W.A.); Heritage Trails Network (W.A.); Heritage Council of Western Australia (1988), Guildford to York Heritage Trail, Heritage Council of W.A, retrieved 17 October 2016
13. Western Australian Heritage Committee (1988), Moora Heritage Trail : a Commonwealth/State Bicentennial Project, Western Australian Heritage Committee, retrieved 17 October 2016
14. Western Australia. Heritage Trails Secretariat (1986), New Norcia Heritage Trail : the development of the Benedictine settlement at New Norcia, Western Australia, Heritage Trails Secretariat, Western Australian Heritage Committee, retrieved 17 October 2016
15. Heritage Trails Network (W.A.); Heritage Council of Western Australia (1999), Heritage Trail, New Norcia : the development of the Benedictine settlement at New Norcia, Western Australia, Heritage Council of Western Australia, retrieved 17 October 2016
16. Heritage Council of Western Australia (1988), Perth heritage trails : settlement and development of the City of Perth. 1., Central Perth Heritage Trail; 2. East Perth Heritage Trail, Western Australian Heritage Committee], retrieved 16 October 2016
17. Heritage Council of Western Australia (1988), Perth heritage trails : settlement and development of the City of Perth. 1., Northbridge Heritage Trail; 2. West Perth Heritage Trail, Western Australian Heritage Committee], retrieved 16 October 2016
18. two titles: Rugged mountains, jewelled sea : the south coast heritage trail network Explore the living history of the south coast from Eucla to Albany Sandiford, Libby; Western Australia. Department of Conservation and Land Management; Western Australian Heritage Committee; Sandiford, Libby; Western Australia. Dept. of Conservation and Land Management (1988), Rugged mountains, jewelled sea : the south coast heritage trail network, Dept. of Conservation and Land Management, ISBN 978-0-7309-2510-1
19. Western Australian Heritage Committee (1988), Subiaco heritage trails, Western Australian Heritage Commission, retrieved 17 October 2016
20. Western Australian Heritage Committee (1988), Subiaco Heritage Trails : development of an early inner city municipality. 1. Subiaco Heritage Trail. 2. Jolimont Heritage Trail : a Commonwealth/State Bicentennial Project, W.A. Heritage Committee, retrieved 17 October 2016
21. Heritage Council of Western Australia; Heritage Trails Network (W.A.) (1988), Subiaco heritage trails : development of an early inner city municipality - 1. Shenton Park Heritage Trail. 2. Foreshore Heritage Trail, Heritage Council of WA, retrieved 17 October 2016
22. [1] Swan River Heritage Trail in PDF format
23. Western Australian Heritage Committee (1988), Swan Valley Heritage Trail : settlement of the Swan River Valley, Western Australia :Commonwealth/State Bicentennial Project, W.A. Heritage Committee, retrieved 16 October 2016
24. Heritage Council of Western Australia (1988), Toodyay Pioneer Heritage Trail : early settlement of Toodyay in the Avon Valley, Western Australia : a Commonwealth/State Bicentennial Project, Heritage Council of W.A, retrieved 17 October 2016
25. Western Australian Heritage Committee; Heritage Trails Network (W.A.) (1988), Yarloop Heritage Trail : a Commonwealth/State bicentennial project, Western Australian Heritage Committee, retrieved 16 October 2016
26. Heritage Council of Western Australia; Heritage Trails Network (W.A.); National Trust of Australia (W.A.); Western Australian Heritage Committee (1988), York Heritage Trail : settlement and development of Western Australia's oldest inland town, Heritage Council of W.A, retrieved 16 October 2016
27. Western Australian Heritage Committee (1988), York to goldfields heritage trail : retracing the original route to the, Western Australian Heritage Commission, retrieved 17 October 2016