Bus tour of historic sites in the Swan Valley
Come on a bus tour to visit historic sites in the Swan Valley. Archaeologist Doctor Shane Burke will tell us about sites including All Saints Church in Henley Brook, Cruse's Mill at Belhus, and Yagan Memorial Park in Upper Swan. Map references will be provided.
Archaelogist Dr. Shane Burke takes us on a tour in the Swan Valley, where we visit three sites. At All Saints Church in Henley Brook, he describes the landscape, and points out the left bank of the Swan River, where James Stirling and others camped in March 1827.
We travel on to Yagan’s Memorial, a hugely significant site for reconcilliation between white and black Australians. The memorial also highlights the conflict that existed in the Swan district between the land’s owners and white occupiers in the first years of settlement.
Finally we visit Cruse’s Mill, a wonderful example of an early colonial period landscape. The land was owned by George Leake and leased to Henry Bull. From 1837, the site of a grain mill operated by one of Henry Bull’s servants, William Cruse.