Drummond Cove (Drummond Cove)
Drummond Cove is a coastal town located 12 km north of Geraldton, Western Australia in the local government area of the City of Greater Geraldton. The locality was gazetted in 1985.
The area at Drummond Cove was home to Aboriginal people and is part of the Yamatji Country of Western Australia. The bay was initially known as Smugglers Cove due to its use for the illegal export of sandalwood, shipped from there to evade the Government royalty of £1/10/0 per ton.
In 1851 William Burges, Resident Magistrate at Champion Bay (Geraldton), promoted Drummond Cove as a port because of the availability of water, access to inland towns and stable foreshore. However the shallow cove was rocky and unsuitable for shipping, and Geraldton was chosen as the main settlement. Also in 1851, John Nicol Drummond, who was First Constable of Native Police of Western Australia in the Champion Bay area, acquired land next to the police reserve in the area. Over the next few years, he acquired additional adjoining land.
On 19 February 1852 he married Mary Shaw of Belvoir, Upper Swan and subsequently built a stone and thatch cottage where they lived for a number of years. The bay was renamed Drummond's Cove.
In the 1930s, Macedonian families moved into the area and established tomato gardens along the side of Chapman Road
In the early 1940s, cray fishermen began arriving for the fishing season. They built shacks overlooking the cove.
In 1950, the Upper Chapman Road Board resumed 30 acres of land surrounding the cove from White Peak Station, as a beach camping site. The board created 24 cottage blocks along the beachfront. The blocks were leased and by 1964, when the Shire of Greenough acquired the land a small community had been established. Leases were extended from 3 years, to 10 years, to 21 years, promoting further development.
Eventually, most leaseholders were granted freehold title to the land. In 2016, all land between Whitehill Road and the shore reverted to the Crown as "foreshore reserve" and all houses there were demolished or moved.
The area at Drummond Cove was home to Aboriginal people and is part of the Yamatji Country of Western Australia. The bay was initially known as Smugglers Cove due to its use for the illegal export of sandalwood, shipped from there to evade the Government royalty of £1/10/0 per ton.
In 1851 William Burges, Resident Magistrate at Champion Bay (Geraldton), promoted Drummond Cove as a port because of the availability of water, access to inland towns and stable foreshore. However the shallow cove was rocky and unsuitable for shipping, and Geraldton was chosen as the main settlement. Also in 1851, John Nicol Drummond, who was First Constable of Native Police of Western Australia in the Champion Bay area, acquired land next to the police reserve in the area. Over the next few years, he acquired additional adjoining land.
On 19 February 1852 he married Mary Shaw of Belvoir, Upper Swan and subsequently built a stone and thatch cottage where they lived for a number of years. The bay was renamed Drummond's Cove.
In the 1930s, Macedonian families moved into the area and established tomato gardens along the side of Chapman Road
In the early 1940s, cray fishermen began arriving for the fishing season. They built shacks overlooking the cove.
In 1950, the Upper Chapman Road Board resumed 30 acres of land surrounding the cove from White Peak Station, as a beach camping site. The board created 24 cottage blocks along the beachfront. The blocks were leased and by 1964, when the Shire of Greenough acquired the land a small community had been established. Leases were extended from 3 years, to 10 years, to 21 years, promoting further development.
Eventually, most leaseholders were granted freehold title to the land. In 2016, all land between Whitehill Road and the shore reverted to the Crown as "foreshore reserve" and all houses there were demolished or moved.
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The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approximately 65,000 years ago, during the last ice age. Arriving by sea, they settled the continent and had formed approximately 250 distinct language groups by the time of European settlement, maintaining some of the longest known continuing artistic and religious traditions in the world. Australia's written history commenced with the European maritime exploration of Australia. The Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon was the first known European to reach Australia, in 1606. In 1770, the British explorer James Cook mapped and claimed the east coast of Australia for Great Britain, and the First Fleet of British ships arrived at Sydney in 1788 to establish the penal colony of New South Wales. The European population grew in subsequent decades, and by the end of the 1850s gold rush, most of the continent had been explored by European settlers and an additional five self-governing British colonies established. Democratic parliaments were gradually established through the 19th century, culminating with a vote for the federation of the six colonies and foundation of the Commonwealth of Australia on 1 January 1901. Australia has since maintained a stable liberal democratic political system and wealthy market economy.
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| AUD | Australian dollar | $ | 2 |
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