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LOCATION
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Address Royal Circus ROBE
Locality
Accuracy L - low level confidence
Council Area Robe Council
Polygon Type B - Building footprint
DESCRIPTION
Details (Known As) Royal Circus and Seawall, including remains of slipway and Chinese Memorial
Registered Name Royal Circus and Seawall Historic Site
Significance The Royal Circus and Seawall Historic Site at Robe demonstrates the early development of regional ports and townships in South Australia and the role such places played in supporting the expansion of government administration in the mid-nineteenth century and growth of primary industry, transport and migration. The site also has particularly strong associations for the Chinese-Australian community. Over 16,000 Chinese migrants arrived at or near the Royal Circus before walking to the Victorian goldfields in the 1850s. A Chinese Memorial, built in the 1980s, commemorates the arrival and enduring association Chinese-Australians have with Robe.
Subject Index Transport (Water) - Breakwater; Transport (Water) - Slipway; Monuments and memorials - Memorial - Built/Statue/Plaque/Tree
Class State
STATUS
Status Code REG - Confirmed as a State Heritage Place in the SA Heritage Register
Status Date 08-NOV-1984
REFERENCE
LGA Robe
State Heritage ID 12547
Heritage Number 16463
SECTION 16 INFORMATION
Section 16
PLAN PARCEL & TITLE
As listed in the SA Heritage Register
Plan Parcel & Title Information CT 0000/0000,CR 6157/820 H441800 S528,CR 5753/660 D33446 A3,CR 5654/311 H441800 S648

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