Statham's Quarry

Statham 's Quarry, also Darling Range Quarry and named after the 1920 Perth City Council 's Darling Range Quarry is a quarry in Western Australia, where the hard rock diabase was recovered. It is located within the small Gooseberry Hill National Park on the southern side of the outlet of the valley of the Helena River in the Swan Coastal Plain in Gooseberry Hill, a suburb of Perth. The quarry, which can be seen from the Ridge Hill Road from, located in the largest diabase incidence of this area.

History

The quarry was operated by Thomas Statham and William Burton from 1894 until the death of Statham in 1920. Subsequently, the Perth City Council, took over the operation of the quarry.

The Statham quarry is a rare example of a historic quarry in Western Australia. Have been preserved traces of the Australian quarrying the first quarter of the 20th century. Was used for the Diabasgestein paving and curbs on the streets of Perth. Similarly, the stones at the City Beach come from here. Earlier led to quarry the Kalamunda Zig Zag, a secondary line of the Upper Darling Range Railway, which in 1949 closed down operations.

Another diabase quarry is the Government Quarry in Boya, now called Hudman Road Quarry, located on the border with Darlington. A lying in Glen Forrest deposits of clay is also called Statham. The tone of this deposit was used for the production of bricks. The quarry area is prone to bushfires.

Current usage

Today the quarry is sporty used for climbing and rappelling in and entertain to do so by the Department of Environment and Conservation. The quarry in the immediate vicinity of Perth is known as a safe and conveniently accessible climbing.