Welcome to the Ravensthorpe Interpretive Centre
This Digital Archive is dedicated to capturing and preserving the narrative of Ravensthorpe and surounds, focusing on six pivotal themes that collectively define the essence of our town and communities.
Use the icons above to explore the these of Agriculture, The marine park, Indigenous culture & History, Wildflowers, The Biosphere and Mining and Resources.
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Mt Cattlin Mine
Mt Cattlin is a low-cost spodumene producer utilising conventional techniques to extract and process the resource. Mining of the relatively flat-lying pegmatite ore body at Mt Cattlin is carried out using excavator and truck operations, delivering ore to a crushing and dense medium separation gravity recovery circuit. Contractors are used...
Fitzgerald Biosphere Coast
The Fitzgerald Biosphere Coast is situated on the south-east coast of Western Australia, encompassing the three town centres of Hopetoun, Ravensthorpe, Munglinup and the farming community of Jerdacuttup. The region is located on the South Coast Highway 5 hours from Perth, two hours from Esperance and just 3 hours east...
Wildflower Drives and Walks
Ravensthorpe, Hopetoun and Munglinup Ravensthorpe, a geological and botanical bonanza, is situated 550km from Perth on South Coast Highway (Highway 1). Hopetoun 49km south is the eastern gateway to the Fitzgerald River National Park where 1800 species of flora have been documented with almost equal numbers in the Ravensthorpe Range....
Proposed south coast marine park
The proposed parks extend from Bremer Bay east to the South Australian border, and offshore to the limit of State waters. State waters around offshore islands are also included in the proposed marine parks. They are a key part of the State Government’s Plan for Our Parks initiative, which will increase WA’s...
Kukenarup Memorial
The Kukenarup Memorial is a memorial 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) west of Ravensthorpe, Western Australia that commemorates the killing of many Noongar people following the death of John Dunn, whose family had taken out a pastoral lease in the 1870s. Reports of the incidents vary. The Memorial to the historical...
Silo Art
It took 31 days, 338 litres of paint and countless trips up and down the silos in a knuckle boom for Fremantle-based, Dutch-born artist Amok Island to execute Six Stages of Banksia baxteri across three stout CBH Group silos, visible for miles around. The landscape around Ravensthorpe comes alive every spring with...