Address & Contact
LOT 1 South Coast Highway
Coomalbidgup WA 6450
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Visitors are welcome to visit the
ruins, consisting of roofless
limestone walls, but access via
Fanny Cove Track is suitable only for high clearance four-wheel drive vehicles.In 1873, Alexander and
John Moir were granted a lease of 14,000 acres around
Stokes Inlet, extended by 57,000 acres in 1888. The Moirs established a
homestead near the eastern shore of the inlet and grazed sheep through the coastal vegetation, which they burned in patterns to provide fresh feed. They shipped their wool from nearby
Fanny Cove, together with valuable sandalwood they gathered from the surrounding country.A small area was cleared near the
homestead and first barley and then other grain crops were grown as feed for the stock. In the 1890s, the cove was used by miners going to the
Dundas and
Norseman goldfields.