On Australia Day in January 2001, visitors to the area will witness the opening of the Scarborough / Trigg Heritage Track on Scarborough Beach. City of Stirling Mayor, Tony Vallelonga, will officially open the track as part of Centenary of Federation celebrations.
 
Jobs West, a local employment and training organisation, has been granted Centenary of Federation funding for this Heritage Track.
If anyone has stories or historical information they would like to contribute to the project, or if your business or organisation would like to be a sponsor of the project, please contact :
Kym Wilson
Jobs West
251 Balcatta Road,
BALCATTA WA 6021
Ph: (08) 9240 9976
Fax: (08) 9240 9966
kwilson@jobswest.com.au
 

Groups currently involved
in the project are:
  1. Friends of Trigg Bushland
     
  2. Edith Cowan University
     
  3. City of Stirling
     
  4. St Mary's Anglican School
     
  5. Servite College
     
  6. Work for the Dole participants
     
  7. Scarborough Beach Rotary Club
    Marmion Marine
Park adjoins the
northern end of
the proposed
Heritage Track
Trigg Island
is part of the
proposed
Heritage Track
This is the site of
traditional
Aboriginal fish
traps at Trigg
Trigg Island Café
is one of the
tourist facilities
at the northern
end of the track
Trigg Bushland
has only
regulatory
signage
at present
The proposed
interpretive
signage/tile posts
would be placed
on the existing
walk track
 
 The Scarborough / Trigg Heritage Track commemorates the past 100 years use of the Scarborough / Trigg area, from traditional aboriginal use through to present day use by people of many cultural backgrounds.
On January 1st, 1901, the six Colonies of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia joined together, becoming States in the new Nation of the Commonwealth of Australia.
The track will feature historical sites of interest, and will retell stories remembered by local residents.
These points will be marked with interpretative signage, and the full story for each point will be related in a supporting brochure.
The artwork for the brochure is currently being developed by a Year 11 Art class at St Mary's Anglican School, which is in the Trigg Bushland.

Overview of the Project
    The project will:
  1. Collate existing historical data and materials (to ensure the project complements and incorporates previous historical research).
  2. Research and record the social and environmental history of the Scarborough - Trigg coastal area, using oral history techniques.
  3. Design and develop interpretative signage and artwork for the beach front area at Scarborough and the Trigg Bushland reserve as part of a guided tourist walk.
  4. Design and publish a tourist brochure based on the interpretative signage and artworks for the guided walk.
  5. Develop a Web page outline of the project and its progress - eventually resulting in a comprehensive web page outlining the project in its entirety.
  6. Launch the brochure and open the track on Australia Day 2001.