Quinns Rocks
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Quinns Rocks Perth, Western Australia |
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Quinns Road heading towards the Indian Ocean
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 Quinns Rocks
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| Coordinates | 31°40′16″S 115°41′53″E / 31.671°S 115.698°ECoordinates: 31°40′16″S 115°41′53″E / 31.671°S 115.698°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 8,902 (2011 census) | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 2,318.2/km2 (6,004/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1962 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 6030 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 3.84 km2 (1.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 38 km (24 mi) NNW of Perth | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Wanneroo | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Mindarie | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Pearce | ||||||||||||||
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Quinns Rocks is an outer coastal suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located 38 kilometres north of Perth's central business district. It is part of the City of Wanneroo local government area. The suburb was formerly established in 1962 as a rural townsite, focused around Quinns Beach, the area's main amenity.
Quinns Rocks is bounded by Mindarie to the south (Quinns Road), Merriwa and Butler to the east (Marmion Avenue) and Jindalee to the north (Hampshire Drive). West is the Indian Ocean and the coastline of Quinns Beach, which straddles the whole length of the suburb.
The suburb takes its name from the offshore reef first noted during a coastline traverse by Assistant Surveyor James Cowle in 1867. Cowle was continuing a survey begun by Robert Quin, who had reached a spot about 4 kilometres south-east of the rocks in 1866. Although the modern-day name is spelt with a double 'n', the rocks are thought to have been named after Quin, who emigrated to Western Australia in 1863, where he was appointed as an Assistant Surveyor on his arrival. He occupied this position for 22 years, carrying out most of his surveys in the Gingin-Moore River area, before passing away in July 1886. The general area on the coast opposite the rocks was referred to as Quinns Rocks by the Wanneroo Road Board when they requested the survey of a road that led there in November 1925. Later, the place also came to be called "Wanneroo Beach".
An alternate origin of the name is after Mick Quinn, a sheep tender who worked for the Mindarie Pastoral Company in the early 1900s.
In 1930, the whole beachfront came under the control of the Wanneroo Road Board, which issued "boatshed and campsite permits" to holidaymakers at a rental of $4.20 per annum. Early shack owners were restricted to no more than 48 hours in their shacks at one time without further permission from the Road Board. The first permanent residents appear to have been in 1942. The Caravan Park was built at the south end here in 1946. Mr L.G. Leppinus, formerly of Merredin, was one of the 7 original shack owners at this site; he had to move his shack three times due to extensive erosion. Shack owners put down their own bores and usually ran on pan system toilets. During the 1950s, an increasing number of shacks lined the ocean front. Leasing of the beachfront reserve was phased out towards the end of that decade. Shack owners were told they had to remove their shacks, but were given first right of refusal for blocks on the ocean front - the going rate was approximately 400 pounds (A$800).
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