This is the last vestige of the original shoreline in the area.
Evidence of the original shoreline persists on the northern side of the loch basin.
By the end of the 19th century, the original 1840 shoreline was unrecognisable.
In 1976, the Historic Places Trust placed 14 plaques along the original shoreline.
The original shoreline followed what is now Front Street.
The original shoreline of the northern shore were low sandy bluffs, just south of today's Front Street.
The original shoreline is elevated along the north side of the street.
The Court House in those days stood close to the original shoreline of the Swan River.
The shoreline has recessed by about 1,000 m with respect to the original shoreline in 1876.
The curving pond has been restored to its original shoreline, which had eroded, along with the surrounding slopes, after 85 years of rain.