Chippers Leap

Chipper, in his statement dated 5 February 1832, said,[This quote needs a citation] I heard him scream out, and I looked back, but did notice him; but perceiving a number of the natives gaining ground upon me, I turned short round the shoulder of the same hill, and ran off at my utmost speed [...].Chipper ran for approximately 6.4 kilometres (4 mi) before eventually reaching Governor James Stirling's house at Woodbridge.

[5][6] At 8:30 pm on 3 February 1932, the centenary of Chipper's leap, the Western Australian Historical Society dedicated a plaque in memory of the event.

John Chipper and Reuben Beacham a boy of fourteen, while driving a cart from Guildford to York, were attacked by natives near this spot.

There are plaques at other sites from the same year placed by the Western Australian Historical Society; one can be found at the Round House in Fremantle.

There are similar granite outcrops in this area of the Darling Scarp in John Forrest National Park to the north, and to the south Darlington, and Boya, Western Australia.