Chockerup Inn

The Inn was established as a simple wattle and daub hut in 1854 when the mail route between Albany and Perth began running.

In 1884 James and Emma Gorman took over,[5] and they ran the Inn until it closed in 1889 when the railway opened and travellers stopped passing by Chockerup.

The Inn thrived in this period, with many visitors, and Emma Gorman provided people with generous meals at any time of day, as reported both in the local newspaper[6] and by visiting dignitaries like the Lady Brassey, a best-selling travel author of the time[7] (see p 241 and 249).

Lord Brassey noted that they gave the horses a feed at Chockerup Inn.

[8] After the railway opened in 1889 Chockerup Inn was abandoned due to lack of traffic.

Photo of iron gates with an old brick building in the background.
One of the landlords of Chockerup was Joseph Nelson, whose name is inscribed in gilt letters on the gate at Fremantle Prison.