 The original Aboriginal inhabitants of the area, the Wardandi people would have known the ridge and its resources intimately, and would regularly have traveled its length.Soon after the first European settlers arrived at Augusta in March 1831, John Dewar and Andrew Smith traveled to the Swan River on foot, recording the section to Cape Naturaliste in their journal.They seemed to have had little difficulty traversing the country, reporting that much had been burnt, and they traveled alternately on the beaches or three to four miles inland along a ridge of low hills.