 The area at the time fell within the responsibility of the Fremantle District Road Board.The name "Clarence" was declined by the Department of Lands and Surveys, and the Rockingham Road District was gazetted on 4 February 1897.The agricultural hall on the corner of Flinders Lane and Kent Street in Rockingham was used for the Roads Board's administration until an office was constructed for the Roads Board on the corner of Office Road and Mandurah Road in East Rockingham in 1905.