Mount View Homestead & Outbuildings (Ruins)

Statement of Significance

The Mount View homestead buildings have high historic and social significance for there associations
with the Drage family and the opening up of pastoral properties in the district. In themselves, they are an
important collection of buildings (ruins) illustrating the extent and diversity of early pastoral and farming
properties.
The Mount View homestead buildings should be given retain and conserve protection under the
Municipal Inventory. The owners should be encouraged to restore or halt further deterioration of the
homestead. If it is impractical to restore the buildings they should be fully recorded before they
deteriorate further. The extensive collection of wrecked and old machinery should be relocated so as
not to detract from the original buildings although relevant old machinery of the period could be placed to
assist with interpretation of the site.

Physical Description

Originally a large collection of stone buildings, now mostly in ruins and virtually irretrievable. The homestead has
an interesting plan form with separate kitchen/dining and bedroom/living wings forming an 'L' shape. The inside of
the 'L' provided external verandah access between wings and rooms. A raised semi-enclosed courtyard (possibly
trellised) off the verandahs completed the rectangle formed by the "L*. Until recently, when a cyclone destroyed the
CGI roof, the buildings might have been saved. The complex includes stone walled stable yards, outbuildings and
several smaller stone cottages. Extensive derelict machinery and old vehicles dumped around the site largely
obscure the old building elements.

History

Built by Thomas Drage, Mount View provided a 'half way' stop between Murchison Station (Site No.1.) and Ajana
(Site No.14.) when droving sheep and carting wool. [Oral History - Mrs Blood]
The property was sold to Bert Mitchell c1910, and then after his death, to Frank & Greg Dwyer.
In 2003, 12,000ha of Mt View were divested to the Warri Association Incorporated by the Indigenous Land

Condition

Ruin

Uses

Historic Themes

Creation Date

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