Gillimanning Hall/School - site

Author

Shire of Wickepin

Place Number

07181

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Location

Gillimanning

Location Details

Local Government

Wickepin

Region

Wheatbelt

Construction Date

Constructed from 1909

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
RHP - Does not warrant assessment	Current	31 Jan 2020

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	16 Aug 1996	Category 5	Category 5 Recognition of the site. No specific regulations would be imposed, except in the case where the site is within the bounds of a precinct, in which case the precinct category would take precedence. While the Shire recognises the value of the site, it would be a community and/or Shire responsibility to mark the site, as appropriate in future development, recognition or interpretation.

Statement of Significance

The site represents a way of life no longer practised. It demonstrates an association with the early settlers.

History

Gillimanning was one of the earliest communities, preceding Wickepin by about 10 years. The hall was the meeting place of the region. Dances, horse races, sports, picnics, and school all took place in the hall. School in the hall operated from 1909 through to 1940. At the time that Gillimanning was a thriving settlement, it seemed a logical choice for the railway to pass through from Cuballing to Wickepin. However it seems the New Jerusalem settlement had some influence in the decision for the railway to go through Wickepin. Gillimanning settlement did not develop any further after the railway line by passed the district. In 1916 the Vice Regal tour by the Governor Sir Harry Barron, attended a banquet at the hall, catered by the Ladies of the district, and addressed by the Wickepin Roads Board Chairman Mr Hosken. In the 1960s the hall was demolished and the funds from the sale financed a memorial to the pioneers of the district. The strong pioneer spirit of the Gillimanning and Districts Railway League (1905) and Farmers and Settlers Association are commemorated by two gum trees which were planted during the celebrations of the "back to Wickepin" memorial in 1979.
The adjacent Woraking Hill with the SEC mast on it is the site of a very popular picnic area in the early days.

Condition

Site

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	Wickepin Roads Board minutes	Wickepin Roads Board	1909-1960

Place Type

Historic Site

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Present Use	EDUCATIONAL	Combined School
	SOCIAL\RECREATIONAL	Agricultural Hall
Original Use	EDUCATIONAL	Combined School

Historic Themes

General	Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY	Settlements

Creation Date

28 May 1997

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

01 Jan 2017

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