Moorine Rock Hotel

Author

Shire of Yilgarn

Place Number

02798

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Location

Great Eastern Hwy Moorine Rock

Location Details

Local Government

Yilgarn

Region

Wheatbelt

Construction Date

Constructed from 1930

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
Heritage List	Adopted	07 Aug 1998

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	16 May 1997	Category C	Category C Retain and conserve if possible; endevour to conserve the significance of the place through the provisions of the Shire of Yilgarn Town Planning Scheme; photographically record the place prior to any major redevelopment or demolition.
Statewide Hotel Survey	Completed	01 Nov 1997			Heritage Council

Statement of Significance

The building has aesthetic, historic and social significance. The Moorine Rock Hotel has been a central feature of the town for many years. It would have experienced its hey day prior to the current period of rapid motorised transport. It is said that the hotel building was the original Marvel Loch Hotel, moved to Burbidge in the early 1920s, and then later moved to Moorine Rock around 1930.
Copies of early documents detail ownership of the property over the years, and tell the story of the Lindberg family, who owned the hotel between 1930-1934. Andrew David Lindberg (b 1883), a farmer at Quairading, married Hulda Maria Ahola (bl893) in Fremantle in 1912. He was of Swedish extraction and she was born in Finland. At the time they established the hotel they had five children. A son James Andrew was born there in Jan. 1934, but his mother died of a coronary thrombosis less than three weeks later, aged 41yrs. Records then indicate that Andrew Lindbergh sold the property to Alice Mary Cummins
on 15 Feb. 1934. Lindberg married again some years later, and died in 1950. In 1951 the youngest son James changed his name by deed poll to James Andrew Dhu. He was 17 yrs old at the time.

Physical Description

The Moorine Rock Hotel is located in a prominent roadside position in the Moorine Rock township. The part of the building facing the road has an ornate parapet wall, inscribed with the name Moorine Rock Hotel. There is a verandah under a separate sloping roof, supported by timber posts with decorative timber
work. At right angles to this part of the building is another wing, also with a parapet wall bearing the name of the building substantial trees screen part of the front facade. A wide area of gravel allows for parking near the hotel.

History

Themes: Occupations & Hospitality Industry

Integrity/Authenticity

Much of the original fabric is intact.

Condition

Fair

Associations

Name	Type	Year From	Year To
Tom Le Breton & Sam West (assuming this is the relocated Marvel loch Hotel)	Architect	-	-

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Present Use	COMMERCIAL	Hotel, Tavern or Inn
Original Use	COMMERCIAL	Hotel, Tavern or Inn

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Roof	METAL	Corrugated Iron
Wall	BRICK	Common Brick

Historic Themes

General	Specific
OCCUPATIONS	Hospitality industry & tourism

Creation Date

08 May 1989

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

31 Mar 2021

Disclaimer

This information is provided voluntarily as a public service. The information provided is made available in good faith and is derived from sources believed to be reliable and accurate. However, the information is provided solely on the basis that readers will be responsible for making their own assessment of the matters discussed herein and are advised to verify all relevant representations, statements and information.