Yerecoin Farm & Fuel Supplies

Author

Shire of Victoria Plains

Place Number

12930

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Location

Yerecoin

Location Details

Other Name(s)

Post Office & Phone Exchange
Yerecoin Store, Maddison's Shop

Local Government

Victoria Plains

Region

Wheatbelt

Construction Date

Constructed from 1930

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
(no listings)

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	27 Oct 1998	Category 4	Category 4 Some heritage value, but not essential to an understanding of the district. Recommend that the place is not included on the Town Planning Scheme at this time. Re-assess the significance of the place when the Inventory is regularly reviewed. Assess in more detail when considering a development application. Record the place prior to redevelopment or demolition. This category is not included in the Town Planning Scheme, and therefore a planning application is not required for proposed development or demolition of the place. Should a building or demolition application be received by Shire, it should be considered on the basis of the recognised heritage value, and the owner offered the same consultation facilities as for the Town Planning Scheme. The places in this category should be reviewed regularly with consideration for inclusion in the Town Planning Scheme.

Statement of Significance

The place has significant associations with the continuing development of Yerecoin and the commercial services which support the development. The place has associations with the McDonalds, Maddisons, Milner and others, as well as a sense of place for generations of Yerecoin people, as the communication centre and venue for informal meetings.

History

The original shop on this site was built by Maddisons in the early 1930s. It was the Store, post office and phone exchange. After the Maddisons walked out during the depression years, the Yerecoin Progress Association invited Angus McDonald and his wife Edith to run the shop. Rita McDonald, their daughter, was the telephonist and exchange operator. Shopping was done in the evenings, after the men's work was done, because women didn't drive. So to go to town was a social occasion, only once a week or so.
In the mid 1930s, Jim Milner bought the place, and sold it when he went to war. On his return he subsequently became the longest serving Shire President in the Shire of Victoria Plains. The power house was located at the rear of the shop.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: Intact or redeemable
Authenticity: High degree

Condition

Good

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	Erickson R; "The Victoria Plains".	Shire of Victoria Plains	1971

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	COMMERCIAL	Shop\Retail Store {single}
Original Use	Transport\Communications	Comms: Telephone Building
Present Use	COMMERCIAL	Shop\Retail Store {single}
Present Use	Transport\Communications	Comms: Post or Telegraph Office
Original Use	Transport\Communications	Comms: Post or Telegraph Office

Historic Themes

General	Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES	Community services & utilities

Creation Date

09 Dec 1998

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

01 Jan 2017

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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.