Moorine Rock School

Author

Shire of Yilgarn

Place Number

10035

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Location

Great Eastern Hwy Moorine Rock

Location Details

Other Name(s)

Parkers Road School

Local Government

Yilgarn

Region

Wheatbelt

Construction Date

Constructed from 1937

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.

Statement of Significance

The Moorine Rock School has played a prominent role in the history of the Moorine Rock district. The community and the surrounding farming families placed great importance on having a local school. Educating their children was a top priority and therefore a concern to pioneers who had neither the time nor
the money to spend on education. The first formal school was held in a stone and mortar house established in 1926. In 1937 a purpose built school was erected and had an enrolment of 29 children. Many children walked or rode bicycles long distances to the school, especially after the closure of South Moorine School during the 1930s. The Moorine Rock School had a 60th Anniversary celebration year in 1986. Reminiscences about the school were produced in a booklet the same year. It documents many varied sporting and educational activities and many difficulties experienced by the school community over the years. The Moorine Rock School is said to have given innovative and encouraging education to the children, allowing them to become well-balanced adults who contributed greatly to the growth and well-being of the district.

Physical Description

The Moorine Rock School is built of a combination of weatherboard and fibroboard. It has a gabled corrugated iron roof and appears to have been extended at both ends. This building is on the site of a previous school house built of stone, which had a memorable flower garden and fruit trees, none of which remain. Today the old weatherboard school house is one of three buildings on the site, the latest being a transportable put in place in 1995.

History

Themes: Community Efforts & Education

Integrity/Authenticity

All Original

Condition

Very Good

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Present Use	EDUCATIONAL	Primary School
Original Use	EDUCATIONAL	Primary School

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Roof	METAL	Corrugated Iron
Wall	TIMBER	Weatherboard

Historic Themes

General	Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES	Education & science

Creation Date

16 Dec 1997

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

31 Mar 2021

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