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Norie Station

Author

Shire of Meekatharra

Place Number

25209
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Location

Meekatharra Meekatharra

Location Details

Site

Local Government

Meekatharra

Region

Midwest

Construction Date

Constructed from 1892

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
Category Description
Municipal Inventory Adopted 21 Sep 2013 Sites

Sites

Interpret the place.

Statement of Significance

Nori represents innovation and ways of life in the development of the Meekatharra region.

Physical Description

Norie comprised:
Little Gap Creek – site of 1st gold (1890)- Connolly Tree-
Norrie Stn (& orchard)
Norie cemetery
Gap Well (the Gap)

History

After the lease was sold in 1949, the Bell family who had relocated their homestead from Hillside to Norie on the site of the hotel replaced orange trees with Carob, using the high protein to feed the sheep. Jack bell died in 1999 and a mining company purchased the property.

Condition

Site

Other Reference Numbers

Ref Number Description
Site 22 Municipal Inventory

Place Type

Historic Site

Creation Date

04 Jun 2002

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

01 Jan 2017

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