Cattle Yards near Hill River

Author

Shire of Dandaragan

Place Number

05832

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Location

Cantabilling Rd Badgingarra, North of Hill River

Location Details

Local Government

Dandaragan

Region

Wheatbelt

Construction Date

Constructed from 1946

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	30 Sep 1996	Category 4	Category 4 A site without built features, but of some cultural heritage significance to Shire of Dandaragan. No constraints. Recommend: Interpret the place.

Statement of Significance

The Hill River Cattle Yards have some historic significance for their association with the local pastoral industry. Further the site yard is representative of the method of droving cattle.

Physical Description

Only a few of the original timber posts are still evident of the cattle yards which cover two acres of land near a soak.

History

Contracted by the Dandaragan Roads Board these cattle yards were built by Alfred Burnett in 1946. Used as holding pens for droving cattle the yards were in use into the 1960s, mainly by the Gregson’s who drove cattle from Doust’s to Phoebe’s Reserve, then to Tophams, Dandaragan Road and on to Moora.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: Low Degree

Condition

Poor- Remnants Only

Place Type

Other Built Type

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	FARMING\PASTORAL	Stockyard
Present Use	VACANT\UNUSED	Vacant\Unused

Historic Themes

General	Specific
OCCUPATIONS	Grazing, pastoralism & dairying

Creation Date

15 May 1997

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

01 Jan 2017

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