Hall

Author

Shire of Lake Grace

Place Number

01446

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Location

Lake Biddy

Location Details

Local Government

Lake Grace

Region

Wheatbelt

Construction Date

Constructed from 1926

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	23 Sep 1998	Category D	Category D Some heritage value, but not essential to an understanding of the district. Recommend that the place is not constrained by the Town Planning Scheme. Re-assess the significance of the place when the Inventory is regularly reviewed. Record prior to redevelopment or demolition.

Parent Place or Precinct

12790 Lake Biddy Townsite

Statement of Significance

The place represents associations with generations of Lake Biddy community members during the time it was the centre of the social and community life in the town and district

Physical Description

Timber framed, weatherboard clad with a corrugated-iron gable roof and skillion kitchen roof at the rear. The original outhouse toilets are still insitu.

History

With the opening of the railway line, money was raised by public subscription to start work on the Lake Biddy Hall. The hall committee, chaired by Austin Powell, organised cropping programs on the townsite reserve, which provided most of the building costs. After the townsite was surveyed in 1925, the land for the cropping programs was resumed from the Sandells and Curwoods. The hall opened on 12 June 1926 with a fancy dress ball. The first school in Lake Biddy was conducted in the hall in 1927. The local musicians provided the music for the frequent dances at the hall. The Bush Brotherhood conducted services, and the Methodists also held services at the hall. In the early 1930s a busy bee resulted in the construction of the supper room. During World War Two, the VDC instruction was given at the hall by Ernie Thackrah. In the 1960s the Lake Biddy Pistol Club with the range in the hall, held its club meets on Sunday mornings. In the early 1980s the hall was vested in the lake grace Shire, who renovated the place. Jack Sandell's tree was planted in 1989 to commemorate his services as the school bus driver, on the day of his retirement. One of the last functions in the hall was in 1989 when a retirement party was held for Walter Keighley.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: Irredeemable
Authenticity: High Degree

Condition

Poor

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	Good GF; "The Growth & Development of the Newdegate District".	Newdegate Golden Jubilee Committee	1972

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Present Use	VACANT\UNUSED	Vacant\Unused
Original Use	SOCIAL\RECREATIONAL	Other Community Hall\Centre

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Roof	METAL	Corrugated Iron
Wall	TIMBER	Weatherboard

Historic Themes

General	Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES	Community services & utilities

Creation Date

31 Jan 1989

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

01 Jan 2017

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