Badgingarra Research Station

Author

Shire of Dandaragan

Place Number

05828

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Location

Winjardie Rd Badgingarra

Location Details

Other Name(s)

Herbert Sudholt's Farm

Local Government

Dandaragan

Region

Wheatbelt

Construction Date

Constructed from 1958

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
RHP - Does not warrant assessment	Current	30 May 2014

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	30 Jun 1996	Category 3	Category 3 A place of some cultural heritage significance to Shire of Dandaragan. No constraints. Recommend: Encourage retention of the place, and document the place if retention is not possible.

Statement of Significance

The Badgingarra Research Station has some local historic significance for its association with the development of the sand plain country and for the assistance it gave to settlers of that area.

Physical Description

The Badgingarra Research Station consists of a grouping of buildings including the office, machinery sheds, workshop, single men’s quarters and manager’s house. The single men’s quarters is made up of two buildings connected by a covered walkway which contains the ablution block. The main section is a long narrow timber framed building clad with fibro sheeting with a shallow pitched corrugated iron hipped roof. The building has a surrounding verandah and a carport to the rear. The second building is located immediately to the south and includes the kitchen and dining room. The Manager’s House is a timber framed fibro clad building with a corrugated iron gable roof with a separate gable to the front (north) elevation. The house features an entry porch and awnings over the windows.

History

he property was first taken up by Herbert Sudholz in November 1953. Later it was taken over by the Government for the establishment of a Research Station.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: High Degree

Condition

Good

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id	Title	Medium	Year Of Publication
5471	Thematic history and preliminary heritage assessment of Agricultural Research Stations.	Report	2000

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Present Use	SCIENTIFIC	Laboratory or Research Station
Original Use	FARMING\PASTORAL	Servants or Shearers Quarters

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Wall	PLASTER	Fibrous Plaster Sheet
Roof	METAL	Corrugated Iron

Historic Themes

General	Specific
OCCUPATIONS	Grazing, pastoralism & dairying
PEOPLE	Early settlers

Creation Date

15 May 1997

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

01 Jan 2017

Disclaimer

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.