Wolgedda Pioneer Cottage

Author

Shire of Shark Bay

Place Number

04053

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Location

Nanga Station Shark Bay

Location Details

Local Government

Shark Bay

Region

Gascoyne

Construction Date

Constructed from 1900

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	12 Dec 1997	Category 3	Category 3 Retain and conserve if possible: endeavour to conserve the significance of the place through the provisions of the town planning scheme; photographically record the place prior to any major redevelopment or demolition.
Register of the National Estate	Registered	21 Mar 1978			Heritage Council
Classified by the National Trust	Recorded	04 Mar 1975			Heritage Council

Statement of Significance

The Wolgedda Cottage has historic significance for its connection to the early settlement of Shark Bay. It is representative of the type of housing constructed as an outstation on pastoral properties, given its small scale, simple style and use of construction materials.

Physical Description

This small timber framed cottage is clad with horizontally placed corrugated iron and has a shallow pitched corrugated iron gable roof which extends to cover the verandahs which are supported on bush poles. Windows are open with corrugated iron awnings which are supported on bush timbers. There is a small rectangular 'squatter's tank' to the side supported on a low timber frame and corrugated iron stand. The corrugated iron has been whitewashed.

History

The National Trust Newsletter in April 1975 records that, "It was erected on the beach at Nanga Bay for the Hoult family's pastoral property, at that time part of Peron Station but, after subdivision, known as Nanga Station. The original cottage built early in the century, was demolished and the still usable materials were transported to Wolgedda in about 1970 where it was re-erected with gidgee posts and beams (new but of the same type) by Tom Pepper II who used all the old methods of construction with which he was familiar."
The cottage had its origins as an out-station from Peron and was built specifically for the Hoult family.
(Source: Max Hipkins & Associates, "Survey of the Built Environment of Shark Bay", Department of Planning and Urban Development, 1991, p.33.)

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: High Degree

Condition

Good

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id	Title	Medium	Year Of Publication
1946	Survey of the built environment at Shark Bay.	Report	1988

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

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

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Roof	METAL	Corrugated Iron
Wall	METAL	Corrugated Iron

Historic Themes

General	Specific
OCCUPATIONS	Grazing, pastoralism & dairying
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY	Settlements

Creation Date

01 Aug 1995

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

31 Dec 2016

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