Culham Cricket Ground - Site of

Statement of Significance

The site has historic value for the associations with generations of Culham settlers who gathered for social, community and recreational activities. The site has research value as it has potential to contain subsurface archaeological remains.

Physical Description

Some possible remnants of the cricket ground remains but nothing wholly discernible was found.

History

The Toodyay Valley settlers initially formed and met in the 1890's to raise funds for school purposes and a meeting hall. They revived the custom of ploughing matches at 'Culham' and 'Hawthornden'. The club qualified for the government grant for a hall and then changed their focus to the proposed railway. The Culham Hall was built on the northern boundary of the 'Culham' Estate at the Plains Road Boundary and opened in May 1899. The opening was celebrated with a cricket match against the Victoria Plains team and a ball in in the evening. This match and many subsequent matches were held at this site. In 1979, a cricket match between the old cricket clubs was played at the site.

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