Kondinin Hall, Memorial Garden & Roll of Honour

Author

Shire of Kondinin

Place Number

10671

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Location

Jones St Kondinin

Location Details

Local Government

Kondinin

Region

Wheatbelt

Construction Date

Constructed from 1934, Constructed from 1980

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
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Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
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Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Statewide War Memorial Survey	Completed	01 May 1996			Heritage Council
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	18 Mar 1998	Category 3	Category 3 Recognition of cultural heritage value; Provide recognition and protection through the processes of the Town Planning Scheme. Recommend that the place is retained and conserved if possible. Photographically record the place prior to any major redevelopment or demolition. Inclusion in the Shire's Town Planning Scheme means a local recognition of the heritage value of a place. Full implication of inclusion in the Town Planning Scheme are outlined in Appendix 1. Should a development application be received for a place, an assessment of the appropriateness of development would be made. Professional advice and consultation would be available, from the Heritage Council of WA, the Shire or specialised consultants, to inform property owners of development options should it be appropriate. Heritage Council and National Trust properties also included in the Town Planning Scheme Provisions.

Statement of Significance

The place demonstrates a way of life, and an evolution over time. It
represents the value of a town hall.

Physical Description

The 1934 section is central within the existing building. It is red face brick construction
with a gabled corrugated iron roof. An extension at the rear is the same shape and form but
constructed with dark brown face bricks. The front section is a flat roofed construction of brown face
bricks and a front facade balanced by five vertical format windows. An entry porch with a flat roof and
slender steel columns, is located on the north side of the building.

History

The original Kondinin Hall was located in Rankin Street on the lot
behind the Garden of Memory. It was built in 1917 (see Ref No. 114 ), and was the Mecca of the
district. As the district developed, by 1927, a meeting was held to discuss the future of the hall, and
the Roads Board offered to construct a hall. The architect was asked to prepare plans for a new hall.
However, with a downturn in wheat prices, and the beginning of the depression, a referendum
rejected the loan in 1928. A public meeting of 100 people in 1929, overturned that decision by 2
votes. £4000 was budgeted for the hall, and £2000 for the Roads Board Offices. The architect's
(Jeffries) plan prepared by December 1929, came in over budget. The Roads Board discussed the
plans with Horsfall and Coote, a reinforced concrete expert and the architect of the Kojonup Hall,
respectively. Negotiations took place with EB Johnson, for the Jones Street land which was the
former proposed State Hotel site. The loan raised in 1933, was less than the original budgeted figure
in 1928. The former hall supplied the timber materials for the construction of the stage and kitchen.
The hall was constructed in brick and concrete with neo classical pillars. The hall opened on 1
September 1934, in the middle of the Great Depression.
The Kondinin Hall is the social and civic centre of the Kondinin community. In c1960, the Roads
Board offices at the front of the hall were demolished, and a new foyer, kitchen facility and lesser hall
were constructed in its place.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: Redeemable
Authenticity: low degree

Associations

Name	Type	Year From	Year To
Horsfall & Coote	Architect	1934	-

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	A Webb; "Kondinin-Kalgarin-Hyden Community, Time and Place".	Shire of Kondinin	1988

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
	MONUMENT\CEMETERY	Monument
Original Use	SOCIAL\RECREATIONAL	Other Community Hall\Centre
Present Use	SOCIAL\RECREATIONAL	Other Community Hall\Centre

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Roof	METAL	Corrugated Iron
Wall	BRICK	Other Brick
Other	TIMBER	Other Timber

Historic Themes

General	Specific
OUTSIDE INFLUENCES	World Wars & other wars
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES	Sport, recreation & entertainment

Creation Date

25 Feb 1998

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Approved

Last Update

01 Jan 2017

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