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Gnarming School - Site

Author

Shire of Kulin

Place Number

06967
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Location

Gnarming

Location Details

Local Government

Kulin

Region

Wheatbelt

Construction Date

Constructed from 1921

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 31 Jan 2020

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management More information
Category Description
Municipal Inventory Adopted 19 Mar 1997 Category 5

Category 5

An historic site without built features. ' Recommend that the site is recognised by means of a plaque, place name, interpretive material, or an architectural or urban design, in due course.

Statement of Significance

The site represents a way of life no longer practiced.

History

The Gnarming school opened on 2 February 1921 and closed on
5 June 1925. The school re-opened on 5 October 1936, only to close again on 9 April 1937. On 29
September 1991 a ceremony commemorated the site and a rock was unveiled by Jack Carmody, a
former pupil of the Gnarming School.

Condition

Site

References

Ref ID No Ref Name Ref Source Ref Date
"Kulin Chronicle". Vol 1 Issue1 Kulin Chronicle 17/11/1979
"Kulin in the Making". Kulin Jubilee committee 1960
WE Greble; "A Bold Yeomanry Social Change in a Wheatbelt District Kulin 1848-1970". Shire of Kulin 1979

Place Type

Historic Site

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Present Use EDUCATIONAL Combined School
Original Use EDUCATIONAL Combined School

Historic Themes

General Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Education & science

Creation Date

22 May 1997

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

01 Jan 2017

Disclaimer

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