Dempster's Woolshed and Sheep Dip - Wheatfield Lake

Author

Shire of Esperance

Place Number

05031

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Location

Opp Quarry & Fisheries Rds intersection Esperance

Location Details

Opposite Quarry Rd/Fisheries Rd intersection approx. 150m along boundary fence.

Local Government

Esperance

Region

Goldfields

Construction Date

Constructed from 1898

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	23 Jul 1996
Local Heritage Survey	Adopted	27 Apr 2021	Some/Moderate significance	Some/Moderate significance Contributes to the heritage of the locality. Has some altered or modified elements, not necessarily detracting from the overall significance of the item. Desired Management Outcome: Include in Heritage List. Conservation of the place is desirable. Any alterations or extensions should reinforce the significance of the place, and original fabric should be retained wherever feasible.

Physical Description

There were various parts to the complex: the cooks quarters, the shearing shed and the sheep dip. Of the limestone cooks quarters, only a portion of wall remains. There is evidence of a large cooking stove in the debris. The stone sheep dip has been filled in. but is probably sound.

History

From the 1876 to 1897 shearing took place at the Dempster woolshed on the Esplanade site. Later the surveying for developing the Esperance townsite necessitated moving the operation to another location at Wheatfield. Anecdotal accounts record that the shearers would be less influenced by liquor, which was by then readily available from hotels, and not controlled by the Dempsters. Shearing took place at Wheatfield from 1898 until the late 1920s.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: 10%

Condition

Very Poor

Associations

Name	Type	Year From	Year To
James Dempster	Architect	1898	-

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	R Erickson; "The Dempsters".

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	FARMING\PASTORAL	Other
Present Use	FARMING\PASTORAL	Other

Historic Themes

General	Specific
OCCUPATIONS	Grazing, pastoralism & dairying

Creation Date

15 Nov 1996

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Approved

Last Update

14 Jun 2021

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