Gullewa Townsite (Site)

Author

Shire of Yalgoo

Place Number

05501

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Location

Barnong Station Wurarga

Location Details

Local Government

Yalgoo

Region

Midwest

Construction Date

Constructed from 1895

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 Aug 2018

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	19 Jun 1996	Category 2	Category 2 High level of protection appropriate: provide maximum encouragement to the owner under the Town Planning Scheme to conserve the significance of the place.

Statement of Significance

The Gullewa Townsite has historic and social significance for its role in the development of the district.

Physical Description

The Gullewa Townsite includes the foundations of buildings, a government well and a hotel site with collapsed cellar. Nearby (to the east) is the Gullewa Cemetery which contains several graves, headstones, mounds marked out with stone and metal decorative posts. The boundary of the cemetery is marked out by a timber post and wire fence. On a hill immediately south of the Gullewa Townsite are the remains of the Gullewa Mine and Battery as well as the foundations of the Mine Manager's Office. Approximately 6km away is the Barnong Station Homestead. [Site No. 25]

History

Gold was discovered at Gullewa in 1894 and shortly after that a settlement emerged nearby. Surveyed by George Weeks, the resident surveyor in Yalgoo, in 1897, Gullewa was once a bustling little townsite which developed from 1895 alongside a productive mine which was operated by the Gullewa Gold Mining Company. The townsite included hotels, a school, a post office, and a police station. The cemetery was gazetted on 13 August, 1897 on reserve 3911. By 1910 the town had begun to decline due to the decreasing production of the mines and by 1924 it was a ghost town. However, interest was revived in the early 1940s. (A. Palmer, p.94-102)

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	A Palmer; "Paynes Find". p.94-102		1988

Place Type

Historic Site

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Present Use	VACANT\UNUSED	Vacant\Unused
Original Use	OTHER	Other

Historic Themes

General	Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY	Settlements

Creation Date

13 Mar 1997

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

01 Jan 2017

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