Jardee School House

Statement of Significance

Aesthetic and Historic

Physical Description

· Single storey house;
· Timber walls;
· Hipped corrugated iron roof;
· Many changes from original, and;
· Appears to be two residences joined by a walk way.

History

In 1854 the first steam mill of any size in the Colony was established by H
Yelverton at Quindalup, near Busselton. In the early 1890s the Millar
brothers saw the value of karri as a hardwood, and cut karri in the Denmark
area to supply to the English and European markets. The State Government
entered the arena with the establishment of the State Saw Mills at Deanmill
and Big Brook (now Pemberton) after 1913. Timber production has been a
major industry in the Shire of Manjimup since that time.
The town site of Jardee is located in the south west region, 5 km south south
west of Manjimup. The Government established a railway siding named
Jardanup here in 1912, following the completion of the Bridgetown-
Wilgarup railway in 1911. Jardanup was the terminus of the railway, and
serviced the No. 1 State Saw Mill, built here in 1912. In 1925 the railway
siding name was changed to Jardee because of confusion with Dardanup,
and when the government gazetted a townsite here in 1927, it was also
named Jardee. The name was proposed by the Warren Roads Board, and
appears to be a made up name, derived from the Aboriginal name Jardanup,
and Deeside, the name of a historic property in the district.
The children of the timber workers at Jardanup were initially obliged to
walk to Manjimup to attend school at that centre. This endured until John
Whitecross Lyall, Manager of the Wilgarup Karri and Jarrah Mill at
Jardanup arranged for the provision of a building to be used as a school.
This one room school was opened on October 1912 with 21 pupils. GR
Scott was the teacher. In August 1913 a purpose built school with two
classrooms was built on the same school site. However, it was not until
1954 that a house was provided for teachers. Up until that time teachers
boarded at various places around the town.
In 1972 the school was closed and the students of Jardee were from that
time on conveyed to Manjimup school by bus. The school building was
purchased by the Manjimup Shire Council for community use and became a
venue for the Manjimup Art Society. The teacher’s house was used to
accommodate teachers appointed to Manjimup until it was eventually sold.
In 2004 the school teacher’s house was privately occupied.
Refer to 16.4 for more historical notes

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: Moderate
Authenticity: Low

Condition

Fair

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