Roderick Shearing Shed Group, on Meka Station

Author

Shire of Murchison

Place Number

18193

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Location

Approximately 50K N of Meka Station, off the Meka-Noondie Rd Murchison

Location Details

Note: the MI notes part of the Meka Station is in the Shire of Yalgoo

Local Government

Murchison

Region

Midwest

Construction Date

Constructed from 1927, Constructed from 1928

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
Heritage List	Adopted	15 Oct 2015

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	17 Aug 2007	2	2 High level of protection appropriate: provide maximum encouragement to the owner to conserve the significance of the place.

Statement of Significance

The Roderick Shearing Shed Group has been associated with the pastoral industry of the Murchison for over 80 years. The pace is of considerable regional significance as a characteristic example of the work of prolific builder Alf Couch, responsible for many distinctive domed roofed buildings int he Murchison district. The significance of the place is further enhanced by it's good condition and high integrity.

Physical Description

The Roderick Shearing Shed is a large 10 stand shed of timber framed construction completely clad with corrugated iron sheeting. The shed features a distinctive domed roof over the main central section with skillion style roofs to either side (north and south). The structure is supported on bush timber stumps. A large yard with bush timber fence extends out on the southern side of the shed. Located approximately 100 metres to the west of the shearing shed is a small group of buildings which accommodates the kitchen/dining, shearer's quarters and laundry as well as a concrete block bread oven and two large rainwater tanks on stands.
All the buildings are of timber framed construction and clad with corrugated iron sheeting. The kitchen and quarters feature the distinctive domed roof of the shearing shed. While most of the windows are replacements, he east facade of te kitchen building still retains four of the original timber framed 12 pane windows. The small laundry building has a gable roof and awning style corrugated iron window openings. Some distance to the south of the shearing shed is a further building, which appears to be quarters, of corrugated iron construction with the domed roof.

History

The Roderick Shearing Shed ws built int he late 1920's by Alf Couch who was responsible for the construction odf many domed-roofed sheds in the Murchison district. This shed was actually the second shearing shed to be built at Noondie, which became part of the Meka pastoral lease in 1922.Marie Wendland, formerly the Curator of the Murchison Museum, worked as a cook for a shearing team at Roderick in c1979. (Road to Murchison).

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: High

Condition

Good

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	Nixon M & Lefroy R; "The Road to Murchison: an Illustrated Story of the District and it's People".	Vanguard Press	1988

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	FARMING\PASTORAL	Kitchen
Present Use	FARMING\PASTORAL	Shed or Barn
Original Use	FARMING\PASTORAL	Shed or Barn
Original Use	FARMING\PASTORAL	Servants or Shearers Quarters

Construction Materials

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

Historic Themes

General	Specific
OCCUPATIONS	Grazing, pastoralism & dairying

Creation Date

02 Oct 2007

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

12 May 2021

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