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Glentromie Farm Group

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

12874
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Location

45 Glentromie-Yerecoin Rd Glentromie

Location Details

Address also includes: 12064 Great Northern Highway, Glentromie. VFL - 20/6/2011. Includes: Homestead, Stables, Shearing Shed, Flour Mill, Henry unt's cottage, 4 cottages, Blacksmith shop, Polo field, Cricket pitch & Noondagoonda camp site.

Other Name(s)

Murra Murra

Local Government

Victoria Plains

Region

Wheatbelt

Construction Date

Constructed from 1850

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents More information
State Register Registered 11 Oct 2013 Register Entry
Assessment Documentation

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management More information
Category Description
Municipal Inventory Adopted 27 Oct 1998 Category 3

Category 3

Recognition of cultural heritage value; Provide recognition and protection through the processes of the Town Planning Scheme. Recommend that the place is retained and conserved if possible. Photographically record the place prior to any major redevelopment or demolition. Inclusion in the Shire's Town Planning Scheme means a local recognition of the heritage value of a place. Full implication of inclusion in the Town Planning Scheme are outlined in Appendix 1. Should a development application be received for a place, an assessment of the appropriateness of development would be made. Professional advice and consultation would be available, from the Heritage Council of WA, the Shire or specialised consultants, to inform property owners of development options should it be appropriate. Heritage Council and National Trust properties also included in the Town Planning Scheme Provisions..

Shire of Victoria Plains

Statement of Significance

Glentromie Farm Group was associated with Donald Macpherson, a former indentured servant who became a successful pastoralist, horsebreeder, and local politican. Buildings within the group exhibit the excellent skill of ticket of leave craftsmen.

Physical Description

Glentromie Farm Group is a substantial mid-nineteenth century pastoral station, comprising a Homestead (including a detached Kitchn wing and detached 7 room cottage with cellar wing), a Stables, Shearing Shed, Barn, and Two-Roomed Men's Cottage, a Stone Well and archaeological sites of five Married Worker's Cottages, Blacksmith's Shop, Slaughter House, Cart Shed and Harness Room, and the ruins of a Flour Mill, as well as artefact scatters dating to the nineteenth century.

History

Glentromie was established by Donald Macpherson, a Scotsman who arrived in WA in April 1836 as an indentured servant. After become free of his indenture in 1845, Macpherson was granted a pastoral lease, where in the 1850, he established Glentromie Farm Group.

Condition

Good

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
7915 Toodyay homesteads: past and present. Book 2006
5921 Off-shears : the story of shearing sheds in Western Australia. Book 2002
11367 Glentromie Farm Group Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 2015

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Present Use FARMING\PASTORAL Homestead
Original Use FARMING\PASTORAL Homestead
Original Use FARMING\PASTORAL Blacksmith's Shop
Original Use FARMING\PASTORAL Other

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Roof METAL Corrugated Iron
Other TIMBER Other Timber
Roof TILE Other Tile
Roof TIMBER Shingle
Roof METAL Zincalume
Wall BRICK Common Brick

Historic Themes

General Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Settlements

Creation Date

07 Dec 1998

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

31 Dec 2016

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