Uduc Hall

Child Places

• 03165 Old Uduc School Building

Statement of Significance

• The hall has historic value for its association with the former school built on the site in 1899 and the establishment of the community in the district.
• The hall has social value to the community as the location of many events since 1957.

Physical Description

The hall is a timber framed weatherboard and fibre cement clad structure with shallow pitched gabled roof clad in colorbond and corrugated metal. Metal framed sash windows. Double timber doors to the front entrance accessed via three concrete steps and shielded by a simple lean-to style verandah canopy supported on timber columns with a colorbond roof. An addition to the side of brick construction and brick and timber construction with metal framed windows.

History

The Uduc Progress Association was formed in 1919. After 1921 when the Uduc School was closed the Association moved to keep the school building as a public hall. The first dance was held in the hall in 1922, after which time it was used for many public fund-raising activities until the mid 1950s when a move was made to build a new hall. Although this had been under discussion since the mind 1930s, work began in earnest in 1957. The builder was Lew Fryer who was assisted by local voluntary help.

In 1959, the Uduc Hall was utilised by about 40 members of the Uduc Progress Association who gathered there to view the first night of television in Western Australia, and 1969 saw members watching man’s landing on the moon in the hall.

In 1987 the Uduc Progress Association extended the hall to accommodate the large dance crowds.

In 2011, the Shire of Harvey installed new toilets, extended the existing kitchen and painted the hall internally and externally. The hall continues to be used for monthly dances and events and is maintained by the Shire and the Uduc Progress Association.

In 1999, a memorial plaque was laid near the old school.

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Condition

Good

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