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Blandstown Heritage Precinct

Author

Shire of York

Place Number

02864
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Location

Gt Southern Hwy, Avon Tce, Bland St York

Location Details

Note: P2867 Balladong Farm is within the Precinct, but is only a small portion of what was once Balladong Farm, which was subdivided to create Blandstown. Incs: Bygraves House and shop, Gt Southern Hwy; Houses at 7, 9, 17, 17A, 18, 21, 22, 29 & 31 Avon Tce.; House at 9 Bland Street; Blands Brook & Bridge, Albion Hotel

Other Name(s)

Balladong Farm (fmr)

Local Government

York

Region

Avon Arc

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents More information
Heritage Area Adopted 25 Nov 2019

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
RHP - To be assessed Current 31 Oct 2003

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management More information
Category Description
Local Heritage Survey Adopted 25 Nov 2019 Grade B

Grade B

Considerable significance - Very important to the heritage of the locality. High degree of integrity/authenticity.
Classified by the National Trust Classified 05 Mar 1985

Heritage Council

Statement of Significance

• Blandstown Heritage Area represents historical associations with Revett Henry Bland, Governor Stirling’s appointee to the district and the original owner of the land that the Parker family later owned and developed as Balladong Farm and facililiaited the village that developed as Blandstown.
• Blandstown Heritage Area demonstrates the development of an early colonial settlement dating from the 1850s retaining some of York’s earliest dwellings and other buildings representing ways of life and commercial enterprises of this early inland town.
• It has the potential to yield valuable archaeological, physical and documentary information that will contribute to an understanding of the cultural heritage of Western Australia, particularly in relation to early farming practices and the relationship between the farm and the broader rural community.
• Blandstown is a unique cultural environment, in Western Australia’s earliest inland town, that has retained a high degree of intactness and authenticity, and makes a considerable contribution to the historical aesthetic of York.

Physical Description

It comprises dominant homesteads, but predominantly single-storey masonry dwellings, some with associated business, two double-storey places, one previously an inn, and also represents a few places of the twentieth century

History

After York was opened for selection in 1830, the first settlers, arrived in 1831 from the Swan River settlement with the task of establishing a Government Farm. Balladong Farm was settled in 1831 by William Heal, later H. Bland after whom Blandstown is named. Stephen Stanley Parker purchased Balladong Farm in 1848. During the 1850s, Parker developed the property into a very successful farm.

The “village” now known as Blandstown, is the oldest privately settled part of the York town, developed around Balladong Farm due to the influential presence, water supply, and the river crossing.

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
7706 Conservation plan for Blandstown village heritage precinct. Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 2007
10042 9 William Street, York. Conservation management strategy. Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 2012
7461 York sketchbook. Book 2003

Place Type

Precinct or Streetscape

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use RESIDENTIAL Other
Present Use RESIDENTIAL Other

Historic Themes

General Specific
OCCUPATIONS Grazing, pastoralism & dairying
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Settlements

Creation Date

30 May 1989

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Approved

Last Update

10 Dec 2020

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