Wellard Townsite

Author

City of Kwinana

Place Number

12126

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Location

Wellard

Location Details

Local Government

Kwinana

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1920

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
(no listings)

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	13 May 1998	D	D Recognition of places which achieve the minimum threshold cultural heritage significance to the Town of Kwinana.
Local Heritage Survey	Adopted	01 Feb 2022	D	D Recognition of places which achieve the minimum threshold cultural heritage significance to the Town of Kwinana.

Statement of Significance

Historic Value: The place is associated with the Peel Group Settlement
Scheme, which was established during the 1920s, particularly
Groups 50 and 54, who settled in the Wellard area.

Level of significance: Historic Site.

Physical Description

The former Post Master’s Residence on Wellard Road is all that remains of the early Wellard townsite, which was located on the west side of Bollard Bulrush Swamp. This area was most recently redeveloped for housing in the 1980s, with the creation of the Homestead Ridge estate.

History

Wellard was situated on the south western side of Richardson (Bollard Bulrush) Swamp and took its name from Wellard Road – the track made by John Wellard on his way to the Serpentine Farm. The small township was joined to Baldivis and Karnup by the Baldivis Road. In the Wellard area were Groups 50 and 54 (Group Settlement Scheme), on either side of the Folly drain.
Although the town did not survive, Wellard thrived for a few years and in the early 1920s a townsite was planned. The store and post-office at Wellard was believed to have been established in the early 1920s as one of the first buildings constructed in the proposed Wellard townsite. A furniture factory was built in 1926, followed not long after by the Wellard Hall, which became the focus of community activities for locals, being used for church services and as a school.
The former Wellard Post Masters residence is the only remaining structure from this period of development.
Those sites currently recognised for their heritage value are;
Wellard Hospital - site
Wellard Doctor's Residence - site
Wellard Post Office and General Store - site

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: Low
Authenticity: Low

Condition

Site Only

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	L Russell; "Kwinana “Third Time Lucky”,		1979

Place Type

Historic Town or district

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	OTHER	Other
Present Use	OTHER	Other

Historic Themes

General	Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY	Settlements

Creation Date

11 Sep 1998

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

09 Feb 2023

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