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Kondinin Tavern - Site of

Author

Shire of Kondinin

Place Number

11190
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Location

Rankin St Kondinin

Location Details

Cnr Rankin & Gordon Sts

Local Government

Kondinin

Region

Wheatbelt

Construction Date

Constructed from 1923, Constructed from 1925

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

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Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

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Category Description
Municipal Inventory Adopted 18 Mar 1998 Category 5

Category 5

An historic site without built features. Recommend that the site is recognised by means of a plaque, place name, interpretive material, or an architectural or urban design, in due course. Recognition of the site. No specific regulations would be imposed, except in the case where the site is within the bounds of a precinct, in which case the precinct category would take precedence. While the Shire recognises the value of the site, it would be a community and/or Shire responsibility to mark the site, as appropriate in future development, recognition or interpretation.

Statement of Significance

The site represents a way of life no longer practiced. It has
associations with many identities and settler of all generations in Kondinin.

History

After the town of Kondinin was surveyed in 1914, the
Commonwealth acquired lots 17 and 18, in May, prior to the auction in October 1915. A liquor licence
was reserved for the "State Hotel" and therefore no other premises in Kondinin had a licence until
Reidy-Croft built the hotel.
The hotel was subsequently built on Lot 66 Rankin Street, by Sidney Reidy-Crofts . He had spent 3
years at Kokerby Hotel (between Beverley and Brookton), and when moving to Kondinin, he
deconstructed the hotel and transported the bricks to Kondinin with the intention of using them to
build the hotel. However, possibly there were restrictions about second hand materials for the hotel,
and he built four shops. The shops were located over the road from the hotel (lot 67), and included
Sam Nicholaides Store, a betting shop and Reidy Croft's son Selby's men's store. Those shops burnt
down on c1967 on grand final night after Kondinin won.
Reidy-Crofts was an Englishman from NSW, and came to WA with the JC Williamson Opera Company.
In 1925, he took the architect of the hotel (who??) to the Supreme Court for alleged negligence. In
1927, he left Kondinin, and went to Wiluna and built the largest corrugated iron hotel in the southern
hemisphere.
One of Reidy-Croft's daughters married Ernie Turpin, and he and his brother took over the hotel, with
Mr & Mrs Connaughton in charge by 1928.
The Kondinin Hotel was the only two storey hotel on the Yilliminning-Kondinin railway line. In
November 1982, a fault in the hot water system caused the destruction of the hotel by fire. Another
hotel replaced the former. It is of a contemporary design, one storey with associated motel units.

Condition

Site

References

Ref ID No Ref Name Ref Source Ref Date
A Webb; "Kondinin-Kalgarin-Hyden Community, Time and Place". Shire of Kondinin 1988

Place Type

Historic Site

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use COMMERCIAL Hotel, Tavern or Inn
Present Use COMMERCIAL Hotel, Tavern or Inn

Historic Themes

General Specific
OCCUPATIONS Hospitality industry & tourism

Creation Date

17 Mar 1998

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

01 Jan 2017

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