Bendering Siding - Site of

Author

Shire of Kondinin

Place Number

11289

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Location

Bendering

Location Details

Local Government

Kondinin

Region

Wheatbelt

Construction Date

Constructed from 1917

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	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 the railway line and all that it meant to the developing
wheatbelt.

History

The railway line passed through Bendering in 1917 as the first stage of
the Kondinin to Narembeen extension of the Yilliminning-Kondinin line. Narembeen was subsequently the
railhead until 1925 when the line opened through to Merredin.
Bendering Siding often needed two engines to get the fully laden locomotives northwards out of the siding,
and coming south into the siding the brakes were on from the top of the flat.
A shelter shed was located at the siding. The railway water tank was also located in the siding to provide
essential water supplies to keep the steam trains running.

Condition

Site

Associations

Name	Type	Year From	Year To
WAGR	Architect	-	-

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	Research Notes	Bendering Community- Unpublished	1996
	A Webb; "Kondinin-Kalgarin-Hyden Community, Time and Place".	Shire of Kondinin	1988

Place Type

Historic Site

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Present Use	Transport\Communications	Rail: Other
Original Use	Transport\Communications	Rail: Other

Historic Themes

General	Specific
TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS	Rail & light rail transport

Creation Date

19 Mar 1998

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Approved

Last Update

01 Jan 2017

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