Wellard Post Office & General Store - Site of

Author

City of Kwinana

Place Number

12117

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Location

114 Wellard Rd 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
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.
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	13 May 1998	D	D Recognition of places which achieve the minimum threshold cultural heritage significance to the Town of Kwinana.

Statement of Significance

Historic Value: Site is associated with the early settlement of the Wellard district.

Level of significance: Historic site.

Physical Description

The site of the former post office and general store is currently occupied by two recently constructed private residences, on separate adjoining lots. There appear to be no remains of
the original structure.

History

Wellard was situated on the south western side of Richardson 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.
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. The building itself was constructed from two houses that were relocated to the site from the Oakford Estate near Byford. It was believed the store was initially owned by a man named Woods, although by 1929, J. Willows was paying rates for a store located on a Wellard town lot, most likely the same place. The post office is believed to have been run by Donald Johnson, the Wellard Post Master, until the demolition of the building in the 1950s.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: Low
Authenticity: Low

Condition

Site Only

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	N Taggart; "Rockingham Looks Back".		1984
	L Russell; "Kwinana “Third Time Lucky”,		1979

Place Type

Historic Site

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	COMMERCIAL	Shop\Retail Store {single}
Original Use	Transport\Communications	Comms: Post or Telegraph Office
Present Use	RESIDENTIAL	Single storey residence

Historic Themes

General	Specific
TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS	Mail services

Creation Date

11 Sep 1998

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

09 Feb 2023

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