Jitarning Siding - Site

Author

Shire of Kulin

Place Number

06977

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Location

Jitarning

Location Details

Local Government

Kulin

Region

Wheatbelt

Construction Date

Constructed from 1914

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	19 Mar 1997	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.

Statement of Significance

The railway was important to the development of the town of
Jitarning, and the railway siding is representative of that event.

History

Dudinin is located in a valley and was
considered a good site for a dam to provide for the steam trains which were to run on the proposed
railway line south east from Narrogin through Yilliminning. The railway subsequently passed through
Dudinin in preference to Wogolin, only 6 miles north along the Rabbit proof fence. By Christmas
1913, a Public Works Department site camp was established at Dudinin and the railway line
proceeded northwards to Jitarning. Mrs Pike's bush boarding house moved along the track as the
gangers moved camp, and Tom Hogg's boarding house did the same. On 15 March 1915 the railway
line through to Kulin was taken over by the Government and on 16 March it was officially opened and
the first train rolled into Kulin.
Wheatstacks in 1913. Jitarning Siding hut was demolished two years ago but remnants remain of
the tennis courts and cricket pitch.
Mrs Randall was the station Mistress, meeting the train at all hours of the day or night, handling all the
goods receival and despatch, and ordering wheat trucks when required.
The first Co-operative Bulk Handling bin was established in 1934? . It was replaced with another bin
in the 1960s.

Condition

Site

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	WE Greble; "A Bold Yeomanry Social Change in a Wheatbelt District Kulin 1848-1970".	Shire of Kulin	1979

Place Type

Historic Site

Uses

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

Historic Themes

General	Specific
TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS	Rail & light rail transport

Creation Date

22 May 1997

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

01 Jan 2017

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