Yarloop Timber Mill Workshops

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

01203

Location

Railway Pde Yarloop

Location Details

Address includes: 53-67, 65-69, 71, 73-79 & Lot 4 Railway Parade, Yarloop.

Other Name(s)

Yarloop Mill Town Central Area

Local Government

Harvey

Region

South West

Construction Date

Constructed from 1895 to 1950

Demolition Year

2016

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
State Register Registered 12 May 2000 HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument, HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Municipal Inventory Adopted 12 Dec 2016 Category 1
Statewide Railway Heritage Surve Completed 01 Mar 1994
Register of the National Estate Indicative Place
Statewide Lge Timber Str Survey Completed 11 Dec 1998
Register of the National Estate Permanent 21 Mar 1978

Parent Place or Precinct

03759 Yarloop Mill Town Conservation Area

Physical Description

Destroyed by bushfire in January 2016.

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
11417 Yarloop Workshops Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 2008
4049 Yarloop Workshops Conservation Works 1998/9 Final Report Report 1999
4147 Yarloop Conservation Plan Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 1998
9670 Conservation works: old mill guesthouse, Yarloop - third (final) report. Conservation works report 2010
113 Millars timber mill workshop Yarloop Book 1979
8543 Yarloop timber mill workshops: interpretation and design plan. Electronic 2006

Place Type

Precinct or Streetscape

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use FORESTRY Timber Mill
Present Use FORESTRY Timber Mill
Original Use Transport\Communications Rail: Other
Original Use FORESTRY Office or Administration Bldg
Present Use EDUCATIONAL Museum

Architectural Styles

Style
Vernacular

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Roof METAL Corrugated Iron
Wall TIMBER Weatherboard

Historic Themes

General Specific
OCCUPATIONS Timber industry
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Education & science
OUTSIDE INFLUENCES World Wars & other wars
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Settlements
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Resource exploitation & depletion

Creation Date

30 May 1989

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

31 Dec 2016

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