Local Government
Victoria Plains
Region
Wheatbelt
Yerecoin
Post Office & Phone Exchange
Yerecoin Store, Maddison's Shop
Victoria Plains
Wheatbelt
Constructed from 1930
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| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 27 Oct 1998 | Category 4 | |
The place has significant associations with the continuing development of Yerecoin and the commercial services which support the development. The place has associations with the McDonalds, Maddisons, Milner and others, as well as a sense of place for generations of Yerecoin people, as the communication centre and venue for informal meetings.
The original shop on this site was built by Maddisons in the early 1930s. It was the Store, post office and phone exchange. After the Maddisons walked out during the depression years, the Yerecoin Progress Association invited Angus McDonald and his wife Edith to run the shop. Rita McDonald, their daughter, was the telephonist and exchange operator. Shopping was done in the evenings, after the men's work was done, because women didn't drive. So to go to town was a social occasion, only once a week or so. In the mid 1930s, Jim Milner bought the place, and sold it when he went to war. On his return he subsequently became the longest serving Shire President in the Shire of Victoria Plains. The power house was located at the rear of the shop.
Integrity: Intact or redeemable Authenticity: High degree
Good
| Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
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| Erickson R; "The Victoria Plains". | Shire of Victoria Plains | 1971 |
Individual Building or Group
| Epoch | General | Specific |
|---|---|---|
| Original Use | COMMERCIAL | Shop\Retail Store {single} |
| Original Use | Transport\Communications | Comms: Telephone Building |
| Present Use | COMMERCIAL | Shop\Retail Store {single} |
| Present Use | Transport\Communications | Comms: Post or Telegraph Office |
| Original Use | Transport\Communications | Comms: Post or Telegraph Office |
| General | Specific |
|---|---|
| SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES | Community services & utilities |
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