Butcher shop

Author

Shire of Kulin

Place Number

06922

Location

Johnson St Dudinin

Location Details

Other Name(s)

Jack Mullan's Butchery

Local Government

Kulin

Region

Wheatbelt

Construction Date

Constructed from 1925

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

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 19 Mar 1997 Category 3

Statement of Significance

The place represents a way of life no longer practiced. Together with the Store, it forms a streetscape.

Physical Description

The timber framed building is clad with weatherboard and has a corrugated iron roof. It has a street verandah. It has a large shop room with a small "kitchen" at the rear.

History

The shop was financed by J Mullan senior in 1925. The butcher's shop supplied meat for the Railway workers and contract clearers in the area, as well as the local boarding houses who also catered for the itinerant workers. Later Steve Powell ran a green grocery store.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: intact or redeemable Authenticity: high degree

Condition

Good

Associations

Name Type Year From Year To
Peter Robinson Architect 1925 -

References

Ref ID No Ref Name Ref Source Ref Date
"Kulin Chronicle".Vol 1 Issue 1. Kulin Chronicle 17/11/1979
"Research" Dindinin Community- Unpublished 1996
"Kulin in the making". Kulin Jubilee committee 1960
WE Greble; "Bold Yeomanry Social changes in the Wheatbelt District- Kulin 1848-1970".". Shire of Kulin 1979

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use COMMERCIAL Shop\Retail Store {single}
Other Use SOCIAL\RECREATIONAL Other
Present Use RESIDENTIAL Single storey residence

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Wall TIMBER Weatherboard
Roof METAL Corrugated Iron

Historic Themes

General Specific
OCCUPATIONS Commercial & service industries

Creation Date

22 May 1997

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

01 Jan 2017

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