Djuringe Mooranoppin, Kellerberrin

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

11888

Location

Cnr Goldfields & Mission Rds Kellerberrin

Location Details

Other Name(s)

Djuringe Aboriginal Mission and Reserve (fmr)
Old Jiriny Mission;Woolundra Aboriginal Missi

Local Government

Kellerberrin

Region

Wheatbelt

Construction Date

Constructed from 1934, Constructed from 1966

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
State Register Registered 23 Jan 2023 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 19 May 1998 Category 5

Condition

Ruinous, site only.

Place Type

Historic Site

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use RELIGIOUS Other
Present Use VACANT\UNUSED Vacant\Unused
Original Use EDUCATIONAL Other
Original Use PARK\RESERVE Park\Reserve

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Other BRICK Common Brick
Other CONCRETE Concrete Slab

Historic Themes

General Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Settlements
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Religion
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Institutions

Creation Date

17 Aug 1998

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Author

Shire of Kellerberrin

Construction Date

Constructed from 1950

Demolition Year

N/A

Statement of Significance

The site of the former Woolundra Aboriginal Mission has some local historic and social significance for its association with the local aboriginal people. The site of the Mission is evidence of the role of religious organisations in aboriginal communities.

Physical Description

Situated north east of Kellerber rin on the corner of the Old Goldfields Road and Mission Road, all that remains of the Woolundra Aboriginal Mission are some foundations and tracks.

History

Operated by the Australian Inland Mission (Methodist Church), the Woolundra Mission included a school and a mission house. The Mission closed in the mid 1960s. [Local Sources]

Condition

Site only

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Agricultural Hall (fmr), Kellerberrin

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

01369

Location

Cnr Leake & Bedford St s Kellerberrin

Location Details

Other Name(s)

District Museum
Kellerberrin Folk Museum

Local Government

Kellerberrin

Region

Wheatbelt

Construction Date

Constructed from 1898, Constructed from 1937

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
State Register Registered 18 Jan 2008 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 19 May 1998 category 1
Register of the National Estate Nominated 28 Jul 1983
Register of the National Estate Indicative Place
Classified by the National Trust Classified 08 Mar 1982

Condition

Good

Associations

Name Type Year From Year To
Public Works Department Architect - -
Howard Evans Architect - -
George Temple Poole Architect - -

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use SOCIAL\RECREATIONAL Agricultural Hall
Original Use EDUCATIONAL Special School
Present Use EDUCATIONAL Museum
Original Use EDUCATIONAL Other
Other Use GOVERNMENTAL Courthouse

Architectural Styles

Style
Federation Romanesque

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Wall STONE Local Stone
Roof METAL Corrugated Iron

Historic Themes

General Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Government policy
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Sport, recreation & entertainment
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Law & order
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Institutions
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Cultural activities
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Education & science

Creation Date

30 May 1989

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Author

Shire of Kellerberrin

Construction Date

Constructed from 1898

Demolition Year

N/A

Statement of Significance

The Former Agricultural Hall has high historic and social significance given that for many years the building was the main social centre of the district. The Hall has been used variously for education local government, law and order as well as recreation and entertainment. The building is a good example of the agricultural halls built with government assistance in many country towns in the 1890s. Further the place is evidence of the use of local materials - stone - which has been used in combination with brick quoining to create an attractive facade. The Hall is held in high esteem locally and now serves as a folk museum where items illustrating the development of the district are displayed.

Physical Description

The former Agricultural Hall is a rectangular shaped building of random stone construction. The stone is locally quarried granite. The place has a steeply pitched corrugated iron gable roof on sawn timber beams with a circular air vent to the gable end and a simple timber finial to the apex. The front facade is limewashed and features a large brick arch and double timber entry doors enhanced by a brick, arch surround. There is brick quoining around the openings and to building corners, providing added strength to the construction. Windows are all timber framed and double hung - there being four to the east elevation along with a double timber door. The building is set on a large block with a variety of farm equipment on display. The block is fenced by a timber and wire mesh fence.

History

Correspondence between R.B. Leake of the Building Committee for the agricultural hall and the Under Secretary for Public Works indicates that the preferred site for the hall was adjacent to the Post Office: "A reserve of 10 acres is set apart for the post office. If on the eastern side of the post office a block could be granted in this reserve that we suggest would be the most suitable and convenient. It would then be close to the post office to which all frequenting the hall will have business with." [DOLA File - 1 1/6/1898, p9] The correspondence further indicates the proposed use of the hall as a school and therefore the need for an area large enough for a playground. On 7 October, 1898 the south-east corner of Reserve 4461 was set aside as Reserve 5950, Lot 320 as a site for an agricultural hall. [Government Gazette, p2932] A loan of £250 was secured from the government through the Public Works Department to assist in the cost of constructing the hall, which was the first for the district. There was some controversy surrounding the erection of the hall which was during the height of the Gold Rush. The Yilgarn member considered that money could be better spent in his electorate rather than at Kellerberrin where only ":a man and his dog and a dead kangaroo existed." [National Trust file K General, file 1, Appendix B] In 1907 a further £125 was allocated by the government to enlarge the hall. In 1912 there was a move to obtain another site to build a new hall, however, the government would not agree to this proposal given that the loan had not been paid off. The Kellerberrin Road Board took over the building in 1916, and hence inherited the outstanding loan. From 1937 to the 1960s the hall was used as a Courthouse. [Eastern Recorder, 7/2/1957, p6] The Hall was used as a Special School for Handicapped Children until 1972 when a school was built for that purpose. From 1972 the building and grounds were developed as a Folk Museum. [National Trust File] On 27 March, 1975 Reserve 5950 was changed to Reserve 33207 (still Lot 320), it being vested in the Shire of Kellerberrin as a museum site. [Government Gazette, p997] In 1980/81 the Shire Council undertook restoration works which included repairing or replacing and painting all exterior timber work and restoring exterior brickwork and stonework. [HCWA File No. 1369]

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: High Degree

Condition

Good

Associations

Name Type Year From Year To
PWD Architect 1898 -

References

Ref ID No Ref Name Ref Source Ref Date
National Trust File - K.
"Eastern Recorder,". 7/2/1957.
BW Leake; "Reminiscences". p 62
"Government Gazettes".
HCWA File No. 1369.
DOLA File 3005/1898, State Archives AN 3/3, Acc 541, Item 2005, 1898
Owner Category
Shire of Kellerberrin Local Gov't

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Hillview House Group

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

04045

Location

124 Massingham St Kellerberrin

Location Details

Local Government

Kellerberrin

Region

Wheatbelt

Construction Date

Constructed from 1910

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
State Register Registered 14 Jul 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
(no listings)

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
4246 Hill View Kellerberrin Conservation Plan Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 1999
5017 Hillview, Kellerberrin: conservation works. Final report. February 2001. Heritage Study {Other} 2001
5515 Hillview, Kellerberrin : conservation works : cellar (final report). Conservation works report 2002

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use FARMING\PASTORAL Shed or Barn
Original Use RESIDENTIAL Single storey residence
Original Use FARMING\PASTORAL Homestead
Original Use FARMING\PASTORAL Kitchen
Present Use RESIDENTIAL Single storey residence

Architectural Styles

Style
Federation Bungalow

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Wall TIMBER Weatherboard
Wall BRICK Common Brick
Roof METAL Corrugated Iron

Historic Themes

General Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Settlements

Creation Date

09 Sep 1998

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Last Update

31 Dec 2016

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Kellerberrin Post Office & Residence

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

01372

Location

58 Massingham St Kellerberrin

Location Details

Local Government

Kellerberrin

Region

Wheatbelt

Construction Date

Constructed from 1912 to 1995

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
State Register Registered 11 Aug 1995 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
Statewide Post Office Survey Completed 01 Mar 1992
Classified by the National Trust Classified 08 Mar 1994
Municipal Inventory Adopted 19 May 1998 category 1

Parent Place or Precinct

17504 Kellerberrin Post Office and Bank of New South Wales (fmr) Group

Condition

Good

Associations

Name Type Year From Year To
Hillson Beasley Architect - -

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
6553 Kellerberrin Post Office : conservation works (final report). Conservation works report 2003
5125 Conservation plan : Kellerberrin Post Office and Residence / prepared for the owners G. Main & C. Kirby by Laura Gray, Heritage and Conservation Consultant. Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 2001

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use RESIDENTIAL Other
Original Use Transport\Communications Comms: Post or Telegraph Office
Present Use Transport\Communications Comms: Post or Telegraph Office
Present Use RESIDENTIAL Other

Architectural Styles

Style
Federation Free Style

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Roof TILE Terracotta Tile
Wall BRICK Common Brick

Historic Themes

General Specific
TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS Telecommunications
TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS Mail services

Creation Date

31 Jan 1989

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Author

Shire of Kellerberrin

Construction Date

Constructed from 1912

Demolition Year

N/A

Statement of Significance

The Kellerberrin Post Office has high historic and social significance for its continued association with communications within and without the district since 1912. The building has a dominant presence in the main street and was built on a much larger scale and grander style than most other country post offices of the same era. It is therefore evidence of the importance of Kellerberrin at that time. The building is held in high esteem by the local community.

Physical Description

The Kellerberrin Post Office is a large two storey building of brick construction laid in a stretcher pattern. The place has a dutch gable tile roof with a separate semi-circular roof to the double storey entry porch, which is a dominant feature of the building. The entry porch is supported on Romanesque style white columns to both levels and bares the name of the building with the year of construction in black lettering. The building features rendered quoining to the corners and four chimneys with rendered tops. Entry to the building is via two steps to a recessed double door with archways leading to two rooms either side. Windows are generally timber framed and double hung, with small feature windows to the ground floor consisting of six panes and enhanced by rendered sills and lintels. There is a rendered white band to the lower and upper level street elevation and a moulded string course which runs the length of the lower level facade. The upper floor balcony has white balustrading. There is a lean-to at the rear.

History

The first postal and telegraphic office commenced operations in Kellerberrin in 1895 when it was shifted from Doodlakine. [G.E. Owen] The following year it was given Australia Post status. [Government Gazette, 9/12/1898, p3594] It was not long before the original post office building was considered to have become inadequate in terms of its size, service facilities and location (on Leake Street). [Eastern Recorder, 9/3/1912] On 2 February, 1912 tenders were called for the erection of the new post office, which had been designed by the architect Hillson Beasley. [Government Gazette, 2/2/1912. pi 88] The tender was let to^Messrs W & J Parkes of Kalgoorlie for £2,882 9s 8d on 27 April as contract no. 4538. [Government Gazette, 3/5/1912, p 1607] An article in the Eastern Recorder described the unfinished interior of the building as including: "a strong room about five feet square filled with slate shelving and partitions and the whole protected by a Makutz door which alone must have cost £30 or £40." [6/7/1912] The Post Office was officially opened on 7 March, 1913 following several delays. The following description appeared in the local paper: "The post office measures 40ft on the front and is 30ft steep. Outside under the portico is a public telephone room, private letter boxes, and good roomy slits for posting anything up to the size of a small baby. Inside there is a spacious counter that will do away with all crowding for a long time to come and behind this are pigeon-holes for callers' letters. In one corner is the telephone exchange, which now possesses trunk line facilities... On the ground floor behind the post office are the requisite storerooms and a lavatory with a private entry to the office on the eastern side of the building. On the western side is the entrance to the residential quarters of the post-master. On the ground-floor is a dinning-room and kitchen. Upstairs are bedrooms, sitting room, bathroom, and two balconies. The rooms are all decorated in a different colour scheme, and for comfort and convenience and healthfulness appear to be everything that can be desired." [Eastern Recorder, 15/3/1913] The Post Office at Kellerberrin is today seen as "a reminder of the past importance of the town in this region and the State Government's anticipation of the town's continued growth." [Pope et al, pF2] It is still being used as a Post Office, with the only alterations being rear additions and alterations to the postal hall. [National Trust File]

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: High Degree Modifications: Rear additions, alterations to postal hall.

Condition

Good

Associations

Name Type Year From Year To
Hillson Beasley Architect 1912 -

References

Ref ID No Ref Name Ref Source Ref Date
"Eastern Recorder". 15/3/1913]
"Government Gazette,". p 3594 9/12/1898,
DOLA File 9287/97
Pope, Bush, Broomfield, Kelsall (eds); "A Report on Historical and Architectural Assessment of Post Offices in Western Australia owned by Australia Post as al 21st July 1991". Perth 1993
"Government Gazette,". p 88 3/5/1912
GE Owen; "The Post, Telegrapg and Telephone Offices in western Australia". Cottesloe 1958
"Eastern Recorder". 9/3/1912]
National Trust File 1 K General
HCWA File No. 1372
Owner Category
GP Main & CM Kirby Other Private

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Kellerberrin Fire Station

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

01379

Location

4 Ripper St Kellerberrin

Location Details

Local Government

Kellerberrin

Region

Wheatbelt

Construction Date

Constructed from 1935, Constructed from 1914

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
Heritage Agreement YES 17 Jul 2013 HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument
State Register Registered 02 Jun 1998 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 19 May 1998 category 1
Fire & Rescue Service Heritage Inventory Adopted 30 Aug 1997

Condition

Good

Associations

Name Type Year From Year To
Jack Ochiltree Architect - -

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
11472 Kellerberrin Fire Station (fmr) Conservation works report 2015
4577 Kellerberrin Fire Station (fmr) : conservation works : final report. Heritage Study {Other} 2000
2838 Kellerberrin Fire Station Conservation Plan Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 1997

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use GOVERNMENTAL Fire Station
Present Use GOVERNMENTAL Fire Station

Architectural Styles

Style
Federation Free Style

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Wall STONE Local Stone
Roof METAL Corrugated Iron

Historic Themes

General Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Community services & utilities

Creation Date

31 Jan 1989

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Last Update

31 Dec 2016

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Author

Shire of Kellerberrin

Construction Date

Constructed from 1914 to 1935

Demolition Year

N/A

Physical Description

The Fire Station is a single storey rectangular building of local stone construction - the granite having been quarried from Kellerberrin Hill. The place has a corrugated iron gable roof. The front facade is symmetrical in design. There is a roller door centrally placed with two Romanesque style rendered columns either side. Between each of the columns is a small timber framed window with four panes and a rendered lintel. Above the roller door is an shallow arched window. The triangular shaped parapet bares the name of the building with two rendered bands above. The stonework to the facade has been pointed. The windows to the side elevations feature brick quoining and rendered lintels and sills. To the rear of the building is a lower set gable roof, possibly a later addition, but still of stone construction with similar design elements. The building has a rendered band at ground level to a height of 1 metre. There is a weatherboard clad lean-to at the rear and a brick chimney.

History

In March 1912 a meeting was held between members of the Kellerberrin Road Board and the WA Fire Brigades Board, the outcome of which was to extend the Fire Brigades Act to the district of Kellerberrin. [Eastern Recorder. 9/3/1912] Subsequently in May 1912 Kellerberrin was gazetted as a fire district. [Government Gazette, 10/5/1912, pi645] At this time the fire brigade was housed in a temporary facility, which was actually a blacksmith's shop that was "but little larger than a rat-trap". [Eastern Recorder, 6/2/1914] The original land set aside for the construction of a fire station was Reserve 1 1782, Lot 93, Hammond Street, however the location was changed to Reserve 19548. Lot 322, Ripper Street. [Government Gazette, 26/3/1909, pS16 & 3/6/1927, pi404] Plans went ahead for the station and the successful tenderer was Mr S. Rowe, of Cottesloe, for a price of £590. Work on the building commenced in April 1914. The station was to be built with local granite quarried from Kellerberrin Hill and to include fireman's quarters, as it was anticipated that an officer was to sleep at the station. [Eastern Recorder, 22/5/1914 & 26/6/1914J A gymnasium at the fire station was also proposed and equipment was donated by members of the community. The Kellerberrin Fire Station was officially opened on 27 October 1914 and the guests included Superintendent Lapsley from the coastal and goldfields fire brigades, and Messrs Murray and Glance from the WA Fire Brigades Board. In his speech Mr Basil Murray commented on how the new station was one of the best of its kind yet provided for any brigade in the provinces. He also said that the building, as it stood, was only a portion of what was intended, as extensions would no doubt be necessary as the town grew. [Eastern Recorder, 23/10/1914] The extensions Mr Murray referred to were carried out in 1935 at a cost of £700. Messrs Cook and Wakefield were the contractors for the work which consisted of considerably lengthening the main hall, living and training quarters for the firemen and a storeroom. [Eastern Recorder, 6/9/1935, pi] During the Second World War weekly dances were held in the station to help raise funds. The building was used for a variety of social events over the years, especially when the Picture Theatre was in use. [BSD Fire Station Report, pl6]

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: High Degree Modifications: Large stone extension to rear of building. (1935) Original suspended timber floor replaced with concrete pad and timber boards re-layed on top. (c 1950s) Original solid timber doors replaced by a steel roller door. (cl960)

Condition

Good

Associations

Name Type Year From Year To
Jack Ochiltree Architect 1914 -

References

Ref ID No Ref Name Ref Source Ref Date
"Government Gazette,". p 404 3/6/1927,
"Eastern Recorder,". 6/9/1935
"Eastern Recorder,". 9/3/1912
"Eastern Recorder,". 23/10/1914
"Eastern Recorder,". 26/6/1914
"Government Gazette,". p 16 26/3/1909
"Government Gazette,". p 645 10/5/1912
"Eastern Recorder,". 22/5/1914
BSD Consultants; "Report on the Social and Historical Significance of the Kellerberrin Fire Station (Draft)," p 16 1994
Owner Category
Shire of Kellerberrin Local Gov't

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Goldfields Water Supply Scheme

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

16610

Location

Mundaring

Location Details

P25251 Goldfields Water Supply Scheme is part of this place and is on the National Heritage List. Starts in Mundaring, at Mundaring Weir and travels through the Shires of Mundaring, Northam, Cunderdin, Tammin, Kellerberrin, Merredin, Westonia, Yilgarn, Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie-Boulder.

Other Name(s)

Golden Pipeline

Local Government

Mundaring

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1898

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
State Register Registered 08 Dec 2022 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
(no listings)

Parent Place or Precinct

25251 Goldfields Water Supply Scheme (NHL)

Child Places

  • 02789 No. 6 Steam Pumping Station (fmr), Ghooli
  • 00649 No 3 Pumping Station
  • 10062 Karalee Reservoir, Rock Catchment & Aqueduct
  • 03660 Toorak Hill, Goldfields Water Supply Reservoir
  • 15727 Mount Charlotte Reservoir
  • 01677 No 1 Pumping Station Museum
  • 10072 Caroling Rocks Dam No. 16
  • 10869 Bronti Tank
  • 01675 Mundaring Weir Hotel
  • 01564 No. 4 Steam Pumping Station
  • 01676 Mundaring Weir Hall
  • 00647 Railway Water Tower, Cunderdin
  • 08540 Mundaring Weir School & Quarters (fmr)
  • 05977 Koorarawalyee Tank
  • 00583 Old Pumping Station
  • 08539 No 2 Pumping Station - Site of

Values

• The place is an excellent example of an initiative by the Western Australian Government to provide water to the Goldfields at the turn of the century.
• The place is rare as one of the largest pipelines in Western Australia, possibly the largest that supplies water.
• The place has aesthetic value as a landmark feature extending from Mundaring to Kalgoorlie.
• The place is rare and has scientific value as an innovative engineering design and construction method of a pipeline from the early 20th Century.
• The place is rare as a long-distance water pipeline in Australia built in the early 1900’s.

Statement of Significance

The Goldfields Water Supply Scheme, demonstrates exceptional technical achievement as one of the longest overland pipeline schemes attempted in the nineteenth century, both in Australia and the world, and was recognised as an outstanding engineering achievement; The has exceptional value in demonstrating the historical importance of the provision of water to settlements along the route from Mundaring to the Eastern Goldfields, The construction and operation of the Pipeline had considerable importance in contributing to the sense of place for the people of Western Australia, and visitors to the State, as a highly valued tourist destination, the educational, cultural and aesthetic aspects of which are appreciated by history and engineering enthusiasts and teachers to this day; Individual elements of the place, including the existing interpretation associated with the Golden Pipeline Heritage Trail, museums, archaeological sites and remaining buildings and infrastructure, collectively have exceptional potential to communicate the history of the Goldfields Water Supply Scheme and its importance to Western Australia; The place is associated with a number of notable figures in Western Australian history, including the Scheme's designer CY O'Connor, State and Federal politician Lord John Forrest, the Director of the Public Works Department HW Venn and former Superintendent of Public Works, architect George Temple Poole, who each contributed to the successful completion of the Goldfields Water Supply Scheme; and The place is an exceptional example of applied science, technical excellence and innovative design, reflecting the ongoing ingenuity and innovation demonstrated by the talented and committed engineers employed by the Goldfields Water Supply Branch, Public Works Department and other iterations of the Water Corporation in the provision of water in the State. The longevity of the scheme is associated with innovators Mephan Ferguson, James Couston, engineers Norman Fernie and Reg Keating, and James Mathers.

Physical Description

The Goldfields Water Supply Scheme extends in a discontiguous precinct across the 560km linear water pipeline, commencing at Mundaring Weir (1902, 1951) in the Helena Valley and terminating at Mount Charlotte Reservoir (1902) in Kalgoorlie-Boulder. Comprising six extant original Steam Pump Stations (1902) at Mundaring, Cunderdin, Merredin, Yerbillon, Ghooli and Dedari; the sites of two demolished Steam Pump Stations (1902) at O’Connor and Gilgai; Reservoirs and Tanks at O’Connor, Sawyers Valley, Bakers Hill, West Northam, Cunderdin, Merredin, Yerbillon, Ghooli, Bronti, Gilgai, Koorawawalyee, Dedari, Toorak, and Bullabulling; second generation Electric Pump Station at Merredin , and other community sites, ancillary structures; equipment and machinery, archaeological sites; and discontiguous portions of the main pipeline conduit associated with the construction and operation of the Scheme from 1902 to the present.

History

Phase I - Construction of the Goldfields Water Supply Scheme (1898 - 1903) Phase II – Problem Solving and Agricultural Expansion (1904 - 1940) Phase III – Comprehensive Water Supply Scheme, Upgrades & Refurbishments (1946 - 2013) Phase IV - Heritage Recognition and The Golden Pipeline (1992 - 2011)

Integrity/Authenticity

High

Condition

Good

Associations

Name Type Year From Year To
Charles Yelverton O'Connor Architect 1898 1902

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
6452 Mundaring Weir Precinct masterplan : final master plan report. Heritage Study {Other} 2002
7358 Conservation plan for Goldfields Water Supply Scheme. Volume II, place M : No. 8 Pumping Station, Dedari. Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 1999
11426 Goldfields Water Supply Volume III Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 1999
4897 Conservation plan for Karalee Rock Water Catchment (Goldfields Water Supply Scheme - place J). Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 2000
7359 Conservation plan for Goldfields Water Supply Scheme. Volume II, place N : Bullabulling reservoir. Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 1999
9248 Constructing Australia: Triumphs and tragedies in building a nation. C D Rom 2007
6390 Pipe-dream to pipeline : the eventful life of Nathaniel W. Harper. Book 2001
3680 Conservation plan for No. 3 Pumping Station, Cunderdin. Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 1998
1774 An exploratory bibliography of the Goldfields Water Supply of Western Australia (draft). Report 1982
4504 Conservation plan for Mount Charlotte Reservoir (Goldfields water supply scheme - place O). Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 2000
11762 Goldfields Water Supply Scheme, Main conduit, Western Australia Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 2016
6788 Conservation plan for Koorarawalyee water catchment and railway station (Draft) (Goldfields Water Supply Scheme - place U). Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 2001
9806 Mundaring Weir water Supply interpretation precinct design. Book 2010
7350 Conservation plan for West Northam regulating tanks : (Goldfields Water Supply Scheme - place T) (draft). Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 2001
7356 Conservation plan for Goldfields Water Supply Scheme. Volume II, place I : No. 6 Pumping Station, Ghooli. Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 1999
7547 Celebrating 100 years of the Goldfields Water Supply Scheme. Brochure 2003
7354 Conservation plan for Goldfields Water Supply Scheme. Volume II, place G : No. 4 Pumping Station, Merredin. Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 1999
7351 Conservation plan for Toorak Hill reservoir : (Goldfields Water Supply Scheme - place V) (draft). Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 2001
7352 Conservation plan for Goldfields Water Supply Scheme. Volume II, place A : No. 1 Pumping Station Mundaring. Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 1999
7348 Conservation plan for Sawyers Valley summit tanks : (Goldfields Water Supply Scheme - place R) (draft). Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 2001
6675 Mundaring Weir : conservation plan (draft). Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 2000
1608 Conservation and interpretation plan for No.1 Pumping Station Mundaring. Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 1996
5988 Centenary of the Goldfields Water Supply Scheme 1903-2003. Brochure 2003
7444 The agricultural areas, Great Southern towns and Goldfields Water Supply Scheme : souvenir to commemorate the completion of the project. Book 1961
10170 The origins of the Eastern Goldfields water scheme in Western Australia: an exercise in the interpretation of historical evidence. Book 1954
4644 Conservation plan for Goldfields Water Supply Scheme : volume 1. Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 1999
7357 Conservation plan for Goldfields Water Supply Scheme. Volume II, place K : No. 7 Pumping Station, Gilgai. Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 1999
8902 River of steel. A history of the Western Australian Goldfields and Agricultural Water Supply 1903 - 2003. Book 2007
7355 Conservation plan for Goldfields Water Supply Scheme. Volume II, place H : No. 5 Pumping Station, Yerbillon. Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 1999
7353 Conservation plan for Goldfields Water Supply Scheme. Volume II, place B : No. 2 Pumping Station, O'Connor. Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 1999
7349 Conservation plan for Bakers Hill regulating tank : (Goldfields Water Supply Scheme - place S) (draft). Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 2001
6794 Conservation plan for Bullabulling township and railway catchment. (draft) : a supplement to the Bullabulling Reservoir conservation plan (Goldfields Water Supply Scheme - place N). Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 2001
9899 Mundaring Weir water supply improvement project: heritage management strategy. Heritage Study {Other} 2011
6326 The golden pipeline heritage trail guide : a time capsule of water, gold and Western Australia. Book 2002
4693 Goldfields Water Supply heritage project. Book 1999
5544 Golden Pipeline interpretation plan. Heritage Study {Other} 2001

Place Type

Other Built Type

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use GOVERNMENTAL Power Station
Present Use GOVERNMENTAL Pumping Station
Present Use EDUCATIONAL Museum

Architectural Styles

Style
Vernacular

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Wall BRICK Common Brick
Wall METAL Steel
Roof METAL Corrugated Iron

Historic Themes

General Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Community services & utilities
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Technology & technological change
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Resource exploitation & depletion
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Exploration & surveying

Creation Date

08 Jul 2002

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

08 Jul 2022

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