Local Government
Narembeen
Region
Wheatbelt
Billericay
Narembeen
Wheatbelt
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Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 31 Jul 1996 | Category 5 |
Historic Site
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Original Use | GOVERNMENTAL | Reservoir or Dam |
Present Use | GOVERNMENTAL | Reservoir or Dam |
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DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Settlements |
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The site represents the value of water supplies.
The government provided water supplies throughout the countryside for settlers and travellers.
Site
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Bristow I; "Seedtime & Harvest A History of the Narembeen District 1888-1988". | Shire of Narembeen | 1988 |
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Billericay
Narembeen
Wheatbelt
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Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 31 Jul 1996 | Category 5 |
Historic Site
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Original Use | SOCIAL\RECREATIONAL | Other |
Present Use | SOCIAL\RECREATIONAL | Other |
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SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES | Sport, recreation & entertainment |
OUTSIDE INFLUENCES | World Wars & other wars |
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The site represents associations with war and a community sport.
The Volunteer Defence Corps, formed in 1940 in Narembeen, held rifle drills at the Billericay Rifle Range during the Second World War.
Site
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Bristow I; "Seedtime & Harvest A History of the Narembeen District 1888-1988". | Shire of Narembeen | 1988 |
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Billericay
Narembeen
Wheatbelt
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Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 31 Jul 1996 | Category 5 |
Historic Site
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Original Use | Transport\Communications | Rail: Other |
Present Use | Transport\Communications | Rail: Other |
General | Specific |
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TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS | Rail & light rail transport |
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The site represents associations with the wheat industry and the railway transport network.
The railway came through Billericay prior to reaching the Narembeen siding in 1917. The line was an extension northwards from Narrogin via Yilliminning, Dudinin, Kulin and Kondinin.
Site
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Bristow I; "Seedtime & Harvest A History of the Narembeen District 1888-1988". | Shire of Narembeen | 1988 |
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Billericay
Narembeen
Wheatbelt
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Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 31 Jul 1996 | Category 5 |
Historic Site
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Original Use | COMMERCIAL | Shop\Retail Store {single} |
Present Use | COMMERCIAL | Shop\Retail Store {single} |
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OCCUPATIONS | Commercial & service industries |
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The site represents commerce and a community in Billericay.
The railway came through Billericay prior to reaching the Narembeen siding in 1917.
Site
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Bristow I; "Seedtime & Harvest A History of the Narembeen District 1888-1988". | Shire of Narembeen | 1988 |
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Cramphorne
Narembeen
Wheatbelt
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RHP - Does not warrant assessment | Current | 27 Mar 2020 |
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Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 31 Jul 1996 | Category 5 |
Historic Site
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Present Use | Transport\Communications | Rail: Other |
Original Use | Transport\Communications | Rail: Other |
General | Specific |
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TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS | Rail & light rail transport |
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The site represents associations with the wheat industry and the railway transport network.
The extension of the railway line northwards from Narrogin via Yilliminning, Dudinin, Kulin and Kondinin had reached Narembeen in 1917. However it was not until 1925 that the line extended northwards from Narembeen through to Merredin, passing through Cramphorne, on the northern boundary of the Narembeen Shire.
Site
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Bristow I; "Seedtime & Harvest A History of the Narembeen District 1888-1988". | Shire of Narembeen | 1988 |
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Cramphorne
Narembeen
Wheatbelt
Constructed from 1960
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Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 31 Jul 1996 | Category 5 |
Historic Site
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Original Use | PARK\RESERVE | Park\Reserve |
Original Use | GOVERNMENTAL | Reservoir or Dam |
General | Specific |
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DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Settlements |
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Constructed from 1965
The site represents the importance of water supplies.
In 1928 a well was sunk, and in 1929 the area was surveyed for the possibility of using the area as a water catchment from the natural rock formations. It did not proceed at that time. During the mid 1960s a dam was excavated.
Site
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"Newspaper Article". | Merredin Mercury | 20/02/1969 | |
Bristow I; "Seedtime & Harvest A History of the Narembeen District 1888-1988". | Shire of Narembeen | 1988 |
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Dry Soak
Narembeen
Wheatbelt
Constructed from 1920
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Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 31 Jul 1996 | Category 5 |
Historic Site
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Present Use | Transport\Communications | Comms: Telephone Building |
Original Use | Transport\Communications | Comms: Telephone Building |
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TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS | Telecommunications |
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Constructed from 1925
The establishment of a communication network in the developing wheatbelt was an important phase of the region's development. It demonstrates a way of life no longer practiced.
The phone exchanges were often located in a farm house. The communication linkage provided the otherwise isolated farmer's wife with a link to the rest of the community. It was usually the farmer's wife who operated the exchanges.
Site
Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
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Bristow I; "Seedtime & Harvest A History of the Narembeen District 1888-1988". | Shire of Narembeen | 1988 |
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Emu Hill
S of Narembeen
Narembeen
Wheatbelt
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Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 31 Jul 1996 | Category 5 |
06682 Emu Hill Townsite
Historic Site
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Original Use | EDUCATIONAL | Combined School |
Original Use | SOCIAL\RECREATIONAL | Agricultural Hall |
General | Specific |
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SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES | Community services & utilities |
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES | Cultural activities |
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The site represents associations with the pioneers of the district and demonstrate a way of life.
Education was an important issue for the settlers in the developing communities, and by 1911 the Emu Hill settlers recognised the need to educate their children, in 1913 the first Emu Hill School was built on the corner of Latham's property, and opened with only 5 students on 14 February 1914. Enrolment improved only marginally, and after the Wadderin School opened in 1919, the Emu Hill School closed only a few months later when it could not maintain the minimum number of eight students to keep the school open. Within a few months of the closure of the Emu Hills School, the parents were requesting a school in the Emu Hill Townsite. The first catholic mass in the Narembeen area was conducted at the hall in 1919. In April 1920 a school commenced in the Emu Hill Hall. Agitation continued to have a purpose built school in Emu Hill Town, and subsequently a site was chosen, and school constructed in 1923, with school commencing in 1924. In the early 1940s the hall was relocated by volunteer labour, to the Narembeen recreation Ground, to serve as a club house
Site
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Bristow I; "Seedtime & Harvest A History of the Narembeen District 1888-1988". | Shire of Narembeen | 1988 | |
"First School in Narembeen District Emu Hill (2)". | Fencepost |
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Emu Hill
S of Narembeen
Narembeen
Wheatbelt
Constructed from 1923
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06682 Emu Hill Townsite
Historic Site
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Present Use | EDUCATIONAL | Combined School |
Original Use | EDUCATIONAL | Combined School |
General | Specific |
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SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES | Education & science |
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES | Community services & utilities |
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Emu Hill
Narembeen
Wheatbelt
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Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 31 Jul 1996 | Category 5 |
06682 Emu Hill Townsite
Historic Site
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Original Use | Transport\Communications | Rail: Other |
Present Use | Transport\Communications | Rail: Other |
General | Specific |
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TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS | Rail & light rail transport |
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The site represents associations with the wheat industry and the railway transport network.
The railway came through Emu Hill prior to reaching the Narembeen siding in 1917. The line was an extension northwards from Narrogin via Yilliminning, Dudinin, Kulin and Kondinin.
Site
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Bristow I; "Seedtime & Harvest A History of the Narembeen District 1888-1988". | Shire of Narembeen | 1988 |
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Emu Hill
Narembeen
Wheatbelt
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Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 31 Jul 1996 | Category 5 |
Historic Site
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Original Use | COMMERCIAL | Other |
Present Use | VACANT\UNUSED | Vacant\Unused |
General | Specific |
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DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Settlements |
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The site represents a way of life no longer practiced. The former town had many associations with the pioneers of the district.
Emu Hill Siding: Ref No. 103 Emu Hill Hall: Ref No. 104 Emu Hill School: Ref No. 105 Emu Hill School 2: Ref No. 106
Pre 1913 the Emu Hill settlement, the first in what is now the Narembeen Shire, was under the Greenhills Road Board, then East Avon Roads Board. In 1922 much opposition was voiced against a licensed hotel in Emu Hill. A subsequent application for the licence was refused on two separate occasions, and the Narembeen private town was successful in their application. Narembeen was at the railhead from 1917, and after the establishment of the hotel and private town, Emu Hill failed to prosper. In 1924, the Narembeen Roads Board was formed, and Emu Hill was within the jurisdiction, being only 3 miles to the south west of narembeen town.. By 1927 the bank branch in Emu Hill closed, and the town declined. The hall was removed in the early 1940s. In the 1990s nothing remains to inform of a once thriving settlement.
Site
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Bristow I; "Seedtime & Harvest A History of the Narembeen District 1888-1988". | Shire of Narembeen | 1988 |
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Emu Hill Townsite Emu Hill
south of Narembeen
Latham's farm "Hythe"
Narembeen
Wheatbelt
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Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 31 Jul 1996 | Category 5 |
Historic Site
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Present Use | VACANT\UNUSED | Vacant\Unused |
Original Use | EDUCATIONAL | Primary School |
General | Specific |
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SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES | Education & science |
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Constructed from 1913
The site represents considerable associations with the pioneers of the district and demonstrate a way of life.
CG Latham took up a 160 homestead block and developed 965 acres on conditional purchase in 1910. It subsequently bordered immediately south of the private townsite of Narembeen after his neighbour Tom Savage sold part of his farm to Connelly and Hale. C G Latham was a pioneer of the Narembeen district, taking up his land in 1910. He was a foundation member of the Bruce Rock Roads Board and the inaugural Chairman of the Narembeen Roads Board. He was a Minister in the Mitchell Government and Leader of the Opposition He led the Country Party from 1930 to 1942 and was elected to the Legislative Council in 1946. In 1960, the year he retired, Charles Latham was knighted for service to the public. Education was an important issue for the settlers in the developing communities, and by 1911 the Emu hill settlers recognised the need to educate their children. The secretary(Alf Henley) of the Emu Hill and Eastern Districts progress Association wrote to the Inspector general of schools requesting a school. In 1913 the Emu Hill School was built on the corner of Latham's property, after some discussion with regard to the site. School opened with only 5 students on 14 February 1914. Enrolment improved only marginally, and the Education Department suggested the school drop to Assisted status where the parents subsidise the teacher's salary. In may 1915 that arrangement was put in place with a new teacher, and the enrolments increased such that the Education Department assumed responsibility for the teacher's salary. On the 22 February 1915, the first wedding in the Narembeen district took place in the school room. Mary and Randolph Hilton were married, and the bride was "given away" by Charles Latham. Fricker's house was used for the wedding breakfast before the entire community returned to the school room for the evening dance. Social evenings and dances were held in the school room, which was the only community venue in the region. In 1916 Fricker cropped the block around the school to supplement the teacher's salary. After the Wadderin School opened in 1919, the Emu Hill School closed only a few months later when it could not maintain the minimum number of eight students to keep the school open. It was later relocated to its existing site in the Narembeen School Precinct.
Site
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Bristow I; "Seedtime & Harvest A History of the Narembeen District 1888-1988". | Shire of Narembeen | 1988 |
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Fawcett Rd Emu Hill
20kms west of Narembeen
Narembeen
Wheatbelt
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Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 31 Jul 1996 | Category 5 |
Historic site
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The wells are of considerable significance, No1 as one of the first used in the district, and No2 in the continued government provision of water supplies throughout the developing countryside. They demonstrate away of life no longer practiced.
No 1 well is on private property. It is located 200 metres wets of No2 well which is located in the Emu Hill-Roe Lookout reserve, on the side of the road.
No 1 well was used by the sandalwood cutters and the Kumminin homestead station. When the farms were surveyed in 1910, and the well was found to be on private property, No 2 well was put down in the reserve area for the general public's use.
Site
Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
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Bristow I; "Seedtime & Harvest A History of the Narembeen District 1888-1988". | Shire of Narembeen | 1988 |
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former Emu Hill Townsite Emu Hill
south of Narembeen
Narembeen
Wheatbelt
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Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 31 Jul 1996 | Category 5 |
Historic Site
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Original Use | EDUCATIONAL | Primary School |
Present Use | VACANT\UNUSED | Vacant\Unused |
General | Specific |
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SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES | Education & science |
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Constructed from 1923
The site represents associations with the pioneers of the district and demonstrate a way of life.
Education was an important issue for the settlers in the developing communities, and by 1911 the Emu Hill settlers recognised the need to educate their children. In 1913 the first Emu Hill School was built on the corner of Latham's property, and opened with only 5 students on 14 February 1914. Enrolment improved only marginally, and after the Wadderin School opened in 1919, the Emu Hill School closed only a few months later when it could not maintain the minimum number of eight students to keep the school open. Within a few months of the closure of the Emu Hills School, the parents were requesting a school in the Emu Hill Townsite. In April 1920 a school commenced in the Emu Hill Hall. Agitation continued to have a purpose built school in Emu Hill Town, and subsequently the Inspector supported the application A site was decided upon, and school constructed in 1923. The school commenced on 5 April 1924, and continued to operate until the end of 1938 when it closed. Children from the district travelled to Narembeen school on the Moppetts School Bus service. The school was relocated to the Narembeen School site in 1938 and remains insitu in 1996.
Site
Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
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Bristow I; "Seedtime & Harvest A History of the Narembeen District 1888-1988". | Shire of Narembeen | 1988 | |
"First School in Narembeen District Emu Hill (2)". | Fencepost | 1991 |
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Glenhurst
Narembeen
Wheatbelt
Constructed from 1920
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Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 31 Jul 1996 | Category 5 |
Historic Site
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Original Use | Transport\Communications | Comms: Telephone Building |
Present Use | Transport\Communications | Comms: Telephone Building |
General | Specific |
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TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS | Telecommunications |
This information is provided voluntarily as a public service. The information provided is made available in good faith and is derived from sources believed to be reliable and accurate. However, the information is provided solely on the basis that readers will be responsible for making their own assessment of the matters discussed herein and are advised to verify all relevant representations, statements and information.
Constructed from 1925
The establishment of a communication network in the developing wheatbelt was an important phase of the region's development. It demonstrates a way of life no longer practiced.
The phone exchanges were often located in a farm house. The communication linkage provided the otherwise isolated farmer's wife with a link to the rest of the community. It was usually the farmer's wife who operated the exchanges.
Site
Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
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Bristow I; "Seedtime & Harvest A History of the Narembeen District 1888-1988". | Shire of Narembeen | 1988 |
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Graball
Narembeen
Wheatbelt
Type | Status | Date | Documents |
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RHP - Does not warrant assessment | Current | 26 Jul 2019 |
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Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 31 Jul 1996 | Category 5 |
Historic Site
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Present Use | EDUCATIONAL | Combined School |
Original Use | EDUCATIONAL | Combined School |
General | Specific |
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SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES | Education & science |
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The site/place represents the education system of a way of life no longer practiced. It represents the community co-operation and the value of education.
Education was an important issue for the settlers in the developing communities, and by 1921 the parents in the Graball district were lobbying for a school in their area. Wadderin School was considered too far away, and was closed in 1920 anyway. A submission to the Education Department detailing eleven children, with the possibility of more, the relocated of the Wadderin School, with works undertaken by the Soldier settlers in the area, and the availability of teaching services from Mrs Hall. In 1922 the Inspector agreed to the request, and the school was relocated from Wadderin, to Butcher's block. The relocation of the school left it in an unusable condition, and the farmers were busy seeding. Finally the school was completed under tender and opened in August 1923. However by 1924 it was obvious that if the school moved another 6 miles north east of Butcher's farm, more children could attend. Inspector Hughes supported relocation, and Mr Cawse offered one acre of his land Butcher's block school was closed on 11 November due to the attendance falling below the required eight students. The Narembeen roads Board Chairman, Charles Latham, supported the relocation of the school. Tenders were called for the removal, and it opened at the new site on 14 April 1925.
Site
Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
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"Graball Schools". | Fencepost | Undated |
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Graball
Narembeen
Wheatbelt
Type | Status | Date | Documents |
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(no listings) |
Type | Status | Date | Documents |
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(no listings) |
Type | Status | Date | Grading/Management | |
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Category | ||||
Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 31 Jul 1996 | Category 5 |
Historic Site
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Present Use | EDUCATIONAL | Combined School |
Original Use | EDUCATIONAL | Combined School |
General | Specific |
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SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES | Education & science |
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The site represents the education system of a way of life no longer practiced. It represents the community co-operation and the value of education.
Education was an important issue for the settlers in the developing communities, and by 1921 the parents in the Graball district were lobbying for a school in their area. Wadderin School was considered too far away, and was closed in 1920 anyway. In 1922 the Inspector agreed and the school was relocated from Wadderin, to Butcher's block. The school was relocated by the community, completed under tender and opened in August 1923. However by 1924 it was obvious that if the school moved another 6 miles north east of Butcher's farm, more children could attend. Inspector Hughes supported relocation, and Mr Cawse offered one acre of his land Butcher's block school was closed on 11 November 1924 due to the attendance falling below the required eight students. The Narembeen roads Board Chairman, Charles Latham, supported the relocation of the school. Tenders were called for the removal, and it opened at the new site on 14 April 1925. From 1927, the school had difficulty maintaining the required minimum attendance by eight students. Many of the children in the area were studying by correspondence, and others were attending alternative schools. In 1928 the newly opened Mt Walker and Wadderin Hills Schools absorbed some Graball students, and some discussion was held as to the educational standards at Graball. After consultation with the communities, the Inspector decided that it was nol appropriate for a local farmer's wife to teach, and another teacher was appointed to Graball School in 1930. Finally in 1938 the Graball School closed due to lack of students. In 1939 the Moppett's School Bus Service commenced, and children in the area were transported to Narembeen School. The school building was sold to Arthur Brayshaw at Mt Walker. In 1945, it was proposed that the Graball School be re-established, because the school bus service did not extend far enough. The Education Department recommended an Assisted School which the local community rejected, and appealed to members of Parliament. Subsequent to those actions, the school bus service was extended in 1947.
Site
Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
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Bristox; "Graball Schools". | Fencepost | Undated |
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Graball
Narembeen
Wheatbelt
Constructed from 1920
Type | Status | Date | Documents |
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(no listings) |
Type | Status | Date | Documents |
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(no listings) |
Type | Status | Date | Grading/Management | |
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Category | ||||
Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 31 Jul 1996 | Category 5 |
Historic Site
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Original Use | Transport\Communications | Comms: Telephone Building |
Present Use | Transport\Communications | Comms: Telephone Building |
General | Specific |
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TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS | Telecommunications |
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Constructed from 1925
The establishment of a communication network in the developing wheatbelt was an important phase of the region's development. It demonstrates a way of life no longer practiced.
The phone exchanges were often located in a farm house. The communication linkage provided the otherwise isolated farmer's wife with a link to the rest of the community. It was usually the farmer's wife who operated the exchanges. CA Bailey operated the exchange from 1961-1967 and LJ Bailey operated it for the remainder of 1967 until the automatic exchange took over.
Site
Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
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Bristow I; "Seedtime & Harvest A History of the Narembeen District 1888-1988". | Shire of Narembeen | 1988 |
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Graball
Narembeen
Wheatbelt
Constructed from 1920
Type | Status | Date | Documents |
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(no listings) |
Type | Status | Date | Documents |
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(no listings) |
Type | Status | Date | Grading/Management | |
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Category | ||||
Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 31 Jul 1996 | Category 5 |
Historic Site
Epoch | General | Specific |
---|---|---|
Present Use | Transport\Communications | Comms: Telephone Building |
Original Use | Transport\Communications | Comms: Telephone Building |
General | Specific |
---|---|
TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS | Telecommunications |
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Constructed from 1925
The establishment of a communication network in the developing wheatbelt was an important phase of the region's development. It demonstrates a way of life no longer practiced.
The phone exchanges were often located in a farm house. The communication linkage provided the otherwise isolated farmer's wife with a link to the rest of the community. It was usually the farmer's wife who operated the exchanges.
Site
Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
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Bristow I; "Seedtime & Harvest A History of the Narembeen District 1888-1988". | Shire of Narembeen | 1988 |
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Rd Number 47 Hedges Siding, Narembeen
Narembeen
Wheatbelt
Type | Status | Date | Documents |
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(no listings) |
Type | Status | Date | Documents |
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RHP - Does not warrant assessment | Current | 29 Jul 2005 |
Type | Status | Date | Grading/Management | |
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Category | ||||
Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 31 Jul 1996 | Category 4 |
06681 Koolberin Precinct
Sound
Individual Building or Group
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Present Use | FARMING\PASTORAL | Shed or Barn |
Original Use | FARMING\PASTORAL | Shed or Barn |
Style |
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Vernacular |
Type | General | Specific |
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Wall | METAL | Corrugated Iron |
General | Specific |
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OCCUPATIONS | Grazing, pastoralism & dairying |
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The place represents community co-operation in their occupation, and demonstrates a way of life.
Community owned and operated facility.
Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
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Bristow I; "Seedtime & Harvest A History of the Narembeen District 1888-1988". | Shire of Narembeen | 1988 |
Owner | Category |
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Farmer's Syndicate | Other Private |
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