Melangata

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The Melangata Station Homestead has historic significance for its role in the development of the pastoral industry in the Yalgoo district. It has further significance as a rare example of the work of Priest- Architect Monsignor John Hawes in the field of domestic architecture. Melangata Station has both aesthetic and rarity value for the handpainted pressed metal ceilings which are also a feature of the Noongal Station Homestead [Place 22] and Carlaminda Station Homestead. [Place 23] The chapel, tower, and breezeway also contribute to the aesthetic significance of the place.

Physical Description

The Melangata Station Homestead is a stone building with a corrugated iron roof and surrounding verandahs. It features a stone tower which has several large cracks visible and a chapel which opens off the living room. There is a breezeway between the living and sleeping quarters. The living room features pressed metal ceilings handpainted by H.C. Jermy.

History

Although pastoral leases of the majority of land surrounding Melangata were taken up before 1880, the area on which the homestead is located was not leased until 1897. For about twenty years the only dwelling on the property was a simple humpy at an outcamp by the Cue Road which passed through the Melangata pastoral lease. cl915 C.C. Williamson became the owner of the station and cl917 the present house was completed. The house was designed by Father J.C. Hawes, whose parish included Yalgoo at that time. Hawes also supervised the erection of the building which is his only non -ecclesiastical building in Western Australia. [A. Palmer, Yalgoo, p148-150]

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FMR Court House

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02770 Yalgoo Justice Precinct

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The former Courthouse has high historic significance given its role in the maintenance of law and order in the town The building is a prominent feature of the townscape, with its green roof corresponding with the adjacent Police Station and Quarters and Gaol, which combine to form a precinct. All three buildings should be retained in order to assist with the interpretation of each.

Physical Description

The former Courthouse is a timber framed building which is clad in corrugated iron. It has verandahs to all sides and timber framed windows with bars. The corrugated iron dutch gable roof, which has been painted green, has three air vents and vents in gablets. It is a dominant feature of the building and extends to cover the verandahs which are supported on slender timber posts. There is a double entry door to the eastern elevation.

History

The former Courthouse building was originally located at Day Dawn cl904. Built by Little and Mclnnes for 357 pounds, (Government Gazette, 1/7/1904, pi 803), the Day Dawn Chronicle reported: "When completed the structure will contain a commodious room, with all incidental fittings, while at the rear of the bench a retiring room for the magistrates will also be provided." (10/8/1904, p2) The courthouse building was relocated to Yalgoo in 1921. The successful tenderer for this work was H. Haynes for 242/5/8 pounds. (Government Gazette, 19/8/1921, pi465) In 1972 the former courthouse building was vested in the Yalgoo Shire Council and the following year it opened as the Yalgoo Museum. (A. Palmer, p36)

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Former Gaol

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02770 Yalgoo Justice Precinct

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The former Gaol has high historic significance given its role in the maintenance of law and order in the town. The building is an essential element of the precinct which includes the former Police Station and Quarters as well as the former Courthouse. All three buildings should be retained in order to assist with the interpretation of each.

Physical Description

The former Gaol is a small square timber framed building located immediately behind the former Police Station and Quarters. It is clad with corrugated iron and originally featured verandahs all of which have since been removed except for the one on the eastern elevation. The Gaol, which has a dutch gable roof, includes two cells and an exercise yard to the south side. The windows all have bars and are placed high towards the top of the walls. Both the roof and walls have air vents.

History

The lock up was built by James Dawson in 1896 for $2150. Prior to that dangerous prisoners were chained to a post. (A. Palmer, p.58-9)

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Integrity: High Degree

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Dominican Convent Chapel of St Hyacinth (fmr)

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The Dominican Convent Chapel has high historic significance for its role in the religious outlook of the local community. The chapel has further significance for its close association with Priest Architect Monsignor John Hawes. The building is a prominent landmark feature of the town and nearby surrounds, commanding an elevated location.

Physical Description

The Dominican Convent Chapel is a small stone building located to the west of the townsite. The corners of the building have stepped buttresses while the gable ends feature stone crosses at the apex. The chapel has a tiled roof and features a tall weatherboard bell tower (belfry) painted white with a steeply pitched pyramidal CGI roof. The tower has a stone base. The upper section of the tower has four slit openings while the east elevation features an pointed arched timber door. Immediately to the north of the chapel is a grotto which has caved in. All that remains of the convent/school, which was located to the east of the chapel, are two stone chimneys. The convent was a weatherboard and CGI building with verandahs to all sides. The large aluminium framed viewing window to the east elevation of the chapel is an addition.

History

In 1920 Monsignor John Hawes designed the Chapel for the Irish Dominican Sisters who had come to Yalgoo at his invitation and lived in a timber convent school overlooking the town. Hawes assisted a local builder, H.C. Jenny, with the construction of the chapel. Completed in 1922 the chapel, which had fallen into bad repair, was restored during the 1980s by the Shire of Yalgoo.

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Integrity: Medium Degree Modifications: Large aluminium framed viewing window to eastern elevation.

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Good

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Yalgoo Justice Precinct

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• 23795 Former Gaol
• 24431 FMR Court House
• 02770 Yalgoo Justice Precinct

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Noongal Station Group

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This description includes present house, old house, including Old Store (former stables). Leases held by various owners in the vicinity of the townsite of Noongal early in the 1890's were finally acquired by Charles Rodan and brought together to form Noongal Station. Rodan, who had a number of teams, carted goods to the Goldfields around Yalgoo before the railway was built, and lived in the town of Noongal where he also owned an hotel. He moved out to the station with his family in about 1913 and they lived in the older of the two houses, thought to be built early in the century. It is of stone with an iron roof as is the old stable - now a store - nearby. The present house, a short distance away was built for Rodan's son James and his wife in the early twenties by H C Jermy well known as a builder at Yalgoo in the 1920's. This house is a large structure surrounded by verandahs. The walls are of stone, rendered inside and it has an iron roof. A feature of the house is the stamped metal ceilings in the four main rooms and the passage. These were hand painted by Jermy and the colours are still fresh. Noongal was sold to the Morrisseys in 1930 and William and Margaret Morrissey (nee Rodan) moved in. The station is now in the hands of their grandson, Damien Morrissey and his wife.

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The Noongall Station Homestead has historic significance for its long association with the pioneer Rodan and Morrissey families and the development of the pastoral industry in the Yalgoo district. The Complex of buildings has further historic significance for its link with the goldmining town of Noongall which was established in 1896. The built fabric illustrates developments through time with variations in style and use of local materials reflecting the requirements of the owners and workers. Noongall Station has both aesthetic and rarity value for the handpainted pressed metal ceilings which are also a feature of the Carlaminda Station Homestead [Place 23] and Melangata Station Homestead. [Place 24]

Physical Description

The Noongall Station Homestead Complex consists of the house, the original house, stables, kitchen, workers' and shearers' quarters and shearing shed. The current homestead, built 1920, is a large stone building with wide, surrounding verandahs. The external stonework features black pointing while the internal walls are rendered. Timber framed french doors lead out from the rooms onto the verandah. The house features pressed metal ceilings in the four large rooms and central passage which were handpainted by H.C. Jermy. Corrugated iron roof sheeting joins the main house to two separate buildings immediately to the north which include the kitchen, bedrooms and school room. The schoolroom was originally the kitchen which was transformed into the formal dining room in the 1950s. The current owners use the room as a schoolroom. The bedroom section is a later extension built post war. It is timber framed with walls and roof clad with corrugated iron and plaster walls and ceilings. The original house (cl910) is of stone construction with a corrugated iron roof and original surrounding verandah which is enclosed at one end. The roof form is a combination of hips and gables. Internally the walls are lathe and plaster with pressed metal ceilings, ceiling roses and timber floors throughout. Two of the ceilings are painted like those in the current homestead. The house, which is in poor condition, originally had additional rooms to the rear of corrugated iron construction which were demolished in the 1940s and reused on the current homestead for the bedroom additions. Adjacent to the house stands the Meat House and the Bathroom/Laundry block which features a handpainted ceiling rose. The outbuildings consist of a large timber framed corrugated iron clad shearing shed with substantial yards, stables of stone and mud construction with a corrugated iron roof (c 1890s), and a corrugated iron clad Blacksmith's Shop. The original section of the Shearers' Quarters has stone walls which have since had corrugated iron additions and a corrugated iron hipped roof. Tree branches have been used for verandah posts, the verandah running the full length of the building. The Kitchen/Dining Room is a corrugated iron clad building which features a breezeway between the two rooms. A second Meat House stands adjacent.

History

In the 1890s Charles Rodan acquired a number of leases in the vicinity of the Noongall townsite which he brought together to form Noongall Station. Rodan, who lived in the town of Noongall where he also owned the hotel, had several teams which carted goods to the Yalgoo district prior to the construction of the railway. He and his family moved out to the station in 1913 and lived in the older of the two houses on the property, thought to have been built before 1910. In the early 1920s Rodan's son James had the present house built by H.C. Jermy, a well known builder in the Yalgoo district. It is believed that Monsignor John Hawes may have designed the house. (Lorna Morrissey) Noongall was sold to the Morrissey's in 1930. [A. Palmer, Yalgoo, pl56-158]]

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Integrity: Good Degree

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Iron Tank on Stand

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02778 Yalgoo Railway Station Group

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The Railway Water Tank has historic significance for its association with the railway line which was of great importance to the town of Yalgoo and the surrounding district, first for transport linked with the mining industry and later for wool. The Tank has further significance as part of a railway precinct which includes the railway station, station master's house and railway barracks.

Physical Description

The Railway Water Tank consists of a large iron tank on a random rubble stone base. The water tank has rusted through and has leaks which are effecting the lower stone section of the structure. The lower section contains a room with the door to the east facade. It has two windows with bars to the west elevation. The stonework, which has been pointed and rendered in places, shows signs of erosion. The Railway Station Precinct also includes a Station Master's House, a railway worker's house, railway barracks, two railway dams, a railway water tank and several pepper trees. Originally the precinct also included a Railway Goods Shed which has been relocated to the rear of the present Shire Office for use as a machinery shed as well as other railway workers' cottages nearby.

History

The railway line was extended from Mullewa in 1898. At first the railway buildings in Yalgoo were rough sheds, however in 1920 the current Railway Station building was constructed. The railway line was closed in 1978 despite much local protest. Cheaper road transport and the dwindling population of the Murchison district made the line uneconomical.

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Integrity: High Degree

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Locomotive Hotel - Site

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02778 Yalgoo Railway Station Group

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The site of the Locomotive Hotel has social and historic significance as one of the hotels that existed in Yalgoo.

History

The Locomotive Hotel was only in operation for a very short time. Mid 1896 Walter Harrison obtained permission to erect a building at the Yalgoo siding from where he sold liquor one hour before and after each passenger train. The licence was cancelled in 1898 and transferred to the new railway refreshment rooms which Harrison ran in conjunction with the new Emerald Hotel until cl902. (A. Palmer, p.54)

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Site only

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Railway Goods Shed

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24409 FMR Railway Station

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FMR Railway Station

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02778 Yalgoo Railway Station Group

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• 04181 Railway Goods Shed

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Statement of Significance

The former Railway Station has historic significance for its association with the railway line which was of great importance to the town of Yalgoo and the surrounding district, first for transport linked with the mining industry and later for wool. The Station building continues to fulfil an important social role today as a community and sporting complex. In addition, the Station has aesthetic significance as a bold yet balanced composition with a strong sculptural form. Further, the place has a degree of rarity value as it along with the Cue Railway Station are the only remaining stations on the Mullewa-Meekatharra line.

Physical Description

The Yalgoo Railway Station is typical of the architectural style of the time, with thick stone walls to keep the building cool and wide verandahs to protect railway patrons from the sun. The stone walls have been rendered and painted cream. The building has a dutch gable roof with a roof gable over the doorway to emphasise the main entrance. The floors are wooden and there is a covered platform on the south side facing the railway line. The platform verandah stretches the full length of the front facade. Radiating struts from the verandah posts support the lean-to verandah roof. Concrete block ablutions with skillion roofs have been constructed to the east and west of the station building. The station has timber framed double hung windows with bars over. The Railway Station Precinct also includes a Station Master's House, a railway worker's house, railway barracks, two railway dams, a railway water tank and several pepper trees. Originally the precinct also included a Railway Goods Shed which has been relocated to the rear of the present Shire Office for use as a machinery shed.

History

The railway line was extended from Mullewa in 1898. At first the railway buildings in Yalgoo were rough sheds, however in 1920 the current Railway Station building was constructed. The railway line was closed in 1978 despite much local protest. Cheaper road transport and the dwindling population of the Murchison district made the line uneconomical. The closure of the line left the railway station empty and it soon became rundown. The Shire of Yalgoo assumed ownership of the building and, with the community, refurbished it for use as a Sporting and Community Centre. It is now called the Yalgoo Sporting Complex. Many community groups meet at the Complex and the annual Yalgoo Race meeting is also held there.

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Integrity: High Degree Modifications: Separate concrete block ablutions at each end.

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Yalgoo Railway Station Group

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• 04182 Iron Tank on Stand
• 24409 FMR Railway Station
• 23861 Railway Water Tank
• 05493 Locomotive Hotel - Site

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