Local Government
Victoria Plains
Region
Wheatbelt
Waddington
5kms west of Waddington Hotel
Victoria Plains
Wheatbelt
Constructed from 1860 to 1870
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| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 27 Oct 1998 | Category 5 | |
Historic Site
| Epoch | General | Specific |
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| Original Use | MONUMENT\CEMETERY | Grave |
| Present Use | MONUMENT\CEMETERY | Grave |
| General | Specific |
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| DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Settlements |
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Constructed from 18870, Constructed from 1860
The site has associations with the early settlement of the region.
4 graves, (3 male, 1 female) originally with a rail around.
The woman's grave is that of a woman murdered at the site, before the railway, pre 1893. At that time, men stayed at the hotel for a 'holiday' from carting supplies. Other men camped at a freshwater pool some distance away. A traveller and his women stopped at the hotel, had a few drinks, an argument and headed in different directions. The next morning the woman was dead with a cut throat at the camp site, her partner was discovered in Newcastle, and Cole, one of the campers was accused, taken to trial and found guilty of murder. After seven years of a life term, Cole was released on a ticket of leave.
Site
| Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norwood H; "District History News". | New Norcia | 1969 |
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Waddington
Victoria Plains
Wheatbelt
Constructed from 1920
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| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 27 Oct 1998 | Category 5 | |
Historic Site
| Epoch | General | Specific |
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| Present Use | SOCIAL\RECREATIONAL | Other Community Hall\Centre |
| Original Use | SOCIAL\RECREATIONAL | Other Community Hall\Centre |
| General | Specific |
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| SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES | Sport, recreation & entertainment |
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Constructed from 1920
The site has associations with recreation and social activities of generations of Waddington settlers.
Oval, cricket pitch, tennis court posts, sheep yard remains, concrete block toilet building, and part of the hall kitchen are still evident at the site.
The first race course was reputedly 'out at the river, at the Duck Pool, about a mile down from Nooda Pool' and was later shifted to Waddington Reserve, and later again, south to New Norcia. It reopened again at the Waddington reserve in 1911. The hall opened in the 1920s. It was the social centre of the area. The racecourse and tennis courts were popular as was the cricket pitch. The racecourse closed during the 1930s, but Shows were still held at the hall until the 1960s. In the late 1970s, under the Presidency of Dennis Halligan, the Hall committee wound up, due to lack of population and continued vandalism at the site. The timber and weatherboard hall was sold to B . Lenane of Bindi Bindi and relocated to his farm for use as a shearing shed.
Site
| Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erickson R; "The Victoria Plains". | Shire of Victoria Plains | 1971 | |
| Norwood H; "District History News". | New Norcia. | 1969 |
| Owner | Category |
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| Shire of Victoria Plains | Local Gov't |
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Great Northern Hwy Waddington
North of New Norcia
Waddington Old Hall
Victoria Plains
Wheatbelt
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| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 27 Oct 1998 | Category 2 | |
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Individual Building or Group
| Epoch | General | Specific |
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| Present Use | VACANT\UNUSED | Vacant\Unused |
| Original Use | SOCIAL\RECREATIONAL | Other Community Hall\Centre |
| Type | General | Specific |
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| Wall | STONE | Local Stone |
| General | Specific |
|---|---|
| SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES | Sport, recreation & entertainment |
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The place has significant associations with the early settlement of the region.
Stone structures with no roof or floors in place. The stone walls are mostly intact. The large room was the 'ballroom', and a small room at the end was a store. There was an office at the back, and a small kitchen out the back where the mothers used to put their children to sleep.
Associations with the hotel over the road.
Integrity: Redeemable Authenticity: High degree
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| Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norwood H; "District History, New Norcia". | 1969 | ||
| Erickson R; "The Victoria Plains". | Shire of Victoria Plains | 1971 |
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.
Great Northern Hwy Waddington
North of New Norcia
Waddington Hotel
Waddington Inn
Victoria Plains
Wheatbelt
Constructed from 1878
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| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 27 Oct 1998 | Category 2 | |
| Statewide Hotel Survey | Completed | 01 Nov 1997 | ||
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Individual Building or Group
| Epoch | General | Specific |
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| Present Use | VACANT\UNUSED | Vacant\Unused |
| Original Use | RESIDENTIAL | Single storey residence |
| Type | General | Specific |
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| Wall | STONE | Local Stone |
| General | Specific |
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| SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES | Community services & utilities |
| OCCUPATIONS | Hospitality industry & tourism |
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Stone structures with no roof or floors in place. The stone walls are mostly intact. The hotel precinct comprised the hotel building, a separate kitchen building behind (west), was originally linked to the hotel by grape trellis. Stables, a gaol, a horse driven chaff cutter were all adjacent to, and north of the main hotel building. It was a stop over for travellers including those with prisoners or convicts. There was a shop on the north end of the hotel building. The hotel also operated the post office and telephone exchange. 2 kilometres south of the hotel was the race track and cricket pitch.
In c1860, Annie Ellie Gull took up a lease on the 40 acre block Loc 537. The first horse races were held at Berkshire Valley in 1878, and became an annual event at Glentromie from 1879. The increase in travellers in the area, as it developed, resulted in the Pankie Inn (Settlers Arms) opening in 1878. By Christmas Day 1878, J. B. Jenks of Guildford had established the Victoria Plains Hotel, 6 miles north of Glentromie. In 1879, the block was surveyed, and in 1880, the deed was made out to Annie Ellie Gull. In 1881, the licence for the hotel was transferred to John Brown who then ran the place. Activity in the area increased when the cricket club established and a Victoria Plains Race and Jockey Club was formed. By 1883 John Waddington proposed a railway from Perth to Champion Bay. There was talk of creating a townsite called Waddington near Victoria Plains Hotel. The hotel was the rendezvous of the 'cockatoo' farmers. After the railway agreement in 1886, Waddington visited New Norcia. In 1887, John Brown purchased the property, while continuing to run the hotel. He changed the name to the Waddington Hotel. Andrew Lanigan and his brother Dick (RP) had the mail run from Mogumber to Waddington, and
Integrity: Redeemable Authenticity: High degree
| Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erickson R; "The Victoria Plains". | Shire of Victoria Plains | 1971 | |
| Norwood H; "District History, New Norcia". | 1969 |
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.