Bartletts Well Nature Reserve, Gingin

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Mount Hill - Site

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The site of the home of the early settlers.

History

In 1866 Henry Jones, one of three sons of Richard "Bull" Jones, after whom Bullsbrook is named, married Mary Ann Gee of Woodloes near the Junction and founded Mount Hill on the Gingin Brook about three miles up from Woodloes. About 1900 a new house was built at Mount Hill. In 1922 Mount Hill was sold to the Troy family, who continued to farm it after Thomas Troy's death in 1937, aged 84 Mount Hill was sold to Ernest Lee Steere in 1960.

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The Horseshoe

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An important part of the early settlement in Gingin. Many styles of house construction are evident here.

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An area of high land within a bow of the Gingin Brook. Originally, a semi-permanent camp of the Aborigines When Police were stationed here, a fence across the narrowest part of the land provided a safe place for horses, hence the alternative name The Police Paddock'.'The Horseshoe' refers to the general shape of the land. During the 1860's, the police had erected some 1552 chains of two rail Mahogany (Jarrah) fencing, Jarrah posts and Red Gum rails. This could be approximately where Daw St and Edgar St now lie. The Police Paddock was not included in the original Town site but a plan of suburban lots was published in 1899. The first were three or four-acre lots all with Brook frontage, and intended for orchard, vineyards or market gardens. The remainder of The Horseshoe was divided into lots later. Sub Lot 36 of 15 acres was designated a commonage. The present day Primary School was built on it in 1964. The Horseshoe is gradually being subdivided. The first landowners had extensive orchards and market gardens irrigated from the Brook. It has been largely subdivided though gardens and orchards still exist A continuum of housing styles can be seen from mud bat of the 1800's to modern brick and tile homes.

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Good Templars' Hall - Site

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A very large 'cypresses sempervirens' tree remains, probably planted at the same time as those in the St. Luke's Churchyard.

History

The Good Templars' Hall was the first public use building in Gingin. A branch of the 'Order of Good Templars', known as Cheriton Lodge 19, was formed in Gingin in 1875, largely at the instigation of Henry Brockman They built a Hall of baked clay bricks, the day obtained from a gully at the rear of the block. T.J. Jones donated land. It was formally opened in June of 1879. Corrugated iron was used for additions. The Hall was used for Roads Board meetings, dances and other social events. It served as the local Schoolroom from the mid 1880's until a new School was built in 1895. In October 1925, the Roads Board decided to demolish the Hall as the Temperance organisation was virtually disbanded and the Hall in disrepair. Some of the materials were used by Richard Masters to build a house at Dee Swamp. A house was built there for the Shire Clerk in 1967 and later purchased by Mr N.H.V. Wallace.

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Site only of Hall - the tree remains.

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Ralph Dewar's Home - Site

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All that remains of the mud bat homestead and outbuildings is a stone well. The land is currently used for pasture.

History

Ralph Dewar selected SL 292 of 189 acres in July 1860. This land was immediately south west of that owned by his brother, William Smart Dewar. Ralph married Frances Carson, daughter of Alfred Carson. They had two children but unfortunately Ralph was killed when a cart overturned in February of 1861. All that remains of the mud bat homestead and outbuildings is a stone well. A fine watercolour remains in his descendants' keeping.

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William Smart Dewar's Home - Site

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The masonry was mud bat plus limestone and ironstone with floors of sawn timber blocks. The roof was shingled. The main house consisted of three rooms, living and bedrooms, a separate kitchen and store rooms, dairy with cellar below, stables, cowsheds and an underground fresh water tank, etc.

History

In 1862, 23 acres were surveyed for W.S. Dewar. He married Emma York of Creaton. A flourishing farm establishment once stood here as attested by a watercolour painting owned by descendants. The home was built on the bank of a winter stream, which flows through the Dewar flats. John York, who was William's father-in-law, built the house, presumably in 1862. Part of the old house was used as a Schoolroom for several years c 1903. The whole establishment was completely burnt out by a disastrous fire in 1914. It had not been occupied for some time. The property was transferred to W.G. (Gladstone) Dewar, grandson of W.S. Dewar and is now owned by his daughter, Marion Bird. Biddaminnie School - In 1903 The Education Department received a petition from settlers north of Gingin re the establishment of schools at Biddaminnie (W.A. Dewar's home on SL 183) and Bootine. The old homestead was not occupied and a Schoolroom was prepared by opening a doorway in the end room of the old kitchen. In approximately 1908, this School operated (half time) with Bootine until 1909, when due to poor attendances both schools were operated from Biddaminnie.

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Dacresfield - Site

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Remains have been removed.

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A mud bat home was erected for W R Williams on the property of his friend Henry Brockman. The house was named 'Dacresfield' after Mr. Williams' Father, Rev. Dacre Williams, the first Headmaster at Perth Boys' School. Mr. Williams was the first Secretary of the Gingin Roads Board following the first elections on 21st March 1893 The house is now a ruin having been badly damaged by troops during World War 1. The land is presently owned by Westralian Sands Ltd. of Capel W.A. The stones are to be removed and used to construct barbeques at Granville Park.

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House

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A large imposing home built of bricks with an iron roof. It has a wide central passage with four main bedrooms. Utility rooms at the rear are under the original roof, though these have been altered and added to over the years. The roof was covered with a metal mock tile in terracotta in 1976. There is a cellar below, which is very damp. The original wooden verandah has been concreted. This is a charming house with many attractive decorative features

History

The block was originally owned by John Sims and then inherited by his daughter Jane, who married Harry Wells. Harry built this home of brick with an iron roof.

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Red Gum Tree

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Gingin War Memorial

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Gingin War Memorial commemorates Gingin and districts residents who went to war and is an important site of remembrance.

Physical Description

Elegant stone obelisk on graduated plinths.

History

Originally located in front of the Roads Board Office in Constable Street, unveiled by the premier Sir Henry Lefroy in 1920. It was relocated to the gardens on the south side of the Shire of Gingin Administration Offices in 1978. The memorial commemorates Gingin and districts residents who went to war. In World War One there were 47 who served and 10 who died in services. In World War Two eight died in service. A separate plaque honours of Jim Gordon who received the Victoria Cross on 12 July 1942.

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Integrity: High degree Authenticity: High degree

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Good

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Sugar Gums - Gingin School Site

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11793 Gingin Primary School - Site

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Plaque on one of the sugar gums.

History

The first Gingin School was built here in 1895. These trees were planted by school children on Arbour Day, 1899.

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Gingin Post Office

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Gingin Post Office is significant as a rare example of the Colonial Government's post office building program and is the oldest extant purpose built post office in Western Australia. It represents the vigorous lobbying by the Gingin community for its construction and the associated connection to the telegraph line from Perth to Geraldton. It represents the complementary association between police and postal service in the early development of public facilities. The residence demonstrates the role and lifestyle of the postmaster at the time.

Physical Description

The masonry building faces Constable Street in an elevated position overlooking the town. The building is domestic in scale and design. The frontage is symmetrical with two protruding bays rooms with faceted bay windows flanking the central entry. The hipped tiled roof continues over the central entry with gablets to the flanking elements. Additions on both sides of the frontage have break pitch skillion extensions of the main roof.

History

The first mail service to Gingin (at WL Brockman's property) was in 1853 on the Champion Bay route. In 1854 John York set up post office at Creaton, becoming the first post master and Registrar, until 1863. Mrs Tyler, the policeman's wife, and school mistress who lived near the police paddock in the establishing town, became post mistress, and in 1864 John Cockram was contracted for the monthly mail delivery. In 1881 Mrs Hackett was Postmistress, with mail distributed through the Police station. Tenders for the Post Office quarters were called on 20 August 1886. It was constructed by Chas Smith on Police reserve land next to police station. Officially opened on 28 October 1886. Mr and Mrs Hackett resided there 1893-1914 with Mrs being the Postmistress and Mr being the police officer (until 1893). George Temple Poole was the Government Architect of the period, and his design influence is evident in Gingin Post Office and the other six that were built to the same design in that period; Pingelly, Narrogin, Wagin, Katanning, Broomehill, Mt Barker.

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Integrity: High degree Authenticity: Moderate degree

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Good

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Philbey's Cottage

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A unique part of the Gingin shopping centre.

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A quaint cottage in the centre of the Gingin shopping area, surrounded by a very attractive garden. In 2010 Tom and Angela Cabassi replaced the roof tiles and renovated the interior almost back to original.

History

The cottage was built c 1903 by the owner, William Philbey. Mr. Philbey, who was the Roads Board Secretary at the time, quarried, carried in his wheelbarrow and laid the limestone blocks, which form the walls of the house. He was also carpenter and plasterer and even made the lead light windows and woodcarvings. It is basically four rooms with a central passage; a kitchen was added at the rear. An attic in the roof has never been used as living quarters. A unique part of the Gingin Shopping area, this house was occupied by Mr. Philbey until his death in 1933, when he died on the premises. The house belonged in succession to C.P. Knight, J.Y. Dewar, and G.S. Giles and was bought in 1961 by A.N. & N.F. Lucraft, who had the Shop next door. Mr. & Mrs. I Evans renovated the house in the early 1990's. It is presently owned by Angela and Tom Cabassi and is used as a Real Estate Office.

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Gingin Primary School - Site

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• 17892 Sugar Gums - Gingin School Site

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• 17892 Sugar Gums - Gingin School Site

Statement of Significance

The site is of interest to many local residents who went to school there. Many of them still hold the view that it was in sound condition and should never have been demolished.

Physical Description

Shire offices constructed on site in 1968.

History

In 1893, four acres of SL370, adjoining St Luke's Church were resumed by the Education Department and eight hundred pounds allocated to build a School. Earlier lessons had been held in the Church and other venues around Gingin. Construction began in late 1894, the building consisting of one room 32 feet by 21 feet, brick with iron roofing. The school was opened in May 1895, expected attendance 73 children. Mr. Nadebaum replaced the first Headmaster, Mr. A.E. Liddington, in 1900. In 1905 plans for additions were drawn up for a separate weatherboard and iron manual training room. In 1917a second classroom was added to the north side of the School and a front porch and steps were added to face Brockman St. The school was demolished in 1965. The present day Gingin Shire Council buildings stand just above the site. Landmark Gum trees remain close to Brockman St, they are believed to have been planted by school children on Arbour Day in 1899.

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Tibberton - Site

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Site of the home of early settlers.

Physical Description

Standing on a stone platform, the house had Casuarina stone walls. Palms, a large Olive tree and some English trees are all that remain of the garden.

History

The house was situated on the south side of the Gingin Brook. Joshua and Emma Edwards built a home there. Their eldest daughter was bom in 1849 and another eight daughters and a son (Reuben) were born later. The house faced north across Gingin Brook. Joshua died suddenly on 26th October 1866. Emma remarried James Anderson on 27th October in 1868. She placed the property into the hands of trustees until their only son, Reuben, turned 21. The property was heavily mortgaged and much of it was lost. The roof of the house was removed by John Musk and in c 1915 the house burnt down. A large olive tree remains.

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House, 7 Brook Street

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This was a solid example of mud bat construction.

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There were three main rooms in a row and a small room on the South East corner. It had front and back verandahs. All except 2 of the windows were original, 6 pane pivot windows, - one of which was hinged on after the house was built, and one replaced. The original top panels of two of the front doors opening onto the southern verandah did not have the small glass panes - only one door was probably as originally constructed. Fireplaces of kitchen and living area backed onto each other, the cooking fireplace raised and deep but small width, and the log fireplace wide and shallow. Floor boards were originals in the three main rooms, and had been renewed in the small bedroom.The original ceilings had been replaced. The house occupied a large block close to the Gingin Brook on the southern side of The Horseshoe.

History

Believed to have been built by Frederick Felix Hill in the 1880's. Another story says G. Butler built it. F.F. Hill and his family lived here until he built a new home in Constable St (builder of that home was G. Butler), which is now Thorn's House. This house was purchased in the early 1920's by Zaccariah Brown and then by Mr. & Mrs. Noel Lucraft in 1948. It served as a Doctor's Surgery (B. Williams) in the late 1970's and a private residence since then. It was then owned an occupied by K & L Tipping who were planning to renovate until tragically a fire burnt majority of the house on 23 November 2006. The walls and fireplace still remain on the stone foundation of the three main rooms. A small room on the South East corner of the house was not affected by the fire, however, the winter rains has slowly collapsed and washed the mud wall away.

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Cheriton - Site of original dwelling Homestead Manager's cottage

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03404 Cheriton Estate - former Gooch House

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Cheriton is significant for the associations with Brockman and the northwest syndicate, that included Gooch who had the residence and managers quarters designed by prominent Architects, Oldham, Boas and Edney-Brown. The residences represent fine examples of the Architect's work of the period, and demonstrate a way of life no longer practiced.

Physical Description

NO SITE INSPECTION IN 2017. The main residence is reported to be a two storey masonry structure with a simple hipped roof, the manager's cottage is a single storey building with a hipped roof.

History

Cheriton was originally settled by WL Brockman, later a syndicate of northwest pastoralists acquired the property. Comprising Gooch, Harper, Edgar and Wedge, it was Gooch who built the main residence and the managers cottage. Materials from an original house that was located close to Gingin Brook, were used in the construction. It is considered that Architects Oldham, Boas and Edney-Brown designed both places.

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Mount Ginginup

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During the Second World War, this hill was the site of an American unit encampment. U.S.A. 699th Air Warning Battalion were here from March 1942 to sometime later in that year. Fifty men in this Radar Detection Unit camped on the hillside in a clump of trees. There was a well with a good supply of water nearby.

Physical Description

The hill is situated three kilometers north of Gingin. From the top of Sunday Hill there is an uninterrupted view 180° north and south and west to the coast.

History

In 1843, SL 101 was surveyed for W.L. Brockman. He leased the land around and bought SL459 in 1867. The name 'Ginginup' was given by the Aborigines, believed to mean 'water flowing between two hills'. It was shortened to Gingin by early settlers and became a place name of the nearby Town and district. When it was sold to Harper Edgar and Wedge in 1895, it became part of Edgar's farm. The Edgar family called it 'Sunday Hill', as they used to picnic there on Sundays.

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Strathalbyn

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The homestead is delightfuly situated on a slight elevation below Mount Ginginup in the Cheriton valley. The walls are diatomaceous earth which was quarried on the property. Windows and doors and comers of the house are framed in red brick. The house is surrounded by a verandah with a bull nose iron roof. All rooms have a fireplace. The house has a central hallway. The roof is high pitched and topped by four double chimneys and one single high chimney. Renovation has modified the original Edwardian character of the house. The property has been upgraded and extended to a modern residence. There is a Swimming Pool under the main roof.

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Physical Description

Built by a retired north-west pastoralist is it a gracious example of a well-to-do Gentleman's Residence in the closing years of the colonial period.

History

Assessment 1978 Construction 1899

Integrity/Authenticity

Built in 1899 this large limestone house is a find example of Victorian architecture. The walls are constructed of diatomaceous stone with brick quoins and the hipped roof is of corrugated iron. The gracious bullnosed verandah surrounds the homestead. It has been owned continuously by the same family

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Cheriton - Manager's Cottage

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03404 Cheriton Estate - former Gooch House

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Built in 1902 this cottage is considered a most advanced type of accommodation to be provided for a manager. As such it is the best example of the Gingin district.

Physical Description

This limestone cottage with brick quoins, corrugated iron hipped roof and bull nose verandah was built in 1902 by Mr G.J. Gooch using limestone from the old homestead beside the Gingin Brook. The verandah was restored using timber from the old stable.

History

Assessment 1980

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The house is in relatively original condition with verandah intact and is part of the original ensemble of house and farm buildings.

Physical Description

Single storey house designed in the manner customary at the turn of the century. Probably designed by the architcts, Oldam, Boas and Edney Brown who were responsible for the main building. This limestone cottage with brick quoins, corrugated iron, hipped roof and bull nose verandah was built in 1902 by Mr G J Gooch, using limestone from the old homestead beside the Gingin Brook. The verandah was restored using timber from the old stable. It remains in excellent order.

History

Built by G. Gooch at the same time as the larger house called Cheriton and on the same site. The first Cheriton, a farmhouse located on Gingin Brook, was demolished and the material was used in the construction of the new buildings.

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Cheriton Estate - former Gooch House

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• 17816 Cheriton - Manager's Cottage
• 17899 Cheriton - Site of original dwelling Homestead Manager's cottage

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• 17816 Cheriton - Manager's Cottage
• 17899 Cheriton - Site of original dwelling Homestead Manager's cottage

Statement of Significance

For historical and architectural reasons, this is a significant site of which the extant buildings are the most important material evidence and as such are still in use.

Physical Description

A large two-storey house (originally with two-storey verandahs). It is characteristic internally and externally of the grand style of architecture at the turn of the century, the only example of its type in the region. Removal of the verandahs and restoration of the facades has resulted in an Italianate appearance, which belies the original architectural character.

History

Cheriton was originally settled by W.L. Brockman and is therefore synonymous with the settlement and opening up of the Gingin region. A syndicate of northwest pastoralists, Gooch, Harper, Edgar and Wedge, resettled in this area. George Gooch built this house.

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William James King's House

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A four-roomed brick and iron residence with a passage down the centre, verandah on three sides and utility rooms at the rear. The owner is presently renovating the building taking care to maintain its original character.

History

This house was built for William James King, a son of Daniel King of the Junction. He had the town's first Butcher's shop and was married to John Dewar's daughter, Selina. They had four sons and one daughter. The house was rented for some time after the King's went to Midland Junction, in the 1920's and 1930's. Mrs. Andrew Frederick Dewar lived in the house during World War 1 with her children Fred, Joe and Ruby. A little boy, Clayton, died there Mrs. Floyd Troy and family owned it in the 1970's. She was the second wife of Hubert Troy. There were three children from the first marriage to Rose Jones and then Dawn. Fay (Mrs. George Harris), Deirdre and Gavin. Mr. & Mrs. Don Hall lived there from 1975. They put in a swimming pool It has been owned for some years by Mr & Mrs. Peter Connell.

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Charlton's Mill

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Historical - early flour milling.

Physical Description

On the east side of Lennard's Brook, just below Lennard's Brook Bridge. No relics remain

History

oseph Chariton applied for a tillage lease in 1865, and in 1868, he purchased Swan Locations 528 & 529 both blocks having Brook frontage, just south of the Lennard's Brook bridge. On SL 528, he built a Flourmill and mud bat cottage using material from the Brook. Grain was gristed here from 1870 to 1885. In later years a Mr. Beswick lived here growing vegetables, which he sold in Gingin. There was a butchery across Cockram Road and Mr. Beswick was also the Nightman. The town sanitary site used at that time was a small block adjoining the south of SL 529. The mud bat cottage was lived in up to the 1960's.

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Molecap Hill Quarry

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Statement of Significance

A landmark to the south of the town. It has geological significance.

Physical Description

At the summit of a hill just to the south of Gingin township is a disused Quarry. The fossils of plants and animals such as molluscs and foraminifera are found in a layer of chalk. Greensands (Glauconite) deposit mined in 1932

History

A small limestone hill just to the south of Gingin town site. A part of SL 103 surveyed by J.W. Gregory in 1844 The first owner was Richard Edwards and then his son, Joshua Edwards Coolyena, the Aboriginal name, was described as very rich with grasses and native yams (Warrine) with chalk and limestone underlying. Although the limestone deposit had long been known, Mr. W.B. Gordon, an amateur geologist, recognised the Greensands (Glauconite) deposit. Mr. Ralph Hill mined the glauconite in 1932. It was blasted out and trucked to the railway station and then to the Swan. The glauconite was used to soften 'hard water.' In later years the Quarry was used as a shooting range and more recently has been mined for agricultural lime. The limestone contains fossils such as molluscs and foraminifera and sharks teeth and has been a popular place for school geology excursions.

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Gingin Road Board Office (fmr)

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The Roads Board Office has social significance for its long running association with local Government and decision making in the local community.

The Roads Board Office has historical significance for the role it played in the development of the Shire of Gingin.

The Roads Board Office is rare for its aesthetic qualities.

Physical Description

Constructed materials are burnt bricks and a corrugated iron roof. There is one main room with an enclosed front verandah and rear facilities.

History

An election to form the Gingin Road Board was held in 1893 and the inaugral meeting was held in the Granville Hotel. Later meetings were held in John Dewar’s Hotel and the Good Templars Hall. Meetings were moved to the new Agricultural Hall between 1900 and 1903 and then it was decided to rent a house in Brockman Street, opposite the school. Early in 1910 plans were put forward to build a new Roads Board Office at an estimated cost of 250 pounds. Eventually Mr Tom’s tender of 310 pounds was accepted as this was the cheapest one. On April 29, 1911 Mr SF Moore MLA officially opened the new office and the Gingin Road Board at last had a permanent home. Construction materials are burnt bricks and an iron roof. There is one main room with an enclosed front verandah and rear facilities. In recent years it has been used as a Pre-school centre, a playgroup and for Red Cross meetings. It belongs to the Shire of Gingin.

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One of the few remaining examples of the type of office built for the use of a amller roads board prior to the 1914 - 1918 war. Of great historical signficance to WA.

Physical Description

This little building of brick and iron was built in 1911 for the Gingin Roads Board and was used for this purpose until 198 when new offices were built. The building now used as a pre-school centre has a centrally placed front door and unusual timber framed verandah and balustrade part of which has been filled in.

History

Assessment 1978 Construction 1911

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Gingin Road Board Office (fmr) is significant in representing the development of the local government in 1911 and of continued development when it was vacated in 1968 for new premises. It has a social and civic significance for the associations with staff and elected members throughout that period.

Physical Description

The building faces Constable Street in an elevated position. Modest in scale it has a single frontage with a gable and separate ski/lion front veranda. The gable has a decorative brick edge detail. The veranda is partially enclosed. There is a full width rear addition with a separate ski/lion roof.

History

The inaugural meeting of the Ging in Road Board was held in 1893 in Granville Hotel, later at John Dewar's Railway Hotel, and the Good Templars Hall, before the Agricultural Hall between 1900-1903 when a house in Brockman Street was rented for the purpose. On 29 April 1911 Mr Moore, MLA opened the new office comprising one main room with an enclosed front veranda and rear facilities. In 1968, new administration offices were constructed for the Shire of Gingin and the building was no longer utilised for the local government activities.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: Moderate degree Authenticity: Moderate degree

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Good

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Headmaster's Residence

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This house was built in 1899 for the use of the Headmaster, and was possibly used for this purpose for 30 years. Fred Mitchen rented it in 1927. It was renovated and repaired by the C.W.A. in recent years. Now to be acquired for the Gingin Shire Council for public use.

Physical Description

Situated on a large block between Constable St and the Brook, the four front rooms were retained when the kitchen and bedrooms were demolished. In 1993 a new meeting room was added to the rear.

History

The home was built for the Headmaster of Gingin Primary School and completed in 1899. It was built of brick close to the footpath. Four main rooms stepped down toward the rear. Two rooms and a kitchen were added about 1902.

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A historical Gingin building.

Physical Description

The house contains 5 main rooms and a passage from the front door. A good example of the use of local limestone in rubble stone walls with dressed stone quoins. The house has asymmetrically spaced windows to the front facade and these are unusual timber framed with small panes and sliding construction. Another interesting feature is the saw tooth bargeboard detail. Built out of local materials by the Hill family in 1886, for their own use. When the house was renovated in 2007, it was converted into 4 main rooms with the fifth room being divided into an Office, bathroom and storage room. The previous kitchen and bathroom on the back verandah have been demolished and replaced with new.

History

The original owner was Frederick Felix Hill who was married to Ellen Dewar. He was a Town Councillor in 1893 and worked as a contractor. F.F. Hill died in 1936 and his daughter, Clara Campbell, inherited the house. Mrs Rose Thom of Gingin now owns it. Rose Thom left the property to go into a home and later died. Her husband is also deceased. The house was renovated in 2007, when ownership was taken over by RD and IF Dewar.

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Ashworth Cottage

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Accretions removed from the original building which has been restored. Verandah has been added.

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One of the few surviving examples of a characteristic house type in Gingin.

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Accretions removed from the original building which has been restored. Verandah has been added.

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Gingin Agricultural Hall - Site

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Destroyed by fire.

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This unique building was described as a weatherboard classic constructed on timber stumps and framed and clad in timber. Destroyed by fire in 1978. Now a carpark.

History

On an area surveyed next to the Police Station, a wooden Hall was constructed in 1899 In 1911 a verandah was added to the front and a staircase from the passage to the stage and a supper room at the rear. The Hall was used for community functions and schooling. In 1911 roller-skating was popular and fortnightly dances were held to raise money for hall maintenance. Picture shows were also popular and a projector room was added to the front. Between 1947 and 1952, repairs and extensions were carried out including a new stage, a kitchen and supper'room on the west side and external toilets. The Hall was destroyed by fire c November 1978. It all went in twenty minutes.

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Site Only

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Gingin Police Station

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Good

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Site to the rear ofthe New Police Station, built 1964.

History

The Gingin Police have occupied this area since Foot Constable George Dean, was appointed in 1855 as a permanent Officer Plans for a Police Station were drawn up in 1870, comprising of a living room, Magistrate's Court, a bedroom. Escort and Police day room, cells, saddle room and stables. Matthew Wallis tendered to build the station It stood for about 100 years immediately to the rear of the present day Police Station. In 1893 an enlarged back verandah was added and in 1901 a new wing on the eastern end comprising a kitchen, pantry and a second bedroom. The old Station was completely demolished and a new one built on the site of the old one. The new Police Station was occupied on 7th December 1964

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Site Only- New Police Station Now on this site.

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Moore River School Site

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A plaque has been placed by the Shire to commemorate the School.

History

The School was in operation in 1908. The School was half time in 1914 with Bermullah, 12 miles away to the east. It closed in 1918 due to the lack of a teacher. In 1920 it was half time with Beermullah again.

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Eclipse Hill

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SL 8659 - an area of 4049 metres square is the highest part of Eclipse Hilt.

History

This block was purchased by the Crown in c.1999 for use as a Trigonometric Station.The highest point on Eclipse Hill was named because there was an eclipse when found in the early explorations. In 1978, the mining of quartz sand began on Bare Hill. The grains of quartz are free from impurities and are very large It can be made into very strong concrete and has been used for the manufacture of roofing tiles, paving slabs etc. Yellow sand and gravel are also mined.

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Gingin Cemetery

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The Cemetery is a high point overlooking Gingin town. Apart from head stones tracing the social history of the region, the Cemetery site is notable for its native vegetation, principally hybridated Kangaroo Paws which are unique to this site.

History

A small area by St Luke's Anglican Church had served Gingin as a Cemetery during the 19th Century. By 1900 this was becoming crowded so an alternative site was selected away from the houses and the Brook. Six acres in Edgar's paddock was cleared in 1903 and the first burial took place there on 19/01/1904. It followed the death of Elizabeth May Dewar, infant daughter of W.F. Dewar. An ashes pavilion with stone walls and a shingled roof was added to the Cemetery c1992.

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One Tree Hill

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Limestone hill which was quarried from 1890 - 1925.

History

This (originally) rounded hill above Gingin is typical of the erosion of chalky limestone deposits rare in Australia. This limestone is extremely rich in fossils of both plant and animal species including foraminifera, ostracods. sharks teeth and fragments of a giant mollusc called 'Inoceramus.' It is believed that the Gingin chalk belongs to the Lower Santonian Age deposits, being laid down more than 65 million years ago. Lime kilns were operating on One Tree Hill by 1898. The lime was used for agriculture, carted on drays through the town to the Railway Station This mining stopped during the First World War due to increased royalties and a labour shortage. In 1921 the W A. Cement Company began work mining the limestone and railing it to the Portland Cement Company in East Perth. The heavy drays caused damage to the town streets and the bridge, and traffic was diverted to the Stock Route through Sadler's land and the Three Bridges. This mining ceased when limestone was found closer to Perth. A radio mast serving to link Gingin, Guilderton and Lancelin was erected here in 1963/64.

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Gingin Golf Course

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In the 1930's, a nine-hole Golf Course existed in Edgar's paddock above the town. A Golf Club was formed in 1935, but this lapsed with the outbreak of war in 1939. In 1963, Mr. Jack Kitson sold 111 acres (Pt Locations 362, 431, 511, 525, 536 now called Lot 61) to the Shire of Girigin for the establishment of a Golf Course. In May 1963, a nine-hole Golf Course was ready for play and by 1966 an 18-hole course had been completed. On the 26th August 1978, new Golf Course Club Rooms were opened.

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House - 21 Fraser Street

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Repairs being undertaken.

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A cottage on the Brook side of Fraser Street, Gingin. Mud bats have been rendered and corrugated iron roof, front verandah and cement floor are under repair. The repairs are being done in the form of the original. The mud brick form work being used is the original form work. There was a Chinese garden at the back of 21 Fraser Street.

History

Possibly built c1890 but perhaps earlier. Built by Jerry Butler for Joseph Mortimer and his wife Ellen Eliza Sims. The house was lived in by their descendants until Mrs Whitty left.

Condition

Repairs being undertaken.

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Statement of Significance

One of the oldest houses in Gingin and still occupied by a Grand-daughter of the original owner. This house is well kept and has great charm.

Physical Description

Charming brick and iron house built in 1880. It has a verandah to the front which has been partly enclosed at one end. The bricks are laid in English Garden Bond. The simple timber fence despite the use of sheep wire and chain mesh enhances the charm of the house. The house is set in a well-tended and charming garden.

History

Assessment 1978 Construction 1880 Note: NTWA records this as 11 Fraser St.

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House, 19 Fraser Street

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Repaired and upgraded, very good.

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The age and ambience of the house lends itself to being considered for the Municipal Inventory, also the fact that the property runsjjaipk into the Gingin Brook.

History

Bought by Mrs E. Russell in 1907. In 1941 it was bought by Mr. & Mrs. A.G. Wright whose daughter, Madge Jones, inherited it and lived there after selling Granville. Since 1978 it was owned by Mrs Hitchcock.

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Repaired and upgraded, very good

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Beedamanup Homestead

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Assessment 1977 Construction 1855 Alterations/additions: blacksmiths shop and farriers shed c. 1878 This is a relic of the earliest settlement of the Gingin 'flats' country illustrating the initiative of the founder of the well-known Dewar pioneer family of the district. The homestead was sited on Gingin Brook at an important road junction where pastoral operations might be undertaken with the provision of accommodation for travellers. The two storey residence and its association outbuildings are in urgent need of repairs but the importance of the homestead cannot be overlooked.

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Statement of Significance

Beedamanup Homestead is significant for its association with John Dewar, his son, and grandson, and for the social significance of having been a wayside inn.

Physical Description

NO SITE INSPECTION IN 2016. It has been as described as Colonial Georgian with walls of a form of Casuarina stone, which was mined nearby. There are three big chimneys of stone and the roof was originally shingled. There are six big rooms upstairs and six downstairs with a simply constructed staircase in the center. Out buildings included a cellar, dairy, stables, and blacksmith's shop, stockyards and cow bails. One room upstairs in the northeast corner had no windows so as to exclude thieves from stores kept there.

History

A substantial two-storey home was built for John Dewar on the Dewar Flats and is believed to have been used as an Inn, as well as a farmhouse, as it stood on the main track north from Gingin. After the death of John Dewar in 1911, the house and surrounding land was inherited by his son and later his grandson, Maitland Dewar.

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Downa (House and Graveyard)

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Very good

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Dawna is significant for the associations with early settlers Edmund and Mary Dooling, establishing their home as early as c.187 4 and installing a public phone in 1929, also operating the phone exchange until 1946. The place demonstrates a sense of place for recent uses as a tearooms and caravan park.

Physical Description

Set in landscaped gardens, the homestead is apparent by the two substantial rendered chimneys along the ridgeline of the original building. Additions and alterations are apparent but the fabric and form of the building remains. The three headstones are grouped together within a small picket fenced area.

History

Edmund and Mary Dooling bought the Swan locations, 545, 547 & 551 in the 1860's and they named their land "Dawna." In c.1874, they engaged a professional builder, probably Matt Wallis who had built the Junction Hotel the year before, to erect a substantial mud bat shingle roofed house. After the deaths of Edmund Dooling in 1894 and his wife in 1912, Michael Nolan who had married their daughter, Annie Dooling, acquired the property. They settled at Dawna in 1913. A public telephone was installed at Dawna on the 15th March 1929. Miss Nolan operated the telephone exchange from this date until May 1946 when the Manual Exchange closed. Up until recently the property was ran by Kaye and Harry White as tearooms and gardens. Later it has been operated as a Caravan Park and Gardens and is now called 'Willowbrook Farm".

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Integrity: Moderate/high degree Authenticity: Moderate degree

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Good

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Honeycomb

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It has been thoroughly restored and is used as a private residence.

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The house was located on 400 acres of farmland just south of the Gingin Brook and a few kilometres from Gingin. It is a brick home with all except the front wall plastered and dispays sash windows, quoins, an iron roof and a bull nose verandah. There are four main rooms about 15 ft square with fireplaces. There is a wide passage down the centre and a back verandah (enclosed). There are big steps at the rear and more steps going down to a small cellar. There is an old toilet near the back steps and a side verandah used as a garage. The roof is unusual with a 'U' shaped hip. The front verandah is 6ft wide with posts unevenly spaced.

History

The house was built for Hamlet Jones when he married Sarah Rosa Clinch in 1893. Sarah died in 1899 and the property was bought by J.V.A. Jones, Hamlet's brother. Honeycomb was leased by Mr Cornish in 1907. J.VA. Jones sold it to R.F. Cooper in 1936 and he eventually sold it to Alec Collett. The property has been sold several times since and is presently owned by Roly Read.

Condition

It has been thoroughly restored and is used as a private residence.

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Frederick Felix Hill's House

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Gingin Hotel

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Substantial additions and internal modifications over time. Recent limited internal renovations.

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Gingin Hotel is the only surviving Hotel in Gingin and has operated continually since it opened in 1903. It is a fine representative example of the Federation period of architecture and of development in Gingin at that time, making a significant contribution to the townscape heritage. It is also significant for associations with various owners and managers including John Musk, and wife Catherine, Tom Jones, and others, and demonstrates a sense of place for the social and hospitality functions of the place, that continue in the 21st century,

Physical Description

The hotel faces Jones Street directly opposite Gingin Railway Station. The two-storey building has a simple parapet with pilastered bays and an asymmetrical pediment detail with a bay identifying the main entry. Verandas at ground floor and first floor levels extend across the front and down the east side. There is a c.1960s single storey addition along the east side.

History

The railway opened from Midland to Ging in in 1891 and continued through to Mogumber in 1892 and then beyond to Geraldton. By 1902, the town was developing rapidly and the Gingin Hotel was constructed directly opposite the railway station providing a distinct advantage over the Granville Hotel. It opened on 29 January 1903. Rumour has it that two defrocked priests (Fathers Duff and Flood) were the responsible. The original licensee was Mrs Catherine Malone, with her brother Patrick Murphy taking over after her sudden death in 1905. The Granville Hotel still had the business of proving refreshments for the train railway patrons. However new management in 1908 at Gingin Hotel, William Spence (from Miners Arms in Northampton) rivalled that business. In the mid 19210, the wealthy northwest pastoralist John Musk purchased the hotel, in order to replace the lessee at the time with JVA Jones' son Tom as Manager, after he had returned from World War One. After John Musk's death in 1921, his wife Catherine took over his estate. The trains continued to provide hotel patronage for refreshments and accommodation until the mid 1940s, although railway patronage diminished after that time.

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Integrity: Moderate degree Authenticity: Moderate degree

Condition

Good

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Gingin Railway Station and Quarters

Condition

Gingin Railway Station & Quarters is in excellent condition. However, it is feared that its current abandoned state could lead to damage from white ants and general neglect (2010).

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Statement of Significance

Opened for passengers and goods 19 May 1891. The refreshment rooms, goods shed, crane and portion of the platform have already been demolished, but the main station building is still intact and marks one of the most significant events in the district's history.

Physical Description

This Excellent example of railway building is of brick and render. It has interesting iron trusses on the verandah and slightly bow windows set in square frames. The building is in good repair and is still used as a railway station. Neat brick building, painted white with iron roof. Two wings separated by waiting shelter. Two chimneys, sash windows of two panes, panelled doors - two large (illegible). The station is situated opposite the Gingin hotel.

History

Assessment 1978 Built for the Midland Railway c. 1891 The first Civil Engineer of the Railway Company was Mr Frank Stafford The Railway Construction Contractor was Edward Vivian Harvey Keane One of the first railway stations built by the Midland Railway Company for its new line from Midland Junction. The line to Gingin was opened for traffic by Sir William Robinson in April 1891.

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Statement of Significance

Gingin Railway Station & Quarters was one of the first railway stations constructed on the Midland Junction to Walkway line by the Midland Railway Company. It was constructed by prominent builder, innovative farmer and developer Friedrich Wilhelm Gustav Liebe, and is also associated with Edward Keane, a leading railway builder. It was part of the development of the Midland-Walkaway Railway that provided the essential transport for pastoral and agricultural development in the region.

Physical Description

The "T" shape form comprises an extensive 'frontage along the platform parallel with the railways line, and protruding gable street frontage to Jones Street. The pavilion gable roof similarly runs parallel with the railway line with gables each end and a gable feature on the street front. All other railway elements associated with the site are no longer extant.

History

Gingin Railway Station was constructed in 1891 by the Midland Railway Company, under Edward Keane's direction as he extended the railway line from Midland Junction through to Walkway and later to Geraldton, opening up the pastoral and agricultural land and development opportunities. The Jones family of nearby Granville ran the refreshments rooms. The railway station comprised a goods shed, refreshment rooms and a longer platform, water tanks at each end to facilitate two trains at simultaneously, and crane, all that have since been demolished. With the demise of steam trains, and later the introduction of more efficient road transport, the railway station was decommissioned in 1976. Sometime later after it had been vacant and fallen into disrepair, It was leased to the Diggins family for 21 years during which time they restored the place. The Gingin Railway Station building is now owned by the National Trust. This place is currently leased to the Gingin Lions club who have undertaken conservation work to the building and have opened to the public as a small cafe, gift shop and interpretive centre.

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Integrity : Moderate degree Authenticity : Moderate degree

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Very Good

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House, 10 Lefroy Street

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Important because the house served as an unofficial hospital.

Physical Description

Originally a four roomed house with a passage down the centre. The rooms were approximately 14ft square with high ceilings. The front bedroom had a pressed tin ceiling, as has the front half of the passage. The living room behind has a corrugated tin ceiling and a burnt brick fireplace. The other rooms may not have had ceilings originally, now they are asbestos or similar. The front door and windows are original and the interior of this part of the house is probably original.The verandahs have been concreted with steel verandah posts. The kitchen is relatively new and the levels at the back have been raised to correspond with the rest of the house. Originally, high and steep steps made it dangerous.

History

The original owner, Hugh S. King, was a son of Daniel King of the Junction. At one time he was the town's Undertaker. His wife, Lily King, served for many years as the town Nurse and this house became the Hospital with many babies being born here. Numerous Gingin residents owe their lives to Mrs. King.

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House, 2 Lefroy Street

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Very poor

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The house had three rooms with wooden board ceilings. The kitchen, bathroom and toilet were added on in asbestos and weather board later. An old laundry with a copper (which has since been removed) stood just at the rear. These additions are now largely destroyed. The central room still has an old Metters stove. The walls are in good condition but the bull nose iron on the front verandah is partly collapsed. Plants in the house garden include large oak and carob trees, very old jade plants, climbing rose, English may, honeysuckle and fruit trees.

History

The existing house was built by Mr. W.H.J. Horan (Station Master, Gingin) in 1911. His sons Clayton and Eric helped him. The clay for the mud bats was dug on the property closer to the Brook and the excavation can still be seen. William H.J. Horan was appointed Station Master at Gingin in 1901. With his wife and their five children, Eric, Clayton, Eileen, Leonie and Lillian, he lived in the Railway Station quarters for many years. He retired from the railways and built a house on The Horseshoe and lived the rest of his days here. He was employed as Roads Board Secretary from 1925 until his death in 1937. His son, Eric, was killed in a horse riding accident on Christmas Day, 1911 while the house was being built. Lillian Horan served as Roads Board Secretary from 1937 until her sudden death while at work in the Road Board Office in 1948. Lillian and her sister Eileen lived in the house in Lefroy St while their other sister Leonie married Elvie King.

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