Cheriton Estate - former Gooch House

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

03404

Location

183 Cheriton Rd Gingin

Location Details

Inc: Manager's House and Stallion Box - both on RNE Cheriton Arch moved into town

Local Government

Gingin

Region

Avon Arc

Construction Date

Constructed from 1903

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Municipal Inventory Adopted 18 Mar 2003 Category C
Register of the National Estate Registered 28 Sep 1982

Child Places

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

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use RESIDENTIAL Two storey residence
Present Use RESIDENTIAL Two storey residence

Architectural Styles

Style
Federation Filigree

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Roof METAL Corrugated Iron
Other TIMBER Other Timber
Wall STONE Limestone

Creation Date

25 Nov 1997

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Author

Shire of Gingin

Construction Date

Constructed from 1903

Demolition Year

N/A

Child Places

  • 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.

References

Ref ID No Ref Name Ref Source Ref Date
H Udell: "History of Gingin".

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William James King's House

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

11782

Location

6 Church St Gingin

Location Details

Other Name(s)

Connell's House

Local Government

Gingin

Region

Avon Arc

Construction Date

Constructed from 1890

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Municipal Inventory Adopted 17 Nov 1994 Category C

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use RESIDENTIAL Single storey residence
Present Use RESIDENTIAL Single storey residence

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Roof METAL Corrugated Iron
Wall BRICK Common Brick

Historic Themes

General Specific
PEOPLE Early settlers
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Settlements

Creation Date

10 Jun 1998

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Author

Shire of Gingin

Construction Date

Constructed from 1890

Demolition Year

N/A

Physical Description

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

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

11781

Location

Cockram Rd Gingin

Location Details

On Lennard's Brook

Local Government

Gingin

Region

Avon Arc

Construction Date

Constructed from 1870

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Municipal Inventory Adopted 17 Nov 1994 Category D

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Present Use FARMING\PASTORAL Other
Original Use INDUSTRIAL\MANUFACTURING Flour Mill

Creation Date

10 Jun 1998

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Author

Shire of Gingin

Construction Date

Constructed from 1870

Demolition Year

N/A

Statement of Significance

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.

Condition

Site Only

References

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H Udell: "History of Gingin".

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Molecap Hill Quarry

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

04452

Location

Cockram Rd Gingin

Location Details

1km from Gingin

Other Name(s)

Coolyena

Local Government

Gingin

Region

Avon Arc

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Municipal Inventory Adopted 17 Nov 1994 Category D
Register of the National Estate Registered 30 Jun 1992
Register of the National Estate Nominated 01 Aug 1990
Classified by the National Trust Classified {Lscpe}

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
6378 Heritage Places - Western Australia : pamphlets. Brochure 2003
2398 National Estate Program : documentation of geological sites and monuments; Nomination of geological monument for the register of the National Estate: Dingo Gap, Bugle Gap, Bringo Railway cutting, Molecap Hill, Veevers Crater, Dalgaranga Crater, North Pole, Report 1989

Place Type

Landscape

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use FARMING\PASTORAL Other
Present Use MINING Other

Creation Date

21 Aug 1995

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Author

Shire of Gingin

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

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.

References

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H Udell: "History of Gingin".

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Gingin Road Board Office (fmr)

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

01081

Location

Constable St Gingin

Location Details

Local Government

Gingin

Region

Avon Arc

Construction Date

Constructed from 1911

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
Heritage List Adopted 17 Oct 2017

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
RHP - To be assessed Current 31 Aug 2007

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Municipal Inventory Adopted 17 Oct 2017 Category A
Classified by the National Trust Classified 03 Jul 1978
Register of the National Estate Permanent 28 Sep 1982

Values

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.

Condition

Good condition

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Present Use EDUCATIONAL Pre-primary Centre
Original Use EDUCATIONAL Other

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Roof METAL Corrugated Iron
Wall BRICK Other Brick

Historic Themes

General Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Settlements

Creation Date

30 May 1989

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Author

National Trust of Western Australia

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statement of Significance

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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Author

Shire of Gingin

Construction Date

Constructed from 1911

Demolition Year

N/A

Statement of Significance

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

Condition

Good

References

Ref ID No Ref Name Ref Source Ref Date
H Udell: "History of Gingin". p 154 & 276

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Headmaster's Residence

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

11788

Location

Constable St Gingin

Location Details

Other Name(s)

CWA Rooms

Local Government

Gingin

Region

Avon Arc

Construction Date

Constructed from 1899

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Municipal Inventory Adopted 17 Nov 1994 Category C

Condition

Good

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Present Use SOCIAL\RECREATIONAL Other Community Hall\Centre
Original Use EDUCATIONAL Housing or Quarters

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Wall BRICK Other Brick
Roof METAL Corrugated Iron

Historic Themes

General Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Settlements
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Education & science

Creation Date

10 Jun 1998

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Author

Shire of Gingin

Construction Date

Constructed from 1899

Demolition Year

N/A

Statement of Significance

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.

Condition

Good

References

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H Udell: "History of Gingin".

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House

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

03717

Location

15 Constable St Gingin

Location Details

Cnr Constable & Barlee St This place briefly had another P number (P17919) as there were originally two different addresses (9 and 15 Constable Street). It was determined that 15 was the most up to date street number.

Other Name(s)

Mrs Thom's House

Local Government

Gingin

Region

Avon Arc

Construction Date

Constructed from 1886

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Municipal Inventory Adopted 18 Oct 2005 Category C
Classified by the National Trust Classified 03 Jul 1978
Register of the National Estate Permanent 28 Sep 1982

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use RESIDENTIAL Single storey residence
Present Use RESIDENTIAL Single storey residence

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Wall STONE Limestone
Other STONE Local Stone
Roof METAL Corrugated Iron

Historic Themes

General Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Settlements

Creation Date

24 Jul 1995

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Author

Shire of Gingin

Construction Date

Constructed from 1886

Demolition Year

N/A

Statement of Significance

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.

Condition

Very Good

References

Ref ID No Ref Name Ref Source Ref Date
H Udell: "History of Gingin".
Owner Category
RD & IF Dewar Other Private

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Ashworth Cottage

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

17916

Location

3 Constable St Gingin

Location Details

Local Government

Gingin

Region

Avon Arc

Construction Date

Constructed from 1886

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Municipal Inventory Adopted 18 Oct 2005

Condition

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

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Present Use COMMERCIAL Other
Original Use RESIDENTIAL Single storey residence

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Wall EARTH Adobe {Mud Brick}

Historic Themes

General Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Settlements

Creation Date

02 Aug 2007

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Author

Shire of Gingin

Construction Date

Constructed from 1886

Demolition Year

N/A

Statement of Significance

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

Condition

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

References

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H Udell: "History of Gingin".

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Gingin Agricultural Hall - Site

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

01077

Location

Lot 138 Constable St Gingin

Location Details

Local Government

Gingin

Region

Avon Arc

Construction Date

Constructed from 1899

Demolition Year

1978

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Classified by the National Trust Recorded 03 Jul 1978
Municipal Inventory Adopted 18 Oct 2005 Category D

Condition

Destroyed by fire.

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Present Use SOCIAL\RECREATIONAL Other Community Hall\Centre
Original Use SOCIAL\RECREATIONAL Agricultural Hall

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Wall TIMBER Weatherboard

Creation Date

24 Jan 1989

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Author

Shire of Gingin

Construction Date

Constructed from 1899

Demolition Year

1978

Physical Description

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.

Condition

Site Only

References

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H Udell: "History of Gingin".

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Gingin Police Station

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

17323

Location

Lot 500 Constable St Gingin

Location Details

Other Name(s)

Gingin Police Station - Site

Local Government

Gingin

Region

Avon Arc

Construction Date

Constructed from 1964

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
RHP - To be assessed Current 28 Sep 2012

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Municipal Inventory Adopted 17 Nov 1994 Category D

Condition

Good

Place Type

Other Built Type

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Other Use GOVERNMENTAL Police Station or Quarters

Architectural Styles

Style
Late 20th-Century Perth Regional

Historic Themes

General Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Law & order

Creation Date

15 Mar 2006

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Author

Shire of Gingin

Construction Date

Constructed from 1870 to 1901

Demolition Year

1960

Physical Description

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

Condition

Site Only- New Police Station Now on this site.

References

Ref ID No Ref Name Ref Source Ref Date
H Udell: "History of Gingin".
Owner Category
WA Police State Gov't

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Moore River School Site

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

17905

Location

Cowalla Rd Gingin

Location Details

Other Name(s)

Spring Hill School

Local Government

Gingin

Region

Avon Arc

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Municipal Inventory Adopted 18 Oct 2005 Category D

Place Type

Other Built Type

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use EDUCATIONAL Combined School

Historic Themes

General Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Settlements
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Education & science

Creation Date

02 Aug 2007

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Author

Shire of Gingin

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Physical Description

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

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

17817

Location

Lot M 1448 Creighton Rd Gingin

Location Details

Eclipse Hill

Local Government

Gingin

Region

Avon Arc

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Municipal Inventory Adopted 18 Oct 2005 Category D

Place Type

Landscape

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use MINING Other
Present Use Transport\Communications Comms: Other

Creation Date

24 Apr 2007

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Author

Shire of Gingin

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Physical Description

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

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

17717

Location

Dewar Rd Gingin

Location Details

Local Government

Gingin

Region

Avon Arc

Construction Date

Constructed from 1903

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Register of the National Estate Indicative Place
Municipal Inventory Adopted 18 Oct 2005 Category C

Place Type

Other Built Type

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Present Use MONUMENT\CEMETERY Cemetery
Original Use FARMING\PASTORAL Other

Historic Themes

General Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Religion
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Community services & utilities
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Settlements
PEOPLE Early settlers

Creation Date

02 Mar 2007

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Author

Shire of Gingin

Construction Date

Constructed from 1903

Demolition Year

N/A

Physical Description

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.

References

Ref ID No Ref Name Ref Source Ref Date
WA Lowergran; "Ecology of a Graveyard". 1975
H Udell: "History of Gingin".

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One Tree Hill

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

17909

Location

Dewar Rd Gingin

Location Details

Local Government

Gingin

Region

Avon Arc

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
RHP - Does not warrant assessment Current 30 Aug 2019

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Municipal Inventory Adopted 18 Oct 2005 Category D

Place Type

Landscape

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Present Use FARMING\PASTORAL Other
Original Use MINING Other

Historic Themes

General Specific
TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS Telecommunications
OTHER Other Sub-Theme
OCCUPATIONS Mining {incl. mineral processing}

Creation Date

02 Aug 2007

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Author

Shire of Gingin

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Physical Description

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.

Condition

Site Only

References

Ref ID No Ref Name Ref Source Ref Date
H Udell: "History of Gingin".
AS George- WA Naturalist.

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Gingin Golf Course

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

17818

Location

Lot 61 Dewar Rd Gingin

Location Details

Local Government

Gingin

Region

Avon Arc

Construction Date

Constructed from 1930

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
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Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Municipal Inventory Adopted 18 Oct 2005 Category D

Place Type

Landscape

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use SOCIAL\RECREATIONAL Other
Present Use SOCIAL\RECREATIONAL Other

Creation Date

24 Apr 2007

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Author

Shire of Gingin

Construction Date

Constructed from 1930

Demolition Year

N/A

History

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.

References

Ref ID No Ref Name Ref Source Ref Date
H Udell: "History of Gingin".

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House

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

03719

Location

Fraser St Gingin

Location Details

Local Government

Gingin

Region

Avon Arc

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Classified by the National Trust Recorded 03 Jul 1978

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use RESIDENTIAL Single storey residence
Present Use RESIDENTIAL Single storey residence

Creation Date

24 Jul 1995

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House

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

03718

Location

11 Fraser St Gingin

Location Details

Local Government

Gingin

Region

Avon Arc

Construction Date

Constructed from 1880

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Classified by the National Trust Classified 03 Jul 1978
Register of the National Estate Permanent 28 Sep 1982

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Present Use RESIDENTIAL Single storey residence
Original Use RESIDENTIAL Single storey residence

Creation Date

24 Jul 1995

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House - 21 Fraser Street

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

11791

Location

21 Fraser St Gingin

Location Details

Other Name(s)

Mrs Whitty's House

Local Government

Gingin

Region

Avon Arc

Construction Date

Constructed from 1890

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Municipal Inventory Adopted 17 Nov 1994 Category C

Condition

Repairs being undertaken.

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use RESIDENTIAL Single storey residence
Present Use RESIDENTIAL Single storey residence

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Wall EARTH Adobe {Mud Brick}

Creation Date

10 Jun 1998

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Author

Shire of Gingin

Construction Date

Constructed from 1890

Demolition Year

N/A

Physical Description

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.

References

Ref ID No Ref Name Ref Source Ref Date
H Udell: "History of Gingin 1830-1960".

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Author

National Trust of Western Australia

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

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

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

17920

Location

Lot 113 Fraser St Gingin

Location Details

Local Government

Gingin

Region

Avon Arc

Construction Date

Constructed from 1900

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Municipal Inventory Adopted 18 Oct 2005 Category C

Condition

Repaired and upgraded, very good.

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use RESIDENTIAL Single storey residence

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Wall BRICK Other Brick

Creation Date

02 Aug 2007

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Author

Shire of Gingin

Construction Date

Constructed from 1900

Demolition Year

N/A

Statement of Significance

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.

Condition

Repaired and upgraded, very good

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Beedamanup Homestead

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

01087

Location

Gingin Brook Rd Gingin

Location Details

Dewar Flats

Other Name(s)

Old Dewar Homestead

Local Government

Gingin

Region

Avon Arc

Construction Date

Constructed from 1855

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
Heritage List Adopted 17 Oct 2017

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Classified by the National Trust Classified 04 Jul 1977
Register of the National Estate Permanent 21 Oct 1980
Municipal Inventory Adopted 17 Oct 2017 Category B

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use RESIDENTIAL Two storey residence
Present Use FARMING\PASTORAL Homestead
Original Use COMMERCIAL Hotel, Tavern or Inn
Original Use FARMING\PASTORAL Homestead
Present Use RESIDENTIAL Two storey residence

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Roof METAL Corrugated Iron
Wall STONE Local Stone

Historic Themes

General Specific
OCCUPATIONS Grazing, pastoralism & dairying
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Settlements

Creation Date

30 May 1989

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Author

National Trust of Western Australia

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

History

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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Author

Shire of Gingin

Construction Date

Constructed from 1855

Demolition Year

N/A

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.

References

Ref ID No Ref Name Ref Source Ref Date
H Udell: "History of Gingin".

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