Wallal Downs Station Group

Author

National Trust of Western Australia

Place Number

00305

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Location

56 Great Northern Hwy Eighty Mile Beach

Location Details

Located off Gt.Nthn Hwy, 260km S/W of Broome and 220km E/N/E of P/Hedland

Local Government

Broome

Region

Kimberley

Construction Date

Constructed from 1922

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
Heritage List	Adopted	28 Aug 2014		Shire of Broome
State Register	Registered	08 Jan 2021	Register Entry Assessment Documentation	Heritage Council

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Classified by the National Trust	Classified	05 Jun 1984			Heritage Council
Register of the National Estate	Nominated	15 Oct 1984			Heritage Council
Register of the National Estate	Indicative Place				Heritage Council
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	28 Aug 2014	Grading A	Grading A A place of exceptional cultural heritage significance to Shire of Broome and the state of Western Australia, that is either in the Heritage Council of Western Australia’s Register of Heritage Places, or worthy of consideration for entry into the Register. A place worthy of recognition and protection through provisions of the Shire of Broome’s Town Planning Scheme. Recommend: Maximum encouragement to owners to retain and conserve the place. Full consultation with property owner prior to making the recommendation.	Shire of Broome

Statement of Significance

Taken up early in the century (20th), Wallal was the first station on the 80 mile beach. It is of interest that about 1920 it was purchased by a group of 1914- 1918 war veterans under the Returned Soldiers Resettlement Scheme (not generally applied to pastoral leases) and was bought by the present owner (after the death of Reg King) in 1937 from the remaining members of that syndicate. The structures from local limestone are of interest.

Physical Description

Homestead Group: homestead, kitchen block,water tanks, shearing shed. Much of the original stonework to homestead, kitchen block, water tanks etc remains. Re-roofing to homestead and kitchen block necessary after cyclones. Upgrading of verandah areas.

The first lease of Wallal Downs station, with its homestead, less than 5 kms from the 80 mile beach was taken up about 1900 by Messrs Piper and Gailbraith who were joined in partnership by Charles Somerset, an Englishman then working at Pardoo, and were eventually bought out by him in 1910. Somerset remained until early in the 1920's when a syndicate of ten returned soldiers bought the property, the active partners being the two Lacey brothers and Reg King, who were responsible for much of the early stone work. The stone section of the house dates from c.1922 as do the shearers kitchen/dining room and two of the tanks. Roof structures were often replaced following cyclone damage.

History

Assessment July 1982

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id	Title	Medium	Year Of Publication
8335	Historic buildings of the Kimberley region of W.A.	Book	1988

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	FARMING\PASTORAL	Servants or Shearers Quarters
Present Use	FARMING\PASTORAL	Homestead
Original Use	FARMING\PASTORAL	Homestead
Present Use	FARMING\PASTORAL	Servants or Shearers Quarters
Other Use	MONUMENT\CEMETERY	Grave

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Other	METAL	Corrugated Iron
Other	STONE	Limestone
Other	STONE	Other Stone

Historic Themes

General	Specific
OCCUPATIONS	Grazing, pastoralism & dairying

Creation Date

30 May 1989

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Last Update

19 Apr 2021

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