Moulyinning Siding

Author

Shire of Dumbleyung

Place Number

13461

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Location

Candlelight Rd Moulyinning

Location Details

Local Government

Dumbleyung

Region

Wheatbelt

Construction Date

Constructed from 1912

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
RHP - Does not warrant assessment	Current	27 Mar 2020

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	17 Oct 2002	Category E	Category E Historic site without built features. Recognise - for example with a plaque, place name, or reflection in urban or architectural design.

Statement of Significance

The Moulyinning Siding has historic and representative cultural heritage significance. The siding has considerable heritage value as the centre of development and, meeting place of the district. The former siding has representative significance as an example of a way of life that is seriously diminishing throughout rural WA. Small communities are struggling against a move to centralise services and Moulyinning is one of a number of small towns that suffered this trend.

Physical Description

Some of the notable features of this former place include:
• A flat, open area, with some trees
Some obvious modifications include:
• CBH installations

History

After the Dumbleyung rail extension was laid, finishing in 1912, a siding east of the Rabbit Proof Fence and roughly three miles south east of the Moulyinning dam was officially named Moulyinning. This was the second siding after Dumbleyung. The siding was the meeting place of the Pingarning, Moulyinning and Dumbleyung Farmers Cooperatives Representatives on 16 October 1917. The siding building was the only suitable venue at that time. Eventually the Dumbleyung and Districts Cooperative was formed.

The first people to live at the Moulyinning Siding were the members of the railway gang and their families who camped south of the line. All sidings were a social centre where farmers met as they went about their daily routine, which often included meeting the train. The local shops depended on the siding for all stock for their businesses. The Moulyinning township grew around the siding to the north of the line. There were two general stores, a post office, school, community hall, sports ground and tennis courts (after 1973 fell into disrepair and were demolished).

The siding has been demolished, and the only remaining structure is the CBH depot. However, some of the old shops and houses near the siding still remain as a reminder of the community of yesteryear.

Condition

Site Only

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	J Timperley; "Beyond the Fence: A History of Kukerin, Moluyinning and Nearby Communities".		1996
	O'Brien Planning Consultants; "Municipal Heritage Inventory".	Shire of Dumbleyung	1998

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	Transport\Communications	Rail: Other
Present Use	Transport\Communications	Rail: Other

Creation Date

23 Sep 2002

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Approved

Last Update

01 Jan 2017

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