Radio Hill

Author

Shire of Woodanilling

Place Number

17109

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Location

Burt Rd Woodanilling

Location Details

Local Government

Woodanilling

Region

Great Southern

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

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Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	18 Mar 2003	Category 4	Category 4 Significant but not essential to an understanding of the history of the district: photographically recorded prior to any major redevelopment or demolition.

Statement of Significance

The site is a prominent natural feature of the landscape and the place from which much of
the stone was procured for Woodanilling's early buildings.

The site is also notable as it was the first place at which the radio was believed to be
heard in Woodanilling.

Physical Description

A high granite hill (about 320 metres) directly north of and overlooking the Woodanilling
Townsite. A standard survey marker is located on the summit. A large fig tree is
growing in a granite outcrop just SW of the peak,

History

Being close to the townsite, granite rocks were used for building.

In 1901 work commenced on the building of an agricultural hall. The site selected was
west of the railway siding near the Boyerine Creek.

With financial assistance from the Government, the little community set about building
the hall. Stone was carted by farmers from 'Jam Hill' (about one mile north of the town),
but one serious accident was to occur in November 1901.

Ted Wilhelm was descending a hill when the shafts of the dray broke under the load.
Wilhelm was thrown from the dray and had his leg badly broken in several places when
the load of stone crashed onto him.

The doctor at Katanning was notified by the use of the railway telephone to the
Stationmaster at Katanning who got the message delivered. Dr House and his wife rode
out to Woodanilling on horseback to attend to Ted at the Woodanilling Hotel. Wilhelm
was taken in the bread van of the freight train next day to the Katanning Hospital.

It is probable that the stone from this hill was also used in the building of the first hotel
and Baptist Church (it is recorded that the stone for the latter was sourced from a hill
between Woodanilling and Boyerine).

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	Maps/Photos C4.24 John Bird: "Round Pool to Woodanilling".		1985
	John Bird; "Round Pool to Woodanilling", p 159, 168, 171		1985

Place Type

Landscape

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	Transport\Communications	Comms: Other

Historic Themes

General	Specific
TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS	Telecommunications

Creation Date

05 Oct 2004

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

01 Jan 2017

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