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Wongan-Ballidu Shire Administration Offices

Author

Shire of Wongan-Ballidu

Place Number

12456
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Location

Cnr Elphin Cres & Quinlan St Wongan Hills

Location Details

Local Government

Wongan-Ballidu

Region

Wheatbelt

Construction Date

Constructed from 1960

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents More information
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management More information
Category Description
Municipal Inventory Adopted 17 Sep 1998 Category 4

Category 4

Some heritage value, but not essential to an understanding of the district. Alternatively the place may be of considerable heritage value but considered of irredeemable integrity value. Recommend that the place is not constrained by the Town Planning Scheme at this time. Re-assess the significance of the place when the Inventory is regularly reviewed. Assess in more detail when considering a development application. Record prior to redevelopment or demolition.

Statement of Significance

The school site represents associations with early education in Wongan Hills. The place represents the progressive spirit of the Wongan-Ballidu Shire, and associations with civic leaders.

Physical Description

The 1913 school which has since been demolished was timber framed weatherboard clad, interior unlined, tin chimney. The Shire office are contemporaneously modern architecture with cream brick construction, low pitched roofs, open plan interior, and cranked wings of the plan.

History

EDUCATION The site of the original 1913 school is marked with a plaque. As early as 1910 the local Progress Association forwarded a petition to the Education Department, and the school was completed by June 1913 with the first fifteen students attending on 4 July 1913. The student numbers were assisted by the Railway construction workers who were centred in Wongan Hills for the construction of the Mullewa line. After they left in February 1915, the number of children dropped from 30 to 10. However by 1923, the school was overcrowded, and was replaced by a larger one transported from the Goldfields. This subsequently became the infants class room at the new location.
The Shire Council was formed in 1961 when state legislation converted all Roads Boards to Shire Councils. Civic administration responsibilities expanded to encompass community facilities. In line with the new responsibilities, the new Wongan Ballidu Shire administration offices and Council Chambers represented a new image for the progressive Shire.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: intact
Authenticity: high degree

Condition

Good

References

Ref ID No Ref Name Ref Source Ref Date
ACKLAND RRB ; "Wongan Ballidu Pioneering Days ". shire of Wongan-Balidu 1965

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Present Use GOVERNMENTAL Office or Administration Bldg
Original Use GOVERNMENTAL Office or Administration Bldg

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Wall BRICK Common Brick
Roof METAL Corrugated Iron

Historic Themes

General Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Government & politics

Creation Date

02 Oct 1998

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

01 Jul 2020

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