Local Government
Yilgarn
Region
Wheatbelt
Stephens Rd Bodallin
Bodallin Dam and Stone Bread Oven are located at Stephens Rd, Bodallin; Yellowdine Dam is located north of Great Eastern Highway, Yellowdine
Yilgarn
Wheatbelt
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State Register | Registered | 30 Aug 2016 |
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Group represents technical achievement of PWD in 1890s, providing water for steam trains from a range of landscapes. Demonstrates development of state infrastructure and method of construction.
Railway Rock Catchment Dams Group, Yilgarn consists of masonry catchment walls and earth dams located around granite outcrops at Yellowdine (1894-1897) and Bodallin (1897), as well as a stone bread oven at Bodallin (1897), and the structural remains of three WAGR Houses at Yellowdine established 1896-c.1911. These structures have been abandoned; however the two catchment dams are still functional.
Railway Rock Catchment Dams Group, Yilgarn consists of catchment dams built around granite outcrops at Yellowdine (1894-1897) and Bodallin (1897), as well as a stone bread oven at Bodallin (1897), and the structural remains of three WAGR Houses at Yellowdine established 1896-c.1911. Collectively, these structures demonstrate the development of water sources servicing the goldfields railway and their influence on the development of small settlements along this route.
Archaeological potential around WAGR housing at Yellowdine
varible, but overall good, catchmetn dams still functional.
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W H Shields | Architect | - | - |
Historic site
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Original Use | GOVERNMENTAL | Reservoir or Dam |
Type | General | Specific |
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Other | EARTH | Other Earth |
Wall | STONE | Granite |
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DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Depression & boom |
TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS | Rail & light rail transport |
OUTSIDE INFLUENCES | Water, power, major t'port routes |
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Exploration & surveying |
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Settlements |
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Workers {incl. Aboriginal, convict} |
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Aboriginal Occupation |
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