Burakin Store

Author

Shire of Wongan-Ballidu

Place Number

12435

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Location

Railway St Burakin

Location Details

Other Name(s)

Millers Post Office, Durack's Store
'The old Store' (fmr)

Local Government

Wongan-Ballidu

Region

Wheatbelt

Construction Date

Constructed from 1929

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
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	17 Sep 1998	Category 3	Category 3 Recognition of cultural heritage value; Provide recognition and protection through the processes of the Town Planning Scheme. Recommend that the place is retained and conserved if possible. Photographically record the place prior to any major redevelopment or demolition.

Parent Place or Precinct

12599 Burakin Townsite

Statement of Significance

The place represents associations with the beginnings of the Burakin town and the development from then. It demonstrates an image of a rural store and represents a character and townscape of Burakin

Physical Description

Timber framed and weatherboard clad, it has a corrugated iron hipped roof with no sides eaves overhang and a skillion extension at the front and the rear. The front forms a verandah across the front with square milled timber posts and an earthen floor. The frontage has a double semi glassed entrance doors and large 12 pane windows each side.

History

In 1929, when the railway line came through, Durack's constructed the store on two blocks of land. The Duracks leased the store, and the first storekeeper was Sam Kosterich. The first attempts to obtain a school in Burakin was in 1935, but it wasn't until another attempt on 18 May 1940, that the result was approval for an assisted school. Durack's old store was the venue when the school opened on 1 July 1941. It closed by the end of the school year in 1941, and a school was built west of town. A wedding was held in the store, and it was used as the store in one of the very first "Lotto" advertisements which were screened on prime time TV.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: redeemable
Authenticity: medium degree

Condition

Good

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	ACKLAND RRB ; "Wongan Ballidu Pioneering Days ".	Shire of Wongan-Balidu	1965
	J Thompson ; "Research".	Unpublished

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	COMMERCIAL	Shop\Retail Store {single}
Other Use	RESIDENTIAL	Conjoined residence
Present Use	RESIDENTIAL	Single storey residence

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Wall	TIMBER	Weatherboard
Roof	METAL	Corrugated Iron

Historic Themes

General	Specific
OCCUPATIONS	Commercial & service industries

Creation Date

01 Oct 1998

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

01 Jul 2020

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