Newdegate Research Station

Author

Shire of Lake Grace

Place Number

12728

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Location

Lot 2680 Lake Grace - Newdegate Rd Newdegate

Location Details

Local Government

Lake Grace

Region

Wheatbelt

Construction Date

Constructed from 1955

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	28 Mar 2014

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	23 Sep 1998	Category D	Category D Some heritage value, but not essential to an understanding of the district. Recommend that the place is not constrained by the Town Planning Scheme. Re-assess the significance of the place when the Inventory is regularly reviewed. Record prior to redevelopment or demolition.

Statement of Significance

The place represents the associations with the Department of Agriculture and the development of the light land in the Lake Grace Shire region.

Physical Description

120,000'hectares

History

During the 1930s the Agricultural Adviser was based in Katanning, making visits to the Lakes area. Field days were rarely held more than once a year in each district, but were very well attended as it was a way for the farmer to be informed of new techniques and technology. It was an important event. In the 1940s investigations were taking place into the use of copper and zinc in wheat growing. In 1941 CH Lucas of Lake Grace reported a positive response to blue stone(Copper sulphate). In 1947 the Lake Grace Roads Board asked the Department of Agriculture to conduct experiments for the development of light land (trace elements). The experiments took place on D Elliott's property south of Lake Grace. The experiments supervised by DrTC Dunne (later Director of Agriculture) and Mr FL Sheir, resulted in the opening of large areas of light land in the Lake Grace District in the 1950s and 1960s. The great rate of development in the 1950s led to the Research station in 1955, and the greater need for advice. The Research Station was established on vacant crown land which was considered to be representative of the surrounding land. The Research Station demonstrated land development techniques, researched cropping and pasture establishment as well as fertiliser usage and sheep husbandry practices.

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	Kellow J; "unpublished research".	Unpublished	Undated

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id	Title	Medium	Year Of Publication
5471	Thematic history and preliminary heritage assessment of Agricultural Research Stations.	Report	2000

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Present Use	VACANT\UNUSED	Vacant\Unused
Original Use	SCIENTIFIC	Laboratory or Research Station

Architectural Styles

Style
Vernacular

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Roof	METAL	Corrugated Iron
Wall	TIMBER	Weatherboard

Historic Themes

General	Specific
OCCUPATIONS	Commercial & service industries
OCCUPATIONS	Grazing, pastoralism & dairying
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES	Government & politics

Creation Date

02 Nov 1998

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Last Update

01 Jan 2017

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