Dangin Masonic Lodge (fmr) - site

Author

Shire of Quairading

Place Number

05189

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Location

South Caroling Rd Dangin

Location Details

Local Government

Quairading

Region

Wheatbelt

Construction Date

Constructed from 1925

Demolition Year

1963

Statutory Heritage Listings

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Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	18 Apr 1996	Category 5	Category 5 An historic site without built features. Recommend that the site is recognised by means of a plaque, place name, interpretive material, or an architectural or urban design, in due course.

Statement of Significance

The site represents the social and historic significance of the Masons and the early settlers in Dangin.

History

In 1836 Stephen Parker took up a pastoral selection at Dangin Springs, and in 1859 his son Edward Read Parker settled on the selection. After ER Parker's death in 1905, his son Jonah Smith Wells Parker took over the Dangin property. Parker allotted a portion of his estate for a townsite and donated the land for most of the town's facilities including the Agricultural Hall where the first Dangin Masonic Lodge was consecrated and dedicated. The dedication was officiated by the Perth Archbishop Reverend Riley, on 13 November 1922. The two foundation members were PW Harrison and HP Walker. Members were keen to construct their own hall, and in 1925, the Masonic Hall was dedicated. The Masonic Hall site had originally been that of Claude McDonald's Saddlery shop. McDonald moved from the district after returning from World War One. In 1959 JR Keast moved the motion that Dangin Lodge Hall be removed to Quairading. In 1963 the hall was de-constructed, and most of the materials were incorporated in the new Masonic Hall in Quairading. Quairading Masonic Hall was dedicated on 11 April 1964 by F Gamblin of the Dangin 110 Lodge. The Clemens family including HH Clemens, his three sons and brother, were foundation member of the Lodge.

Condition

Site

Associations

Name	Type	Year From	Year To
PW Harrison	Architect	1925	-

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	Adamson P; "unpublished research paper".	Unpublished	1995
	Eaton F; "The Golden Grain and the Silver Fleece, A History of Quairading from 1859-1930".	Shire of Quairading	1979

Place Type

Historic Site

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Present Use	SOCIAL\RECREATIONAL	Masonic Hall
Original Use	SOCIAL\RECREATIONAL	Masonic Hall

Historic Themes

General	Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES	Community services & utilities

Creation Date

15 Jan 1997

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Approved

Last Update

01 Jan 2017

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