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Temperance Lodge (ruin)

Author

National Trust of Western Australia

Place Number

03729

Location

Company Rd Greenough

Location Details

Approximately 300 m SE of Grey's Store (West side)

Other Name(s)

Not St Catherine's Hall

Local Government

Greater Geraldton

Region

Midwest

Construction Date

Constructed from 1861 to 1863

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents More information
Heritage List Adopted 15 Dec 2015 City of Greater Geraldton

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
RHP - To be assessed Current 24 Mar 2005

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management More information
Category Description
Classified by the National Trust Classified 14 Jul 2021

Classified by the National Trust Recorded 05 Sep 1977

Heritage Council
Municipal Inventory Adopted 22 Dec 1998

Heritage Council
Register of the National Estate Registered 21 Mar 1978

Heritage Council

Statement of Significance

The Temperance Lodge comprising the ruins of the vernacular school house built through community initiative has significance for its role in developing a sense of place for the original settlement of the front flats of Greenough and as a picturesque element within a precinct of homogenous materials and form. (Refer to Conservation Plan pp 23-25).

OTHER LISTINGS
• Listed as Recorded by the National Trust of Australia (WA) Assessment for Greenough
Lodge dated 26.05.1997
• Register of the National Estate, Place Report for Database No 009632 issued 26.06.1997
• Temperance Lodge is not listed on the Register of Heritage Places of the Heritage Council
of Western Australia although it has been under consideration for assessment since 2005
• City of Greater Greenough Municipal Inventory of Heritage Places, Greenough Place

History

Classified June 2021
Construction dates: School 1861, Lodge 1863
Builder not recorded, funded by public subscription. Land donated by Frederick Waldeck
Roof and interior destroyed by fire in early 1940s.
Original Use: School and Place of Worship
Current: Ruin, interpretive trail site
Current Owner: National Trust of Wester Australia (deed of gift - Edith Merle Clinch)

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
3791 Temperance Lodge Greenough Conservation Plan Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 1998

Creation Date

24 Jul 1995

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Last Update

15 Jul 2021

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