Local Government
Dalwallinu
Region
Wheatbelt
Great Northern Hwy Wubin
Wubin Wheatbin Museum, CBH Wheatbin
Dalwallinu
Wheatbelt
Constructed from 1939
Type | Status | Date | Documents | More information |
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State Register | Registered | 13 Apr 2012 |
Register Entry Assessment Documentation |
Heritage Council |
Type | Status | Date | Documents |
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(no listings) |
Type | Status | Date | Grading/Management | More information | |
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Category | Description | ||||
Classified by the National Trust | Classified | 08 Mar 1988 |
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Heritage Council | |
Register of the National Estate | Indicative Place |
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Heritage Council | ||
Register of the National Estate | Nominated | 09 Aug 1988 |
|
Heritage Council | |
Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 24 Feb 1998 | Category 2 |
Category 2 |
The Wheatbin Museum is classified by the National Trust as the only
1933/1936 'H' type design remaining in the Northern Wheatbell. It was also the first permanent roofed storage facility for grain in the Wheatbelt. Its rounded corrugated iron construction is no longer used by CBH for grain storage. The Wheatbin is a unique feature in Wubin's townscape on the Great Northern
Hwy.
Corrugated iron, timber and brick building set in Railway Reserve.
The Bin is visible from the Great Northern Highway.
Integrity: Intact or redeemable
Alterations/additions: Brick entrance added 1997
Good
Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
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National Trust of Australia (WA) ;"Assessment Documentation". | National Trust of Australia (WA) |
Historic site
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Present Use | EDUCATIONAL | Museum |
Original Use | FARMING\PASTORAL | Silo or Grain Shed |
Type | General | Specific |
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Wall | TIMBER | Other Timber |
Roof | METAL | Corrugated Iron |
Wall | BRICK | Other Brick |
General | Specific |
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OCCUPATIONS | Grazing, pastoralism & dairying |
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