Local Government
Mundaring
Region
Metropolitan
Mundaring Weir Rd Mundaring
Mundaring Sports Ground
Mundaring
Metropolitan
Constructed from 1901
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| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 22 Apr 1997 | 3 - Moderate significance | |
The Mundaring Recreation Ground has high social and historic significance to the Shire and the Mundaring community for it's past and present activities.
The Mundaring Recreation Ground comprises a full sized, grassed football oval, c.1989 brick club rooms, corrugated iron former agricultural pavillion come changerooms, four bitumen basketball courts ans extensive gravel carparks. Other than the old change rooms, few reminders if the former activities of the site remain.
In the 1880's, this area had been the original camp site and well for Mundaring before the townsite was gazetted in 1898. For obvious reasons, it was known locally as "Cold Alley Settlement". At that time the well was known as Byfield's Well. In July 1901, MH Jacoby, Chairman of Mundaring's first Progress Committee and later local MLA, succeeded in having the area now known as the Mundaring Recreation Ground cleared. His initial suggestions in August 1897, had been rejected by those responsible for the Coolgardie Water Supply Scheme because of the possibility that the Helena Reservoir would be polluted. To avoid this problem, the recreation area now known as Harry Riseborough Oval, on the north side of Great eastern Highway, was reserved, but work did not even begin here until July 1927. Initially then, Jacoby had his way and the Mundaring Showgrounds in Mundaring Weir Road was rebuilt and used for sports meetings, log chops and in the 1920's and 1930's for brumby races. In February 1937, the Mundaring Road Board called tenders for the erection of 60x40 ft hall at the showgrounds. In September 1940, permission was given for horses from the Tenth Light Horse Regiment to use the grounds for grazing.
Integrity: High Modifications: Various
Good
| Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
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| Swan Express. | 22/7/1927 | ||
| MHHS File; "Mundaring". | |||
| Swan Express. | 12/9/1940 | ||
| I Elliot; ibid pp. 117-118, 120 |
Individual Building or Group
| Epoch | General | Specific |
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| Present Use | SOCIAL\RECREATIONAL | Other |
| Original Use | SOCIAL\RECREATIONAL | Other |
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| Roof | METAL | Corrugated Iron |
| Wall | OTHER | Other Material |
| General | Specific |
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| SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES | Sport, recreation & entertainment |
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