Local Government
Wickepin
Region
Wheatbelt
Wogolin Rd Wickepin
On the north of, and parallel to Wogolin Road, Wickepin
Wickepin
Wheatbelt
| Type | Status | Date | Documents |
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| (no listings) |
| Type | Status | Date | Documents |
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| RHP - Does not warrant assessment | Current | 13 Aug 2004 |
| Type | Status | Date | Grading/Management | |
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| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 16 Aug 1996 | Category 2 | |
The precinct is significant in representing the genesis of the town of Wickepin. The railway represents a means by which the wheat and sheep industry developed.
The railway reserve area comprises the area which connects east and west through the town of Wickepin, and comprises the sites listed below, which were essential to the operation of rail transport. The precinct: Refer to Place Records for; Wickepin Railway Station Ref No. 22 Wickepin stationmaster's House Ref No. 23 Railway water tank SITE Ref No. 116 Railway Goods Shed SITE Ref No. 117 Railway Weighbridge SITE Ref No. 118 Railway stock yards and loading ramp SITE Ref No. 119 CBH bin SITE Ref No. 120
The Great Southern Railway from Albany to Perth connected through Narrogin in 1889. As a consequence of the railway line, Narrogin developed. Wickepin Spring was a native camp visited by the occasional sandalwood cutter. Cuballing was also a developing town in the Great Southern, based on the expectancy of the railway lining proceeding to it. However when the railway was surveyed, the gradients to Cuballing were too steep and the railway was realigned to pass through Wickepin from Narrogin through Yilliminning. On 22 January 1909 the Wickepin Road District was constituted, and on 16 February the same year the railway from Narrogin via Yilliminning reached the rail head at Wickepin. That night a party was held at the home of the Peter's (Russell's). On 8 June 1914, the railway reached the new railhead at Corrigin, passing through Yealering. Wickepin was the main stop on the line where the trains de-coked (cleaned out) and filled up.
| Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
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| WAGR correspondence | WAGR |
Precinct or Streetscape
| Epoch | General | Specific |
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| Original Use | Transport\Communications | Rail: Other |
| General | Specific |
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| TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS | Rail & light rail transport |
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