Local Government
Murray
Region
Peel
Fairbridge Rd Fairbridge
consists of: Church of the Holy Innocents & Graveyard; rectory; school house and classrooms/training rooms; laundry; pump house; staff quarters/dining room/kitchen; bakehouse; cottages (see CP for names); Principal & Asst Principal houses; dairy & dairyman's house; engineer's house; farm manager's house; office; men's quarters; refrigerator room; Scratton Memorial
Fairbridge Village
Murray
Peel
| Type | Status | Date | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heritage List | Adopted | ||
| State Register | Registered | 02 Jun 1998 | HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument, HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument |
| Type | Status | Date | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|
| (no listings) |
| Type | Status | Date | Grading/Management | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category | ||||
| Local Heritage Survey | Adopted | 26 Mar 2020 | Category A | |
| Art Deco Significant Bldg Survey | Completed | |||
| Aboriginal Heritage Sites Register | Permanent | |||
| Restrictive Covenant | YES | |||
| Aboriginal Heritage Sites Register | Recorded | |||
| Register of the National Estate | Registered | 27 Oct 1998 | ||
| Classified by the National Trust | Classified | 04 Jul 1977 | ||
The principal reasons for the assessment are: 1. architectural merit or interest 2. association with important persons 3. environmental significance 4. historical, including "industrial archaelogical and social historical, significance. 5. esteem or sentiment in the local community. NTWA records identify the specific significance of individual buildings
The Farm School consists of approximately 54 buildings, set in grounds sloping gently to the banks of the South Dandalup River. This rural setting is of consideration in the assessment. Most of the buildings were designed by the firm of Powell, Cameron - later Powell, Cameron and Chisholm. There is therefore, a uniformity of style throughout the group . An outstanding exception is the church, designed by Sir Herbert Baker, a South African architect. This style is individual and atypical of building in Western Australia. A number of features such as upper floor overhanging, suggest that Fairbridge (originally from South Africa) may have had a considerable influence upon the general flavour of the architecture. Construction is mainly timber framing with weatherboard and asbestos lining, finished with heavy battens in a pseudo-Tudor style. Original roofing is timber shingles (some of these have been replaced by Marseilles clay tiles) and corrugated galvanised iron. A few of the later buildings have been constructed of' patterned cement blocks manufactured on site.
Assessment 1977 Main construction period 1921 - 1938: 1921 : Fairbridge House (Fairbridge's residence ) 1923: Rectory 1925:Farm Manager's Cottage 1928: Church Headmaster's residence Kitchen and dining hall Hospital 1932: Old Fairbridgians' Association Club House 1934: Office ' Arthur Scratton Memorial The Farm School has occupied a fairly prominent position in Western Australia's history, as an unusual and quite "successful form of migration". It takes its name from its founder Kings1ey Fairbridge ( 1885 - 1924).
| Library Id | Title | Medium | Year Of Publication |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5446 | Report to Alcoa : Fairbridge Village Feasibility Study. | Report | 1996 |
| 7154 | The Fairbridge chapel : Sir Herbert Baker's labour of love. | Book | 2004 |
| 3796 | Former Fairbridge Farm School : conservation plan. Volumes 1 & 2. | Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} | 1998 |
| 12132 | Alcoa buildings at Fairbridge Farm | Heritage Study {Other} | 1985 |
| 7257 | Good enough never is : lessons from inspirational businesses in rural Australia : a report for the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation. | Book | 2005 |
| 2106 | Bibliography of 16mm film produced in Western Australia to 1950 from the State Film Archives of Western Australia : Vol. 2. Government and Fairbridge collections. | Book | 1993 |
| 5516 | Reroofing workshop at Fairbridge Village. | Conservation works report | 2002 |
| 7265 | Exeter Fairbridge : conservation works. | Conservation works report | 2005 |
| 9409 | Photographic record for Jenner Cottage former Fairbridge Farm School, Pinjarra. | Heritage Study {Other} | 2009 |
| 5440 | Fairbridge : style manual. | Report | 2002 |
| 12133 | Report on the restoration of Fairbridge Church | Conservation works report | 1983 |
| 9466 | Signposts: a guide for children and young people in care in WA from 1920. | Electronic | 2010 |
| 8305 | The story of Kingsley Fairbridge by himself. | Book | 1945 |
| 5439 | Fairbridge Village : interpretation plan. | Heritage Study {Other} | 2002 |
| 11672 | Fairbridge Chapel, Fairbridge | Archival Record | 2018 |
| 4023 | Fairbridge : Empire and child migration. | Book | 1998 |
Individual Building or Group
| Epoch | General | Specific |
|---|---|---|
| Original Use | RELIGIOUS | Housing or Quarters |
| Original Use | RELIGIOUS | Church, Cathedral or Chapel |
| Original Use | EDUCATIONAL | Special School |
| Present Use | SOCIAL\RECREATIONAL | Other Community Hall\Centre |
| Style |
|---|
| Inter-War Old English |
| Type | General | Specific |
|---|---|---|
| Roof | TIMBER | Shingle |
| Wall | RENDER | Other Render |
| Wall | EARTH | Pise {Rammed Earth} |
| Wall | BRICK | Common Brick |
| General | Specific |
|---|---|
| SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES | Education & science |
| DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Immigration, emigration & refugees |
| SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES | Religion |
| OUTSIDE INFLUENCES | Depression & boom |
| DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Settlements |
| OCCUPATIONS | Grazing, pastoralism & dairying |
This information is provided voluntarily as a public service. The information provided is made available in good faith and is derived from sources believed to be reliable and accurate. However, the information is provided solely on the basis that readers will be responsible for making their own assessment of the matters discussed herein and are advised to verify all relevant representations, statements and information.