Local Government
Woodanilling
Region
Great Southern
Cnr Gt Southern Hwy & Onslow Rd Marracoonda
Woodanilling
Great Southern
Constructed from 1903
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| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 18 Mar 2003 | Category 3 | |
Provides an excellent example of building styles in this period and makes a positive contribution to the landscape. The site is significant for its role in community activities and as a venue for religious and social gatherings.
The stone building has a steep pitched corrugated iron gable roof. A front porch has been added (some time after the original construction) possibly in 1920 as the bricks have been fined in Coates' brickworks. The foundation stone was laid by Mrs Metters on 3 June 1903. She was the wife of the Rev Alfred Metters who was based at Katanning at the time. At the rear of the building (western end) a supper room was constructed with tongue and groove wooden ceiling. The interior of the church features wide jarrah tongue and groove flooring. There is a raised alter. Ceilings are masonite and electricity has been added.
The name Marracoonda is derived from the Aboriginal words "Marr" (hand) and "Coonda" (Coonac) pertaining to hands/claws. The area name comes from the Marracoonda Pools in the nearby Carrolup River. In 1907 the Baptist circuit of Katanning was divided into two as in the previous four years, five new stations had opened up. One circuit would be based at Woodanilling and the other at Katanning. Woodanilling circuit took in Cartmeticup, Cartmeticup East and Wardering plus the two places handed over by Wagin - Boyerine and Dumbleyung Lake. The Katanning circuit encompassed Marracoonda, Carrolup.(where a new building would soon supersede the old one), Coompatine, Ewlymartup and Wernup.
original material: most modifications; few
Good
| Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
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| John Bird; "Round Pool to Woodanilling", pp 167, 168 | 1985 |
Individual Building or Group
| Epoch | General | Specific |
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| Present Use | RELIGIOUS | Church, Cathedral or Chapel |
| Original Use | RELIGIOUS | Church, Cathedral or Chapel |
| Type | General | Specific |
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| Wall | STONE | Other Stone |
| Roof | METAL | Corrugated Iron |
| Other | TIMBER | Tongue & Groove |
| General | Specific |
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| DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Settlements |
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