Local Government
Dumbleyung
Region
Wheatbelt
One Twenty Nine Rd East Dumbleyung
Dumbleyung
Wheatbelt
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| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 17 Oct 2002 | Category D | |
The Nairibin Cricket Club has historic, social and representative cultural heritage significance. The Cricket Club has considerable historic links with the past. Though no longer operating, the Cricket Club has a long association with sporting and social commitments within the farming district. It represents the way in which isolated families kept a sense of community and belonging though spread out across the region.
Some of the notable features of this place include: • Beautiful setting • Oval and buildings in a cleared area surrounded by large, natural trees (gum trees) • Synthetic cricket wicket, still in fair condition • Oval badly overgrown • Three steel framed sheds, in good structural order • Concrete floors • Corrugated iron walls and roof
The Nairibin cricket ground was home to the Nairibin Cricket Club and Social Centre for almost 90 years. In 1926 the young people of the Nairibin community held a meeting in 'Thompson's Barn' and from this the Nairibin Cricket Club was formed. In October that year the first competitive match was played. The Club lapsed during World War I but interest was rekindled with the arrival of Soldier Settlers. It is thought the concrete cricket pitch built on the sports ground was laid in 1926 as part of a busy bee. The women involved in the club helped by serving afternoon teas and fundraising. The Club was extended to include tennis in the 1930s. Two courts were built from anthill. A ti-tree shelter was built to add to the two iron sheds already used for storage and lunches. The Club's activities continued through the Depression years and World War II, until the decline in population forced the clubs closure in 1995.
| Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
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| O'Brien Planning Consultants; "Municipal Heritage Inventory". | Shire of Dumbleyung | 1998 |
Individual Building or Group
| Epoch | General | Specific |
|---|---|---|
| Present Use | VACANT\UNUSED | Vacant\Unused |
| Original Use | SOCIAL\RECREATIONAL | Other Sports Building |
| Type | General | Specific |
|---|---|---|
| Other | CONCRETE | Other Concrete |
| Roof | METAL | Corrugated Iron |
| Wall | METAL | Corrugated Iron |
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