Carrolup Native Settlement

Author

Shire of Kojonup

Place Number

10592

Location

Mission Rd Kojonup

Location Details

Two cemeteries are also associated with the place One is P17127 Carolup Aboriginal Cemetery, the other is on the DIA Register.

Other Name(s)

Marribank Children's Home, Marribank
Marribank Farm School, Marribank Mission,

Local Government

Kojonup

Region

Great Southern

Construction Date

Constructed from 1916 to 1919

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
State Register Registered 22 May 2007 HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument, HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Municipal Inventory Adopted 22 Sep 1997
Municipal Inventory Completed\Draft 03 Oct 2015 Exceptional
Register of the National Estate Registered 14 May 1991
Aboriginal Heritage Sites Register YES

Child Places

  • 17127 Carrolup Aboriginal Cemetery

Statement of Significance

The buildings at Marribank have aesthetic, historical and social significance, and the place has been permanently entered on the State Register of Heritage Places.

Physical Description

The Marribank complex has a number of buildings. Our photographic records show three residential type buildings, and one hall (school). The residential type buildings are constructed in a similar style, with stone walls, brick quoining on the corners and around the doors and windows, and a verandah under separate roof across the front elevation. One of the buildings has a prominent wing in the gabled facade and a large central window. The roofs are corrugated iron. The hall is a large rectangular stone building, with a steeply pitched gabled roof. It also has brick quining on the corners and around the doors and windows.

History

In 1905 Marribank was gazetted as a place for the Aboriginal people of the Cherry Tree Pool district. It was considered a good area for settlement because of the natural pool of fresh water. In 1914 the WA State Government declared the area a native mission. A school with some amenities was established, and the administrator and a teacher were appointed. During WWI some stone buildings were erected. The stone was quarried and carted by the Aboriginal people of the Mission. After the war Marribank became known as a settlement instead of a mission. The settlement was closed in 1922 and the land was leased out for farming. It was reopened in 1933 and has had a number of organisational changes. It has been guided by the Native Affairs Department and the Baptist Union. The Mission/Settlement changed hands in 1989 and at that time a large Aboriginal community still lived there.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity - medium Authenticity - high Most of the original fabric is still intact.

Condition

Good

References

Ref ID No Ref Name Ref Source Ref Date
O'Halloran, D. "A History of Cherry Tree Pool" 1991

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
5569 Carrolup/Marribank : conservation management plan. Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 2002
11883 The Aboriginal Child Artists of Carrolup Journal article 2020
7960 For their own good: Aborigines and government in the south west of Western Australia 1900 - 1940. Book 1992
7121 Images CD No. 33 : assessment images : Marribank/Carrolup, Cowalla Homestead Group, Barnes Theatre, Wagin Town Hall, Nungarin Roads Board, Connor's Mill. C D Rom 2004

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use RESIDENTIAL Institutional Housing
Other Use EDUCATIONAL Other
Original Use SOCIAL\RECREATIONAL Other Community Hall\Centre
Present Use SOCIAL\RECREATIONAL Other Community Hall\Centre

Architectural Styles

Style
Vernacular

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Roof METAL Corrugated Iron
Wall BRICK Handmade Brick
Wall STONE Local Stone

Historic Themes

General Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Institutions
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Education & science
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Government policy
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Community services & utilities
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Aboriginal Occupation
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Settlements
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Racial contact & interaction
PEOPLE Aboriginal people

Creation Date

13 Feb 1998

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

31 Dec 2016

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