Mundaring Weir School & Quarters (fmr)

Author

Shire of Mundaring

Place Number

08540

Location

618 Mundaring Weir Rd Mundaring

Location Details

Near Hall Road

Other Name(s)

Perth Hills Youth Hostel

Local Government

Mundaring

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1905, Constructed from 1898

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
Heritage List YES 08 Mar 2016

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
RHP - Assessed - Below Threshold Current 24 Jun 2005

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Municipal Inventory Adopted 22 Apr 1997 2 -Considerable significance
Classified by the National Trust Classified 14 May 2007

Parent Place or Precinct

16610 Goldfields Water Supply Scheme

Statement of Significance

The old Mundaring Weir Primary School and Headmaster's residence is of very high social and historic significance as one of few remaining school and quarters on a single site in the Shire, and because of its origins and associations with the Weir communities.

References

Ref ID No Ref Name Ref Source Ref Date
I Elliot; ibid; MHHS file "Mundaring Weir". pp 121, 139-140

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use EDUCATIONAL Primary School
Present Use RESIDENTIAL Institutional Housing
Other Use EDUCATIONAL Housing or Quarters

Architectural Styles

Style
Vernacular

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Roof METAL Corrugated Iron
Wall TIMBER Weatherboard

Historic Themes

General Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Education & science
OUTSIDE INFLUENCES Water, power, major t'port routes
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Settlements
TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS Technology & technological change

Creation Date

18 Jun 1997

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

10 Feb 2017

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