Local Government
Northampton
Region
Midwest
Seventh Av Northampton
Cnr Seventh Av & Gwalla St
Northampton
Midwest
Constructed from 1860
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Heritage List | Adopted | 15 May 2020 |
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Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 19 Apr 1996 | Category 1B |
The walls are of high historic, social and aesthetic significance because of the association with 'Dr' Joseph Horrocks and his vision for the town.
Some of the remaining sections (as photographed) are in good - fair condition however the majority have either disappeared, being a handy supply of building stone, or are in ruins. Gwalla boundary walls, approximately 1 m high, constructed of random, horizontal courses of stone and set in mud/lime (?) mortar with a jagged capping of stones on edge. The walls are badly deteriorating in places due to later fencing work, the installation of services (eg Water Authority work), stock, removal for use as building stone elsewhere, and the ravages of time.
'Dr' Joseph Lucas Horrocks wanted the Gwalla Mine settlement to resemble an English town with walled entry and surrounds. To carry out his vision Horrocks payed the unemployed, miners and ex ticket-of-leave men to construct a series of walls which, it is locally held, were whitewashed.
Integrity: Low Orig'l Fabric: Only small sections remain
Poor
Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
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Drew, J.M; "Early Northampton: An Undenominational Church," Vol. 2, No. 2, | Early Days | 1932 | |
GHS3933 - | Photograph; "stone wall". | Northampton Historical Society, | 1989 |
Considine and Griffiths Architects Pty Ltd; "Gwalla Precinct, Northampton Conservation Plan". | Shire of Northampton, | 2000 |
Library Id | Title | Medium | Year Of Publication |
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4485 | Gwalla precinct Northampton : conservation plan. | Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} | 2000 |
Historic site
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Present Use | OTHER | Other |
Original Use | OTHER | Other |
Type | General | Specific |
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Wall | STONE | Local Stone |
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DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Settlements |
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