Local Government
Wickepin
Region
Wheatbelt
17 Tincurrin Rd Tincurrin
Wickepin
Wheatbelt
Constructed from 1963 to 2011
| Type | Status | Date | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|
| (no listings) |
| Type | Status | Date | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHP - Does not warrant assessment | Current | 26 Feb 2016 |
| Type | Status | Date | Grading/Management | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category | ||||
| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 16 Aug 1996 | Category 4 | |
• The place represents the development and provisions of public education in small country towns in Western Australia.
• The place has social significance for the individuals who taught at or were educated at Tincurrin Primary School.
• The place reflects the changing growth patterns of Tincurrin and the wider district, and the measures taken by the Department of Education to accommodate these changing requirements.
Small complex of school buildings comprising: Main Building, Toilet Block, Library, an enclosed play area, four modern storage sheds, a large circular water tank, a dirt oval, fenced soft fall playing courts and various ancillary structures/elements. The place is set amongst an oasis of semi-formal lawn & garden beds in a rural agricultural landscape, with clusters of mature native trees defining the site perimeter
Schooling in the Tincurrin area initially commenced in a bough shed on a local farm in c.1921, later moving to a shade house on another farm and then, in 1927, to the supper room of the new Tincurrin Hall following its completion in 1926. Teaching continued in the hall until November 1938, when a redundant school building was transported to the current school site from nearby Jilikin Rock school and erected by locals. A second school building, thought to date from c.1916, was transported from the old Gnorlarling Soak school to Tincurrin School in 1950, providing a much needed second classroom. Continuing with the tradition of building relocation, the old Gnorlarling Soak school building was later sold and transferred to another site in town4, to make way for the Harrismith school building (1963), which was transported to and erected on the site in February 1972. An extension - comprising a second classroom of approximately equal size, with a small store and office accessed of an internal porch between the two classrooms - was added to the east end of the Harrismith school building at this time. A separate toilet block was also constructed in 1972, to collectively form the Main Building (Building A) and Toilet Block (Building B) that are extant on the site today.
Good
Individual Building or Group
| Epoch | General | Specific |
|---|---|---|
| Present Use | EDUCATIONAL | Primary School |
| Style |
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| Vernacular |
| Type | General | Specific |
|---|---|---|
| Wall | TIMBER | Weatherboard |
| Wall | METAL | Corrugated Iron |
| General | Specific |
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| SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES | Education & science |
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