Local Government
Woodanilling
Region
Great Southern
Boyerine Creek Boyerine
Woodanilling
Great Southern
| Type | Status | Date | Documents |
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| (no listings) |
| Type | Status | Date | Documents |
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| RHP - Does not warrant assessment | Current | 29 Nov 2019 |
| Type | Status | Date | Grading/Management | |
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| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 18 Mar 2003 | Category 5 | |
The pool is important for its association with the development of the pastoral industry in the region and with pioneering families. It is also important for its association with the building of the Great Southern Railway and the consequent siting of a railway siding in the vicinity.
One of a series of permanent pools in the Boyerine Creek which flows north from the Moojebing/Marracoonda area into Norring Lake. From the north the most significant of the pools are the Dolapin, Noomberring, Boyerine, Bintamilling, Ngeatalling and Round Pools.
The pool provided fresh water for early pastoralists, shepherds and their flocks of sheep. They were also a source of water for sandalwood cutters and carters in the early days of European settlement. The Quartermaine family had from the mid 1860's held huge pastoral leases on the Boyerine Creek. Extending northwards from their base at Yowangup, some 65,000 acres were held in this manner up to William Andrews' holding around Norring Lake. In 1868 Elijah Quartermaine (Jun) took the northern leases over in his own right and after freeholding land at his home at Boyamine secured permanency at the creek pools by buying 40 acre blocks surrounding Boyerine, Ngeatalling and Dolapin Pools. During the building of the Great Southern Railway from Beverley to Albany, a camp for navvies was established near the Boyerine Pool. Boyerine was near to the centre of the new line with work commencing at the extremities (Albany & Beverley). A ballast pit was situated near here and the Piesse Brothers operated a store at the camp site during 1888. On the completion of the line the building was removed wholus bolus by Eli Quartermaine to Katanning in 1889. When the siding was opened, a small horse paddock was fenced near the Boyerine Creek to the west of the siding by the Railways for travellers who wished to catch the train to Wagin or Katanning for the day. Local farmer GW Watson was one patron who availed himself of this 'service' up until about 1930. After this time it was not used and Jack Lane (Jnr) who lived about 1 km to the South used it for a vegetable garden. He would cart water in buckets from the pool to water his garden.
| Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Bird; "Round Pool to Woodanilling" pp 18-28, 52, 74, 95, 267 | 1985 | ||
| Photos/Maps: 5.1 (horse paddock), 5.5-5.8 |
Landscape
| Epoch | General | Specific |
|---|---|---|
| Original Use | PARK\RESERVE | Park\Reserve |
| Present Use | PARK\RESERVE | Park\Reserve |
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