Local Government
Chittering
Region
Avon Arc
Bindoon Gingin Rd Mooliabeenie
Chittering
Avon Arc
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| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 19 Aug 1999 | category 5 | |
The site is significant as a stopping place for travellers, and early commercial development in Mooliabeenie.
Remains of the brick chimney and the well site 50 metres from the shop.
COMMEROE'fhe well was originally a stopping point for travellers to and from Gingin. After the railway came through, Mooliabeenie was still a focus of travellers. The shop developed in response to the settlers who took up land in the area. Mooliabeenie was the opening for settlers from the Gingin district, and with a railway station, it was a busy centre. The Road Board district office was established in the area further attesting to the centrality of Mooliabeenie. A shop was originally established on Midland Railway land in Mooliabeenie, at Mr Warne Leaman's house. After it was destroyed by fire in 1922, John O'Hare established a shop. Miss Lillian Glover (now Cox) took over the shop when war was declared in 1939. Betty Read later took over, and after she married Don Read, she left the shop c1946, and it closed.
Site
| Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
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| Udell H; "A History of Gingin 1830 to 1960". p. 211 | Gingin Shire Counci | 1979 |
Historic Site
| Epoch | General | Specific |
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| Present Use | COMMERCIAL | Shop\Retail Store {single} |
| Original Use | COMMERCIAL | Shop\Retail Store {single} |
| General | Specific |
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| TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS | Rail & light rail transport |
| SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES | Community services & utilities |
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