Local Government
Woodanilling
Region
Great Southern
Great Southern Hwy Boyerine
Woodanilling
Great Southern
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| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 18 Mar 2003 | Category 4 | |
The site is significant for its association with the development of transport and communication.
The site is east of the Great Southern Highway, about 0.5km north of the Boyerine Bridge. The site is marked with a plaque erected in 1988. The siding ramp is still in place.
The siding was located midway between the 'stations' of Round Pool and Lime Lake - which were 11 miles apart. Like Moojebing to the south of Round Pool it was not gazetted as a stopping station when the Great Southern Railway first opened in June 1889. The siding was mainly freight orientated with superphosphate, wool and grain the main cargo. A bulk grain handling depot was located adjacent to the siding from 1959 to 1976. A small horse paddock was fenced near the creek, west of the siding by the railways for travellers who wished to catch the train to Wagin or Katanning for the day. 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 (snr) who lived about half a mile to the south, used it for a vegetable garden. He would cart water in buckets from the pool to water his garden. Near this paddock, across the pool, exists some ruins of a stone building, possibly used by shepherds during the nineteenth century.
Original Materials: Some Modifications:
Poor
| Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
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| John Bird, Round Pool to Woodanilling ps 85, 266-267 | 1985 |
Historic Site
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| Original Use | Transport\Communications | Rail: Other |
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| TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS | Rail & light rail transport |
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