Local Government
Kulin
Region
Wheatbelt
Kulin
Coolin Rock
Kulin Rock Soak & Kulin Rock Well
Kulin
Wheatbelt
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| Type | Status | Date | Grading/Management | |
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| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 19 Mar 1997 | Category 5 | |
The site represents significant associations with explorers, pastoralists and pioneer settlers. It represents a way of life no longer practiced.
In Roe's 1848 expedition eastwards from York, the Aboriginal guides led Roe to the Coolin Rock Soak on 21 September 1848. With an increase in the colony's population and prosperity resulting from the Goldrushes, there was a demand for agricultural land. Surveyors travelled into the areas east of York and Narrogin, to make more detailed surveys of the land, recording soil and vegetation types during the course of surveying the land. In 1905 Surveyor M Fox noted Coolin (Kulin Rock) to be "a likely place for permanent water". Three months prior to Fox's observation, Michael Brown from Narrogin also recognised the potential of the soak, and became the first "pastoralist" in the district. Between 1905 and 1910 much of the land in Kulin was under pastoral lease, mostly by Brown. The Government allowed selection of the pastoral land before survey. Selection of the best soil areas and water supplies took place, and speculation of the land was inevitable. Agricultural settlement of the Kulin Rock area took place from 1909 onwards. Michael Healey may have been the first agricultural settler of this land. A community developed, and the Rock became a popular venue for picnics, sport and social gatherings. A bush shelter at the Rock provide a venue for church services. The Kulin Rock Well has proven a continual source of water.
Site
| Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Kulin Chronicle". Vol 1 Issue1 | Kulin Chronicle | 17/11/1979 | |
| WE Greble; "A Bold Yeomanry Social Change in a Wheatbelt District Kulin 1848-1970". | Shire of Kulin | 1979 | |
| "Kulin in the Making". | Kulin Jubilee committee | 1960 |
Historic Site
| Epoch | General | Specific |
|---|---|---|
| Original Use | PARK\RESERVE | Park\Reserve |
| Original Use | GOVERNMENTAL | Reservoir or Dam |
| General | Specific |
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| DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Settlements |
| OCCUPATIONS | Grazing, pastoralism & dairying |
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