"The Arthur" Wool Shed Group

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

08804

Location

Cnr Wagin Rd & Albany Hwy West Arthur

Location Details

Comprises: Shearing shed; Shearers' Quarters; sheep dip & cricket pitch Tillellan spelt alternatively with one 'L' (in either place)

Other Name(s)

Old Tillellan
Piesses Shearing Shed & Piesses Shearing Qtrs

Local Government

West Arthur

Region

Wheatbelt

Construction Date

Constructed from 1910 to 1953

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents
State Register	Registered	20 Sep 2002	HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument, HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management
Type	Status	Date	Category
(no listings)

Parent Place or Precinct

09149 Tillellan

Child Places

23458 Old Tillellan (Piesse's) Shearing Shed
23459 Old Tillellan (Piesse's) Shearing Quarters

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id	Title	Medium	Year Of Publication
5921	Off-shears : the story of shearing sheds in Western Australia.	Book	2002
4070	"The Arthur" Woolshed Precinct Conservation Plan	Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan}	1999
5175	'The Arthur' Shearing Shed, Arthur River : conservation works: final report / Laura Gray.	Heritage Study {Other}	2001
7636	"The Arthur" shearing shed & shearing quarters Arthur river : conservation works : Final report.	Conservation works report	2006
4555	"The Arthur" Shearing Shed, Arthur River : conservation works : final report	Report	2000
5559	'The Arthur' Shearing Shed, Arthur River : conservation works (final report).	Conservation works report	2002

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Other Use	FARMING\PASTORAL	Shed or Barn
Present Use	FARMING\PASTORAL	Servants or Shearers Quarters
Original Use	FARMING\PASTORAL	Servants or Shearers Quarters

Architectural Styles

Style
Vernacular

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Wall	BRICK	Rendered Brick
Wall	METAL	Corrugated Iron
Other	CONCRETE	Other Concrete
Wall	CONCRETE	Concrete Block
Wall	STONE	Other Stone
Wall	TIMBER	Other Timber
Roof	METAL	Corrugated Iron

Historic Themes

General	Specific
PEOPLE	Famous & infamous people
OCCUPATIONS	Technology & technological change
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY	Workers {incl. Aboriginal, convict}
OCCUPATIONS	Grazing, pastoralism & dairying

Creation Date

07 Jul 1997

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

31 Dec 2016

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