Stock loading ramp and yards

Author

Shire of Wickepin

Place Number

24755

Location

Dalton St Yealering

Location Details

Railway Reserve parallel on north-west side of Dalton St Yealering

Local Government

Wickepin

Region

Wheatbelt

Construction Date

Constructed from 1950

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Municipal Inventory Adopted 16 Aug 1996 Category 5

Statement of Significance

The site represents associations with rail transport and the subsequent development of the agricultural industry. It also demostrates a way of life no longer practiced.

Physical Description

Site is now occupied by the wheat silos.

History

The railway line from Wickepin to Corrigin went through Yealering and opened on 8 June 1914 in Yealering. The yards and ramp were built by the local farmers in the 1950s, organised by the local branch of the Farmers' Union. When completed the Yealering Farmers Co-operative took over the responsibility for the yards together with the arrangements for all the sheep sales, farmers who contributed were issued with Co-op shares of an equal value. In 1959, at the request of the CWA members, the farmers union erected a small shelter for serving light lunches and teas at the sheep sales, the service was appreciated and raised money for the CWA funds.

Condition

Site

Place Type

Historic Site

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use Transport\Communications Rail: Other

Creation Date

20 Mar 2013

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

01 Jan 2017

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