Local Government
Victoria Plains
Region
Wheatbelt
Waddington
Victoria Plains
Wheatbelt
Constructed from 1920
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| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 27 Oct 1998 | Category 5 | |
The site has associations with recreation and social activities of generations of Waddington settlers.
Oval, cricket pitch, tennis court posts, sheep yard remains, concrete block toilet building, and part of the hall kitchen are still evident at the site.
The first race course was reputedly 'out at the river, at the Duck Pool, about a mile down from Nooda Pool' and was later shifted to Waddington Reserve, and later again, south to New Norcia. It reopened again at the Waddington reserve in 1911. The hall opened in the 1920s. It was the social centre of the area. The racecourse and tennis courts were popular as was the cricket pitch. The racecourse closed during the 1930s, but Shows were still held at the hall until the 1960s. In the late 1970s, under the Presidency of Dennis Halligan, the Hall committee wound up, due to lack of population and continued vandalism at the site. The timber and weatherboard hall was sold to B . Lenane of Bindi Bindi and relocated to his farm for use as a shearing shed.
Site
| Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
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| Erickson R; "The Victoria Plains". | Shire of Victoria Plains | 1971 | |
| Norwood H; "District History News". | New Norcia. | 1969 |
Historic Site
| Epoch | General | Specific |
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| Present Use | SOCIAL\RECREATIONAL | Other Community Hall\Centre |
| Original Use | SOCIAL\RECREATIONAL | Other Community Hall\Centre |
| General | Specific |
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| SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES | Sport, recreation & entertainment |
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