Local Government
Corrigin
Region
Wheatbelt
Kunjin
Corrigin
Wheatbelt
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| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 19 Mar 1997 | Category D | |
The place represents significant associations with a pioneer and civic identity.
Between 1899 and 1903 Harry Walter Gayfer worked on a Murchison station before taking up land in Pingelly, then in Jubuk in 1908, and another 3000 acres at Kunjin in 1910, which he called "Coongan Downs". Coongan was originally taken up by the surveyors Crossland and Manners. Gayfer farmed the three properties, and settled at Coongan Downs. He was the first to breed cattle, in the district, and by 1918, he had also developed a Peppin flock of sheep. His extensive knowledge of horses meant that the Australian Government commissioned him to buy cavalry horses for World War One. He developed his own working team of horses, which worked up to 1943, and he finally sold in 1946. He also bred race horse from 1924 to 1939. Mick Gayfer was instrumental in the formation of the Corrigin and Districts Co-op, and the Corrigin Club. He was an active civic participant, serving as a member on the Corrigin Roads Board from 1955 to 1961, and then one more year as a Shire Councillor. His descendants carry on the tradition.
| Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
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| Haig R; "Corrigin Pioneering Days and Beyond". | Shire of Corrigin | 1982 |
Individual Building or Group
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| Present Use | FARMING\PASTORAL | Homestead |
| Original Use | FARMING\PASTORAL | Homestead |
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| DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Settlements |
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