Local Government
Narembeen
Region
Wheatbelt
Narembeen South Rd Narembeen
"Hythe" Recreation ground
Latham's farm
Narembeen
Wheatbelt
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| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 31 Jul 1996 | Category 5 | |
The site and existing place represent considerable associations with the pioneers of the district and demonstrate ways of life.
SITE The house site is marked by a peppercorn tree.
The existing farm School is in the vicinity of the Latham farm house. CG Latham took up a 160 homestead block and developed 965 acres on conditional purchase in 1910. It subsequently bordered immediately south of the private townsite of Narembeen after his neighbour Tom Savage sold part of his farm to Connelly and Hale. In 1912 the Emu Hill School was built on the corner of Latham's property. In the late 1920s Latham sold 116 acres to the Narembeen Roads Board to extend the townsite of Narembeen. Part of that former farm site was used for community cropping fundraising programs. The first recreation and sportsground for the Narembeen community was located in this vicinity, and used until the mid 1940s when the Greater Sports Ground was developed in Currall St. Foot and horse races were an annual event. Bough sheds provided shade for the gatherings. In the early 1960s the farm school was established on the site. It was one of the first farm schools in the state. In 1978 the land was made available to the Narembeen high School for the farm School, and in 1981 the education department purchased the land for that purpose. It provides the school students from Narembeen School with a supplementary education in the rural activities which sustain the community. C G Latham was a pioneer of the Narembeen district, taking up his land in 1910. He was a foundation member of the Bruce Rock Roads Board in 1913, one of three East Kumminin representatives. In 1921 Latham entered parliament as the Member for York in the Legislative Assembly, a seat he held until 1942 when he entered the Senate. In 1924 he was a foundation member of the Narembeen Roads Board, and the first Chairman. He was Minister for Lands and Health in the Mitchell Government, and between 1930 and 1933 he was Leader of the Opposition He led the Country Party from 1930 to 1942, when he was appointed Deputy Director of the Commonwealth Loans and National Savings Organisation in WA. He remained in that post until he was elected to the Legislative Council in 1946. In 1960, the year he retired, Charles Latham was knighted for sen/ice to the public.
Site
| Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
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| Bristow I; "Seedtime & Harvest A History of the Narembeen District 1888-1988". | Shire of Narembeen | 1988 | |
| "Newspaper Article". | The West Australian | 27/08/1968 |
Historic site
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| Present Use | EDUCATIONAL | Other |
| Original Use | FARMING\PASTORAL | Other |
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