Local Government
Woodanilling
Region
Great Southern
Watson Rd Boyerine
Woodanilling
Great Southern
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| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 18 Mar 2003 | Category 5 | |
The site is closely associated with the provision of schooling in the district.
The site, on a small reserve, north of and adjoining Watson Road. Little remains on the site. A plaque near the road verge marks the site.
When the Westwood school closed in March 1928, settlers near Boyerine saw the opportunity to press the Education Department to relocate that building. Prior to the Westwood building being shifted to near Boyerine, schooling in that area for a time took place in a two roomed cottage belonging to Doug Wilson. When Wilson sold the block, on which the cottage stood, to Martin, the building was no longer available. Local settlers, Bert Watson, Bill Home, Milo Kealley and Paul Ramm shifted the Westwood school to a position about one mile west of Boyerine. Charlie Kealley (Milo's son) later recalled that "the erection took some time as no one seemed to be in a hurry to finish the job, content to take their time." The furniture had already been in use in Doug Wilson's cottage after being shifted from Westwood and now was brought back to the old building. However, once again the building was to have an uncertain future. After opening for the 1929 school year with teacher Marjorie Shackley, it closed for short periods until its final closure in 1940 after the numbers again fell. Miss Marion Putland was the final teacher. The school site within the surveyed Boyerine townsite was never used for this purpose, apparently being used as a camping area, when the settlers led by M Kealley attempted to have the Westwood building shifted to Boyerine. The school stood disused on the site for many years until the 1970's when it was acquired by the Wagin Historical Society and relocated to the Historical Village. This being the fifth site - Dowering Sites 1 & 2 before Westwood and Boyerine
| Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
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| John Bird, "Round Pool to Woodanilling". p 266 | 1985 | ||
| Maps/Photos John Bird: "Round Pool to Woodanilling" pp 195, 248 | 1985 | ||
| Woodanilling Heritage Trail Brochure |
Historic Site
| Epoch | General | Specific |
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| Original Use | EDUCATIONAL | Combined School |
| Present Use | VACANT\UNUSED | Vacant\Unused |
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| DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Settlements |
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