Local Government
Moora
Region
Wheatbelt
Padbury St Moora
Moora
Wheatbelt
Constructed from 1959
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| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 19 Nov 1997 | Category 4 | |
The site represents associations with pioneers and the beginnings of the Moora town amenities. Thw place demonstartes a way of life associated with the civic administration of the Shire of Moora and associations with civic activities.
Cream coloured face berick with rendered panels and a tiled gable roof. The roof forms a pavillion along the street frontage except for the main protruding entry with a gable. The building is symmetrical with the central entry flanked by the recessed main building with two sets of windows each side.
The site of the Shire Administration offices was first occupied by the Moora Agricultural Hall. In 1902, a group mooted ahall. Governmentt assistance was facilltated by Mr O'Connor the MLA 200 pound grant. A public meeting was called, a hall committee was formed and a loaned raised with Stanwell as guarantor. Funds were short after the exterior was built and committee members paid 100 pounds out of their own funds to be reimbursed later. In July 1908, the Hall committee suggested a library and reading room in conjunction with the hall and was sunsequently granted funds for the purpose. Mrs Hall was caretaker of the hall and library. By 1910, the Roads Board needed larger offices that they occuppied at the time, on the corner of Berkshire Valley Road and Gardiner Street. A public meeting was held and it was decided to retain the office and it subsequently became the lesser hall when the new town hall building was constructed. In 1958, the lesser hall was demolished and replaced by offices and a library facility to mark the 50th anniversay of the Roads Board. It opened on the 3rd of June 1959, by the Governor sir Charles Gardiner. In July 1961, the Shireo f Moora replaced the former Roads Board. In 1971 the number of Councillors increased to 13 and the scarlet feather flower (Verticordia Grandi Floria) was introduced as the Moora Shire Emblem.
Integrity; Intact or redeemable authenticity: High Degree
Good
| Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
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| M Laurie;"Tracks Through the Midlands, A History of the Moora District." | Shire of Moora | 1995 | |
| Moora Historical Society;" Some Commemmorated Pioneers of the Moora District 1847-1917". | Shire of Moora | 1980 |
Individual Building or Group
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| Original Use | GOVERNMENTAL | Office or Administration Bldg |
| Present Use | GOVERNMENTAL | Office or Administration Bldg |
| Type | General | Specific |
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| Roof | TILE | Cement Tile |
| Wall | BRICK | Common Brick |
| General | Specific |
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| SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES | Government & politics |
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