Bridge 0629, Great Eastern Highway, Walgoolan

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Bridge 0629 is a prestressed concrete road bridge built in 1966, constructed with steel handrails and sealed with bitumen.

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Walgoolan Siding School site

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Statement of Significance

The significance of this site is the education brought to the Wolgoolan District.

Physical Description

The school was very small with windows without flyscreen and a verandah at the front. A potbelly stove stood in the corner. It is set in a natural clearing west of the townsite with a plaque in situ.

History

The School was established in 1930. Education for isolated areas was homeschool. Eight children were enrolled at Woolgoolan and had an average of seven children attending. As the enrolment was above eight the Government would establish a school with a certified teacher. If the numbers decreased application for an assisted school would be made. Before the school was opened the children used to have their lessons in the hall.

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ANZ Bank (fmr)

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This building is significant in the Commercial business that was available within a small community.

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Set in what was the main street of Woolgoolan where he business area of the town was established. It is a very small building. The exterior of the building is of wooden cladding which was very popular during this period of time. With a single door and window. The roof being of iron and a verandah over the front.

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It was a bank of New South Wales in 1928 and an Australian New Zealand Bank in 1932.

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Walgoolan Hall

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The Walgoolan Hall has significance in being a social and recreation facility that prevented isolation within the community.

Physical Description

The Walgoolan Hall is sitauted at Lot 36 within a cyclone fence around the perimeter. The hall doesn't have the same attention as it did 20-30 years ago, since the population has diminshed within the town and surrounding areas. It is a cement brick structure with a pitched roof and has an extension on the side at a later date. The hall inside is made of plasterboard walls and wooden floors and a stage that is set back into the wall. Surrounding the stage is the kitchen which has two wooden stoves still in situ. The kitchen area is unlined and made of corrugated iron at the rear of the building. The extension which was the supper room with a gas stove and running water. There are two large sliding doors from the lesser hall into the large hall and double doors at the front.

History

The first hall established in the Walgoolan townsite was in 1927 and it was built with the help of the CWA. The supper room to the hall was built in 1961 by the CWA Ladies. The old part of the hall used to have a baby clinic run for the young mothers. The hall was used for CWA, church services, cinema, school, bamington. It was also used for playgroup in the latter years. It is the only brick hall within the Shire.

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North Walgoolan School site

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Statement of Significance

This site is significant to the education facilities that were available to the families in this area.

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Set close to the corner of Warralakin and Leach Road and has been marked with a plaque.

History

The School was opened from 1925 to 1928. The north Walgoolan school like other schools within the area was of a class 7, having and enrolement of ten to twenty pupils within the education system. A class 7 would be located at a junction of cross roads in a farming community and would service farming families within a five mile radius. The building would be transportable and could be moved to another site.

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Walgoolan Tennis Club

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The significance of the tennis courts is the type of recreation that was offered to the community.

Physical Description

It is set at the West end of the town. the club building is a cement block and iron building with a central door overlooking the remains of the tennis courts. The building consists of two small rooms at either end of an open area. There is a kitchen with a wood burning stove at one end and a meeting room with blackboard at the other. The middle section is open to the tennis courts. The courts have not been maintained. There are fencing poles but no wire around the dirt of the court. Prior to the present club house being built, the club house was a tin shed and then a bough shelter.

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The tennis court was once a tin shed then a bough shed before the brick building was established. The bricks are similar to the hall.

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