Marvel Loch School

Author

Shire of Yilgarn

Place Number

10032

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Location

Cheney St Marvel Loch

Location Details

Reserve #12591

Local Government

Yilgarn

Region

Wheatbelt

Construction Date

Constructed from 1911

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
Heritage List	Adopted	07 Aug 1998

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
RHP - Assessed - Below Threshold	Current	28 Jul 2006

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	16 May 1997	Category C	Category C Retain and conserve if possible; endevour to conserve the significance of the place through the provisions of the Shire of Yilgarn Town Planning Scheme; photographically record the place prior to any major redevelopment or demolition.

Statement of Significance

The Marvel Loch School has aesthetic, historic and social significance.
The Marvel Loch township grew up after the first mine in the area was opened in 1900. It was first called Turnbulls, and it later became first Lady Loch and then Jacoletti. The Marvel Loch mine and the Mountain Queen mine, owned by a London company, led to further interest in the area. A Progress Association was formed and at their instigation the town was surveyed with a central reserve for a school. The Progress Association built the first school with the understanding that the Education Department would supply a teacher and the necessary desks, and when finances permitted, build a school. The original school was a typical building of the day, with bush poles, lime washed hessian walls and an iron roof. The town was going ahead and by 1911 school attendance was growing, resulting in the building of the Trig school1 in 1911.
When the Marvel Loch School was unable to accommodate the increasing number of students in the 1950s, the old Troy School building was transferred to the location to provide another classroom.

Physical Description

The Marvel Loch School consists of two buildings. The one, built in 1911, is weatherboard and brick with a corrugated iron roof and tall timber framed windows. It also has a brick chimney. It replaced the original wattle and daub school. The other building (the old Troy School), built of weatherboard and asbestos with a corrugated iron roof, was moved in the 1950s and is now set in pleasantly landscaped gardens. Nearby in the same complex is the former headmaster's house.

History

Themes: Community Efforts & Education

Integrity/Authenticity

Mostly Intact

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	Unpublished Biography of Henry "Harry Kahan, Teacher-in-Charge 1922-23

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Present Use	EDUCATIONAL	Primary School
Original Use	EDUCATIONAL	Primary School

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Wall	(none)
Roof	(none)

Historic Themes

General	Specific
OCCUPATIONS	Mining {incl. mineral processing}
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES	Education & science

Creation Date

16 Dec 1997

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Approved

Last Update

31 Mar 2021

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