Lake Varley & Districts Sports Club & Varley Memorial Drive

Author

Shire of Lake Grace

Place Number

12755

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Location

Varley

Location Details

Other Name(s)

Pioneer Pavilion (fmr)

Local Government

Lake Grace

Region

Wheatbelt

Construction Date

Constructed from 1978

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	23 Sep 1998	Category D	Category D Some heritage value, but not essential to an understanding of the district. Recommend that the place is not constrained by the Town Planning Scheme. Re-assess the significance of the place when the Inventory is regularly reviewed. Record prior to redevelopment or demolition.

Statement of Significance

The place represents the development of the sporting facilities in the town, and demonstrates associations with early settlers and sporting identities. Memorial Drive commemorates a way of life and pays respect to the pioneers of the district.

Physical Description

Dark brown coloured face brick rick construction with a low pitch tiled gable roof. The pavilion building has a verandah under the main roof along the entire frontage overlooking the oval. Brick piers support the verandah roof.

History

At the 2nd meeting of the reformed Varley Progress Association in 1965, it was decided to request land for a golf links and football ground. The resulting recreation ground was surveyed in 1966, and the farmers volunteered their labour to grade the oval. The grounds were the home ground for the newly inaugurated Football Association. Lake Varley farmed their own team for the first time, and played under a number of different associations over the next few years. The Progress Association together with other sporting and general associations provided the pavilion. Prior to the pavilion the facilities were a corrugated iron afternoon tea shed and change rooms, with toilets in the bush. In 1978 the playgroup also operated from the pavilion. In 1994 the Bowling club addition was made to the building, and a green was constructed. The Memorial Drive remembers and honours the original settlers of the region It was the initiative of the existing Varley district community, and was officially opened by Wilson Tuckey Federal MLA.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: Intact
Authenticity: High Degree

Condition

Very Good

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	"From our humble beginnings Lake Varley-Holt Rock 1928-1978".		Undated

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Wall	BRICK	Common Brick

Historic Themes

General	Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES	Sport, recreation & entertainment

Creation Date

02 Nov 1998

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

01 Jan 2017

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