Kimber Homestead

Author

Shire of Wongan-Ballidu

Place Number

12493

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Location

Ballidu East Rd Ballidu East

Location Details

Other Name(s)

East Ballidu State School
Woodleigh

Local Government

Wongan-Ballidu

Region

Wheatbelt

Construction Date

Constructed from 1915

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
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Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	17 Sep 1998	Category 4	Category 4 Some heritage value, but not essential to an understanding of the district. Alternatively the place may be of considerable heritage value but considered of irredeemable integrity value. Recommend that the place is not constrained by the Town Planning Scheme at this time. Re-assess the significance of the place when the Inventory is regularly reviewed. Assess in more detail when considering a development application. Record prior to redevelopment or demolition.

Statement of Significance

The place has associations with early settlers in the area, and the provision of schooling. It represents a way of life no longer practised.

History

Alf Kimber was a friend of H Carters of the Kokardine area, and settled at the same time, just north of the Carters. The railway was intended to come to "Burakin Rocks", and when the promised line did not eventuate, in 1911, Kimber moved west of Duli, about 10 miles from Ballidu, and settled this property. He called it "Woodleigh" after the Kimber Home in Clare South Australia.

After a tent home, then a timber and hessian dwelling, a homestead was built. In 1917 the farmers in the district erected a school room in close proximity to the Kimber house, and Mrs Kimber taught school. It was the first school in the district, and became known as the East Ballidu State School. Reverend Sullivan and others also held church services at the Kimbers.

References

Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
McCULLAGH T Compiler McCULLAGH GA Editor ; "Ballidu History & Records ".		1979
ACKLAND RRB ; "Wongan Ballidu Pioneering Days ".	Shire of Wongan-Balidu	1965
P Toster & N Hood ; "Ballidu Heritage Handed Down ".	Unpublished	1996

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Present Use	FARMING\PASTORAL	Homestead
Original Use	FARMING\PASTORAL	Homestead

Historic Themes

General	Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY	Settlements

Creation Date

05 Oct 1998

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Approved

Last Update

01 Jul 2020

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