Lake Grace District Office (Department of Agriculture)

Author

Shire of Lake Grace

Place Number

12694

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Location

152 Stubbs St Lake Grace

Location Details

Other Name(s)

Agricultural Department

Local Government

Lake Grace

Region

Wheatbelt

Construction Date

Constructed from 1967

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
RHP - Does not warrant assessment	Current	29 Jul 2016

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 significant associations with the Department of Agriculture and the development of the light land in the Lake Grace Shire region.

Physical Description

Cream brick construction with a low profile roof.

History

During the 1930s the Agricultural Adviser was based in Katanning, making visits to the Lakes area. Field days were held about once a year in each district, but were very well attended for farmers to be informed of new techniques and technology. Up to 1939, sheep demonstrations were held at Jack Harvey's stud flock at 'Ormidale', conducted by the Agriculture Department's (Perth) sheep expert, Hugh McCallum. In the 1940s investigations were taking place into the use of copper and zinc in wheat growing. In 1941 CH Lucas of Lake Grace reported a positive response to blue stone(Copper sulphate). In 1947 the Lake Grace Roads Board asked the Department of Agriculture to conduct experiments for the development of light land (trace elements). The experiments took place on D Elliott's property south of Lake Grace. The experiments supervised by Dr TC Dunne (later Director of Agriculture) and Mr FL Shire, resulted in the opening of large areas of light land in the Lake Grace District in the 1950s and 1960s and the Research Station in 1955. After 3 years of visits by George Halpin from Katanning, Peter Nelson, from the Katanning office, moved to Lake Grace in 1964, and worked from his house. The first stage of the district office was opened by the Minister for Agriculture, CD Nalder, on 20 July 1967. The existing staff were assisted by the addition of a Landcare officer in 1990.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: Intact
Authenticity: High Degree

Condition

Good

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	Bird J; "Across the Lake: A History of Lake Grace 1911-1992".	Bookmark Publishing House WA	1992
	Kellow J; "unpublished research notes fron the Westpac Archives".	Unpublished	Undated

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	COMMERCIAL	Office or Administration Bldg
Present Use	COMMERCIAL	Office or Administration Bldg

Architectural Styles

Style
Post-War International

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Wall	BRICK	Common Brick

Historic Themes

General	Specific
OCCUPATIONS	Rural industry & market gardening

Creation Date

29 Oct 1998

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Approved

Last Update

01 Jan 2017

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