Muir's Hut and Yards

Author

Shire of Manjimup

Place Number

03140

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Location

Cnr Deeside Coast & Preston Rds Manjimup

Location Details

Local Government

Manjimup

Region

South West

Construction Date

Constructed from 1900, Constructed from 1890

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	10 Jul 1997	Category C	Category C Retain and conserve if possible: endeavour to conserve the significance of the place through the provisions of the Shire of Manjimup Town Planning Scheme; a more detailed Heritage Assessment may be required prior to approval being given for any major redevelopment or demolition; photographically record the place prior to any major redevelopment or demolition.

Statement of Significance

Aesthetic, Historic, Representativeness and Social

Physical Description

· Small scale hut;
· Timber walls;
· Corrugated iron roof;
· New section which is well built and difficult to distinguish from
old section, and;
· Well maintained.

History

This hut is linked to the story of cattle droving that was a major
occupation in the 19th century Manjimup district. From around the 1870s
to the end of the First World War the coastal land became important to
the pastoralists’ economy. Cattle were taken from winter properties and
pushed across land to summer feeding grounds on the coast. “The coast
was divided into continuous leaseholds some of which were fenced and
dotted with huts and stock runs which the drovers had constructed. The
Muirs east of Manjimup sent cattle down Deeside to the coast between
the mouth of the Gardner River and Broke Inlet”. (Contested Country
p.55) The practice of droving cattle between winter and summer feeding
grounds was continued until as late as the 1950s. This hut is one of a
number on the Shire of Manjimup Heritage Inventory and is still used for
overnight accommodation for some campers but is on private property
and access is therefore limited.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: Very High
Authenticity: Very High

Condition

Good

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	Crawford, P., and I.; "Contested Country: A History of the Northcliffe Area WA".	University of Western Australia Press	2003

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Present Use	RESIDENTIAL	Single storey residence
Original Use	RESIDENTIAL	Single storey residence

Creation Date

18 Jun 1991

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

01 Jan 2017

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