Yerecoin School

Author

Shire of Victoria Plains

Place Number

12937

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Location

Bindi Bindi - Yerecoin Rd Yerecoin

Location Details

Local Government

Victoria Plains

Region

Wheatbelt

Construction Date

Constructed from 1927

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	27 Oct 1998	Category 4	Category 4 Some heritage value, but not essential to an understanding of the district. Recommend that the place is not included on 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 the place prior to redevelopment or demolition. This category is not included in the Town Planning Scheme, and therefore a planning application is not required for proposed development or demolition of the place. Should a building or demolition application be received by Shire, it should be considered on the basis of the recognised heritage value, and the owner offered the same consultation facilities as for the Town Planning Scheme. The places in this category should be reviewed regularly with consideration for inclusion in the Town Planning Scheme.

Statement of Significance

The school has associations with the establishment of education facilities in Yerecoin, and subsequent associations with teachers students and the community. It has a sense of place for generations of students, and adds to the townscape character of Yerecoin.

Physical Description

Timber framed and clad with weather board dado and fibrocement sheeting, with north facing verandahs, and a corrugated iron roof.

History

In 1927, Mr J Duggan, the spokesman for the Yerecoin residents, started lobbying the Education Department for a school in Yerecoin. A subsequent application listed 11 children in the area, and requested a site near the railway siding. The number of children was not sufficient, but further to a visit and a new family with two children, the inspector selected a site and approved the establishment of a school. The site was Loc 936, agricultural land, held by John Thomas Waters, but it belonged to the Midland Railway Company. They resumed the land, and granted for the school with some payment of compensation. In April 1928, Mr Henry Farr was contracted to relocated Coondle School to Yerecoin Siding. The school opened on 29 May 1928. The School was closed at some time, and reopened in 1946. Mr McKenzie the Yerecoin butcher picked up children from Piawaning in his Chevrolet utility, to keep up the student numbers, and keep the school open in Yerecoin. It closed again in 1950. Part of the existing school complex was relocated from Piawaning in c1978.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: Intact or redeemable
Authenticity: Medium degree

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	Erickson R; "The Victoria Plains".	Shire of Victoria Plains	1971

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

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

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Wall	TIMBER	Weatherboard

Historic Themes

General	Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES	Education & science

Creation Date

10 Dec 1998

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

01 Jan 2017

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