CBH Co-operative Bulk Handling

Author

Shire of Lake Grace

Place Number

12757

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Location

South West Cnr of Roe Loc 1666 Varley

Location Details

Local Government

Lake Grace

Region

Wheatbelt

Construction Date

Constructed from 1980

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

place demonstrates the development of the industry which sustains the community.

History

While the majority of the wheatbelt in Western Australia was serviced by rail, and the introduction of bulk handling in 1932, the Varley district was not provjded with either of those facilities. In 1938 settlers were still having to deliver their bagged grain to the Newdegate Railway Station. The Varley Progress Association lobbied for subsidised transport system, and that resulted in the introduction of the first major haulage contractors in the district. The establishment of a bulk bin at Varley was the next priority. The first bins were completed for the 1940/41 harvest. The Holt Rock and Varley bins were constructed at the same time, and both attended by Tom Cox on alternate days. Later open "bulk head" bins were introduced to cope with the volumes of grain. The original bin was on the site of the existing CBH bin. After a request from the Varley Museum Committee, to use the building as a museum, CBH demolished the bin. The existing "D" class bin stores the harvest (capacity 11,600 tonnes), and the 40 tonne capacity road trains deliver it to the Port of Esperance.

References

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

Place Type

Historic site

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	FARMING\PASTORAL	Silo or Grain Shed
Present Use	FARMING\PASTORAL	Silo or Grain Shed

Historic Themes

General	Specific
OCCUPATIONS	Grazing, pastoralism & dairying

Creation Date

02 Nov 1998

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Last Update

01 Jan 2017

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