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Kirkwoods

Author

Shire of Corrigin

Place Number

08249

Location

24 K SE of Corrigin

Location Details

Other Name(s)

Wilkie Bros
Yowing Springs

Local Government

Corrigin

Region

Wheatbelt

Construction Date

Constructed from 1928

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents More information
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

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(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management More information
Category Description
Municipal Inventory Adopted 19 Mar 1997 Category D

Category D

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 prior to redevelopment or demolition.

Statement of Significance

The place represents associations with the pioneering Kirkwood family, and the early development of the Corrigin district. The place is a representive example of a period of Corrigin's development.

Physical Description

The place is constructed of hand made cement bricks and a terracotta tile roof. The ten room house is surrounded by a verandah with a low brick wall around the perimeter, and three cement rendered steps leading up to the verandah on the north, east and west sides. The verandah roof is supported by cement rendered pillars in an obelisk shape. Ceramic tiles inlaid in the verandah pillars feature plain & floral designs. The door and window frames are jarrah throughout, with leadlight stained glass featuring in the external doors and front windows. The internal moulded plaster ceilings have a rose and grape motif detail. The grounds of the homestead were designed and planted with Bangalow and Date Palms which are still in existance. In the 1960s, some verandahs were enclosed and an additional kitchen was constructed.

History

William Sommers Kirkwood was a carpenter who came to Corrigin in 1910, after spending some years in Perth, working at his trade (constructed Fremantle Town Hall staircase among other projects), prior to taking up land in Corrigin. He settled in Gnerkadilling with his wife Emelia May, and their nine children. Prior to the construction of the homestead, the family lived in a mud brick house on the property. The Yowing Springs property also had an anthill tennis court which was the venue for the community's social tennis fixture. The family also operated the local telephone exchange, providing an essential link between the otherwise isolated farms in the district. Kirkwood was involved in carpentery and building around the Corrigin district, notabley the former Gnerkadilling Hall (Gorge Rock Hall). He was a Corrigin Roads Board member from 1915 to 1930, and has a Corrigin street named in his commemoration.

Associations

Name Type Year From Year To
WS Kirkwood Architect 1928 -

References

Ref ID No Ref Name Ref Source Ref Date
Haig R; "Corrigin Pioneering Days and Beyond". Shire of Corrigin 1982

Creation Date

12 Jun 1997

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Last Update

01 Jan 2017

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