Local Government
Port Hedland
Region
Pilbara
North West Coastal Hwy Port Hedland
NW Coastal Hwy-Wedgefield Coast Road comprises: Shearing Shed, Woolshed, quarters & homestead group Survey sketch 4004A & 4004B has been prepared by SE&C Also Shire of Roebourne
Mundabullanga
Port Hedland
Pilbara
Constructed from 1878, Constructed from 1879
| Type | Status | Date | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heritage List | Adopted | 23 Aug 2017 | |
| State Register | Registered | 16 May 2008 | HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument, HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument |
| Type | Status | Date | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|
| (no listings) |
| Type | Status | Date | Grading/Management | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category | ||||
| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 31 Dec 1996 | Category 1 | |
| Register of the National Estate | Removed from RNE | |||
| Classified by the National Trust | Classified | 05 Dec 1983 | ||
| Register of the National Estate | Nominated | 02 Mar 1984 | ||
Mundabullangara Homestead is significant as a fine representative example of a pastoral homestead. It has significant associations with pioneering pastoralists MacKays, in the 1870s and their organised labour, with the use of Asian indentured labourers, mainly Malays and Cantonese Chinese, and was the first station in the Pilbara to introduce the payment of award wages for Aboriginal workers.
Single storey bluestone and concrete homestead has an expansive single pitched roof and a surrounding verandah supported by cast iron posts. Features include a large concrete arch entrance and full-length shuttered doors open onto the verandahs. Oasis. The homestead group comprising: the homestead, the windmill room, store, old kitchen, grave, and other more utilitarian structures are located around an expansive grassed area.
It is recorded that a sealed history is stored in a bottle built into a corner of the building. Mundabullangara Homestead was the first pastoral lease taken up in the region south west of Port Hedland by European settlers, the MacKays, who between 1872 and 1923 developed it into one of the largest and most successful enterprises of its kind that has continued pastoral use into the twenty-first century. The MacKays organised labour in the latter part of the nineteenth century, with the use of Asian indentured labourers, mainly Malays and Cantonese Chinese, which was not a widespread practice in the pastoral industry, and was the first station in the Pilbara to introduce the payment of award wages for Aboriginal workers, in the mid 1940s, under the management of R. F. Lukis, and maintained a longstanding use of Aboriginal labour, from the 1880s to the 1960s. It was the first pastoral station in the North-West of Western Australia at which Birdwood Grass was sown and, following success it became widely used in the region. The significant shearing shed and woolstore were demolished in cyclone in recent decades.
Integrity: High degree Authenticity: High degree Changes to place: Minimal evident
Good
| Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| J Hardie; "Nor’ Westers of the Pilbara breed: The story of brave ancestors who pioneered the outback Pilbara of Western Australia". | The Shire of Port Hedland, | 1981 |
| Library Id | Title | Medium | Year Of Publication |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5921 | Off-shears : the story of shearing sheds in Western Australia. | Book | 2002 |
Individual Building or Group
| Epoch | General | Specific |
|---|---|---|
| Original Use | MONUMENT\CEMETERY | Cemetery |
| Present Use | FARMING\PASTORAL | Shed or Barn |
| Original Use | FARMING\PASTORAL | Other |
| Original Use | FARMING\PASTORAL | Shed or Barn |
| Original Use | FARMING\PASTORAL | Kitchen |
| Original Use | FARMING\PASTORAL | Servants or Shearers Quarters |
| Present Use | FARMING\PASTORAL | Homestead |
| Original Use | FARMING\PASTORAL | Stockyard |
| Original Use | FARMING\PASTORAL | Homestead |
| Style |
|---|
| Vernacular |
| Victorian Georgian |
| Type | General | Specific |
|---|---|---|
| Roof | METAL | Zincalume |
| Wall | STONE | Other Stone |
| Wall | METAL | Corrugated Iron |
| Roof | METAL | Corrugated Iron |
| General | Specific |
|---|---|
| PEOPLE | Aboriginal people |
| PEOPLE | Early settlers |
| DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Immigration, emigration & refugees |
| OCCUPATIONS | Commercial & service industries |
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