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I have started a new domain for my photos and will be placing future posts there. Please visit me :-
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I enjoyed the first trip and lunch at the Drovers Inn, we went back again with friends.
This lovely old ruin is sitting in a farm paddock near the banks of the Moore River at a locality called Yarawinda. It is just up the road from the remains of the old Victoria Plains Agricultural Hall shown in a previous post.
Google Earth / Maps Location:
31° 1′ 5.17″ S 116° 12′ 39.66″ E
New Norcia Deep Space Ground Station – Controlled by the European Space Agency – See this LINK!
Google Earth / Maps Location:
31° 2′ 36.95″ S 116° 12′ 24.00″ E
I believe this ruin is what is left of “Mangiri Cottage“, along the Bindoon-Moora Road at Gillingarra.
Google Earth / Maps Location:
30° 51′ 21.74″ S 116° 1′ 41.98″ E
In Mogumber, what is now known as “The Old Stone House“. It was constructed in 1899 by James Atkinson who was then also in charge of the hotel. This building functioned as the town’s post office and store.
The view from the Stone House down to the Pub, Mogumber.
Google Earth / Maps Location:
31° 2′ 19.54″ S 116° 2′ 41.58″ E
The old Victoria Plains Hotel, Great Northern Highway, Waddington, Western Australia
The hotel precinct comprised the hotel building, a separate kitchen building behind (west), was originally linked to the hotel by grape trellis. Stables, a gaol, a horse driven chaff cutter were all adjacent to, and north of the main hotel building. It was a stop over for travellers including those with prisoners or convicts. There was a shop on the north end of the hotel building. The hotel also operated the post office and telephone exchange. 2 kilometres south of the hotel was the race track and cricket pitch.
Google Earth/Maps Location: 30° 50′ 12.03″ S 116° 16′ 5.65″ E
Remnants of the old Victoria Plains Agricultural Hall (see post below)
Derelict Cottage from a bygone era! Bindoon-Moora Road, Gillingarra, Western Australia
Google Earth/Maps Location: 30° 56′ 46.19″ S 116° 3′ 4.56″ E
The 1847 building was a three roomed stone construction. Clune also had two servants rooms built, and an earthen cellar which was the original kitchen. In c. 1890 the upstairs of the building was added. It was brick construction with bricks from the Canterbury kiln. The c. 1847 shingle roof, pressed metal ceilings are still in place under the new roof and dropped ceilings. In the early 1940s the interior walls were lined, but the originals remain intact behind the lining. A P.O.W. rendered the exterior walls of the building in c. 1943. In 1969, during building renovations, the original stonework was found to have keystones and ‘proper’ construction. The timber framework is said to be in ‘old Irish’ style of building. It claimed that the New Norcia police station, and the Buckland Homesteads were modelled on Canterbury’s plan. The stables are located 100 metres north of the house.
Google Earth/Maps Location: 30° 59' 50.18" S 116° 12' 24.00" E
Compare these. The first photo was taken on 30 December 2006 (by me) and the second (same subject) was taken 13 November 2015.
How quickly our heritage can disappear when no-one cares.
Google Earth Location: 31° 1' 15.43" S 116° 12' 46.80" E