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Item Name:
Location:
St John's Vicarage and tree
12 Park Street, Uralla [Uralla]
Address: 12 Park Street
DUAP Region: Northern
Suburb / Nearest Town: Uralla 2358
Historic region: New England
Local Govt Area: Uralla
Parish: Uralla
State: NSW
County: Sandon
Other/Former Names:
Area/Group/Complex:
Group ID:
Aboriginal Area: Anaiwan
Curtilage/Boundary:
Item Type: Built
Category: Presbytery/Rectory/ Vi
Group: Religion
Owner: Religious Organisation
Admin Codes:
Code 3:
Code 2:
Current Use: Vicarage
Former Uses: Vicarage
Assessed Significance: Local
Endorsed Significance:
Statement of St John’s Vicarage is a California bungalow using ‘Armidale blue’ bricks. It is representative
Significance: of the efforts by Anglican communities to provide both religious and pastoral care to their
community. The house has design and architectural merit and is a public demonstration of
the Church community's commitment to housing its pastor. The conifer tree similar
spreading habit is now a local landmark on the corner with Bridge St. St John's Vicarage has
historical association, landmark, streetscape, social, religious cultural and architectural
significance.
Historical Notes The official opening of St. John’s Vicarage occurred on Sunday 14 April 1929. The
or Provenance: benediction was made by his Lordship the Bishop of the Diocese while the official opening
was performed by Mrs F.G. Taylor of ‘Terrible Vale’ Station. For many years Mrs Taylor had
been identified with the parish and was married in St John’s Church fifty-one years earlier.
By the time of the opening, 1300 pounds of the total 1500 pounds remained to be found.
The Reverend St. John had been backed by the Parochial Council.
Anglican church services were provided in Uralla by a minister from Armidale in 1861, initially
in a timber building. The Parish of Uralla was inaugurated in 1878 covering Bendemeer to
the south; Brushgrove to the west; Arding to the north and Mihi to the east. (See Armidale
Express, 11 October 1978 for celebrations at All Saints Gostwyck). A parsonage was ready
for occupation in January 1881 and remained in use for 48 years.
Early vicars were: Rev. D.M. Sinclair 1878-1883; Rev. Canon W.J. Hugill 1883-1906; Rev.
E.H. Stammer 1906-1917; Rev. A.R. Pegler 1917-1918; Rev. F. de P. St. John from 1918.
Themes: National Theme
4. Settlement
State Theme
Local Theme
Accommodation (Housing) Vicarage
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5. Working
Labour
Religious employment
8. Culture
Religion
Vicarage
Designer:
Maker / Builder:
Year Started:
Year Completed:
Circa:
No
Physical Description: Triple fronted single storey house built in ‘Armidale blue’ bricks with glazed terrace cottage
roof tiles and concrete foundations. Roof is a shallow hip with air vents at east and west
ends of elongated roof ridge. Centred in front elevation if a gable with rough cast and timber
straps decoration and chimney to west side and below a segmented bay window under a
tiled hip roof. Either side are detached skillion verandahs with same blue brick piers to eaves
level and in between timber joinery balustrades. East verandah has splayd entry steps.
Both house and verandah have exposed rafters in eaves. Windows vertical proportion timber
d.h 4 pane sash. In NE corner with Bridge St is a very large and spreading habit conifer. A
similar blue brick partial fence has been more recently erected but only near the serpentine
front path. Detracting air conditioning unit located on the street elevation, use of nontraditional PVC drainage pipes and intrusive barge edge roll-over tiles which detract from the
timber barge board. Spacious grassed ground
The building comprised a study, living-room, four bedrooms, breakfast room and kitchen,
laundry, bathroom, linen cupboard and accessories, and ceilings of enriched plaster
Physical Condition:
Modification Dates:
Recommended
Management:
Management:
Further Comments:
Criteria a) Historically provision of a vicarage was the norm in the 19th and 20th centuries. The
importance of the Vicarage is demonstrated by its scale and its 1920s contemporary style,
designed just before the Great Depression
Criteria b) Historic associations with Bishop, the Vicarage architect, and builder E.D. Moore, and Mrs
F.G. Taylor of ‘Terrible Vale’ Station.
Criteria c) St John's Church has landmark, aesthetic and streetscape significance arising from its
position near the Park Street corner, its architectural detail and its scale. It is an important
link on the eastern side of the church. The design and architectural merit demonstrates the
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significant work of the architects but also is a public demonstration of the Church
community's commitment to construct such a significant church building
Criteria d) The church has important social significance to the Anglican community as a place of
worship and celebration for weddings, christenings and funerals. Churches through time
have provided a venue for religious worship and meetings. Memorials in the church are an
important link to those who have worshipped there.
Criteria e) Historical studies of New England Churches show that benefactors donated large sums of
money to the various churches, thus providing for the construction of large brick churches. In
this case, Mr Western bequeathed a sum of 1000 pounds. A research project could
investigate the various donors involved in these bequeaths. The construction of the church
also provides the opportunity for a project to study the growth of the Anglican faith in the New
England Tablelands.
Criteria f)
Criteria g) The building is a good representative example of a California Bungalow.
Integrity / Intactness:
Title
References: Author
Year
Uralla Times, 15 April 1929, ‘St John’s Vicarage. A Fine
Building’.
Armidale Express, 15 September 1961, 'Centenary of the
Uralla Anglican Parish'.
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Date Updated: 27/12/2012
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Uralla Central School Residence and tree
62 John St, Uralla [Uralla]
Address: 62 John St
DUAP Region: Northern
Suburb / Nearest Town: Uralla 2358
Historic region: New England
Local Govt Area: Uralla
Parish: Uralla
State: NSW
County: Sandon
Other/Former Names:
Area/Group/Complex:
Group ID:
Aboriginal Area: Anaiwan
Curtilage/Boundary:
Item Type: Built
Group: Education
Category: Staff housing
Owner: Private - Individual
Code 3:
Code 2:
Admin Codes:
Current Use: Private residence
Former Uses: Principal's residence
Assessed Significance: Local
Endorsed Significance:
Statement of A spreading brick bungalow style located adjoining the Central school grounds. It
Significance: demonstrates government policy to provide, and later withdraw, accommodation for
Principals in country towns. It has historic and aesthetic values
Historical Notes As a result of the school’s enlargement, District Inspector Thomas recommended in
or Provenance: September 1910 that a new vested residence should be erected on the new site, and that the
old school and residence should be sold as soon as the new building had been completed.
This was approved. A gas plant was provided to light the residence at a cost of £69 in 1911.
On 1 February 1912, Headmaster Mr Jasper H. McAlpine appealed against the rating of the
residence at £30 per annum and stated that ‘the Annual Rental should not exceed £20’ on
the following grounds:
(1)The building was erected in 1868 and is, therefore unsuited for present requirements,
being ill-lighted and ventilated and consequently unsanitary and unhygienic.
(2)The rooms are mostly small and four of them are unfinished and unsightly, being bare
brick without plaster.
(3)The wash-shed and bath room are unsuitable- situated outside the building.
(4)The buildings are in a very bad state of repair: guttering and down pipes old and leaky and
in places broken down, floors breaking through, inside and outside requiring colouring and
painting and other defects.
In reviewing the appeal, Inspector Massey reported that the teacher’s residence is a very old
one and attached to the old school buildings. ‘The question of disposing of the Old School
property & erecting a new residence on a new site, was under consideration at the close of
last year. I am of opinion that £26 per annum … is a reasonable rental’.
The Sydney Morning Herald, 14 May 1912 reported that a tender for construction of a
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teacher’s residence had been accepted from John Lang for £596 10 shillings. Despite this
announcement, new tenders were called for construction of a new brick residence and the
contract was awarded to the Uralla contractor C.G. Cooper £961. An officer from the
Department of Public Works from Armidale visited the construction site on 16 May 1913. He
found that the brickwork at the front had ‘been carried up to the full height’. All other walls
were constructed to within eleven courses and the concrete floor was complete in the
laundry. The workmen employed on the site were three bricklayers, two laborers, a carter
and three carpenters. The residence was completed in September and occupied by Mr
McAlpine on 1 November.
The NSW Department of Education adopted a policy after the Public Schools Act of 1866 of
constructing a residence for the teacher in charge of country schools. In the early days the
residence and classroom was incorporated in the one building as was the case at Uralla by
1868. In time the residence was constructed as a separate building. A new detached
residence was constructed at the Uralla school in 1912-1913.
The provision of a residence meant that the teacher in charge could be transferred quickly to
a new appointment. It also helped attract a teacher and family to country areas and provided
after hour's security to the school.
State Theme
Local Theme
Utilities
Public School residence
5. Working
Labour
Educational employment
6. Educating
Education
Public School residence
7. Governing
Government and administra Public School
Themes: National Theme
4. Settlement
Designer:
Maker / Builder:
Year Started:
Year Completed:
Circa:
No
Physical Description: Singe storey brick house. Hip roof with apex timber air vents facing east and west. Roof
continues to extend over a wrap-around verandah to both street frontages. All roofs are clad
in corrugate profile steel. Chimneys are in the same ‘Armidale blue’ bricks as the house.
Simple timber post and rail low boundary fence encloses a mature garden. The site
adjoining the Uralla Central School land. Large conifer tree on boundary with the school.
Physical Condition:
Modification Dates: Modifications: double garage build in north side setback using similar bricks and building
design details. French windows changed to aluminium. The lot was subdivided and a preschool built in former rear yard in c2010
Recommended
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62 John St, Uralla [Uralla]
Management:
Further Comments:
Criteria a) Historically the house demonstrates a government policy to provide (and later to discontinue)
accommodation for school Principals and staff in regional NSW.
Criteria b) Historic associations with public education policy to provide housing for teachers in rural
locations.
Criteria c) A spreading bungalow style more suited to the climatic variation of the New England region
built in ‘Armidale blue’ bricks with tall chimneys.
Criteria d) Noted in community and thematic studies
Criteria e)
Criteria f)
Criteria g)
Integrity / Intactness:
References:
Studies: Author
Title
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Number
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Year
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Longitude: 151 30 00
Latitude: -30 39 00
Location validity:
Spatial Accuracy:
Map Name: Bendemeer 9136
Map Scale: 1:100000
AMG Zone:
Easting:
Northing:
Listings:
Custom Field One:
Custom Field Two:
Custom Field Three:
Custom Field Four:
Custom Field Five:
Custom Field Six:
Data Entry:
Date First Entered: 09/10/2012
Date Updated: 28/12/2012
Status: Basic
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Kentucky Public School
Noalimba Avenue, Kentucky [Uralla]
Address: Noalimba Avenue
DUAP Region: Northern
Suburb / Nearest Town: Kentucky 2354
Historic region: New England
Local Govt Area: Uralla
Parish:
State: NSW
County:
Other/Former Names:
Area/Group/Complex:
Group ID:
Aboriginal Area: Anaiwan
Curtilage/Boundary:
Item Type: Built
Group: Education
Category: School - State (public)
Owner: State Government
Code 3:
Code 2:
Admin Codes:
Current Use: Public School
Former Uses: Public School
Assessed Significance: Local
Endorsed Significance:
Statement of Kentucky School reflects the growth of the village from a single land holding through to closer
Significance: settlement following the break up of that property following World War One for soldier settlers
and orchardists. The re-arranged c1911 shelter shed and manual training room is a modest
vernacular structure which predates the closer settlement, and as such it is one of Kentucky
village older surviving structures. The inter-war era school buildings demonstrate
Department of Education philosophies of their era. Historic associations with Mr Fletcher of
Kentucky Property.
Historical Notes Kentucky Provisional school commenced in July 1868, augmented in November 1881 and
or Provenance: defined a public school in 1881. In the early months of 1868, the parents at Kentucky held a
public meeting, with main promoters being Mr I. Fletcher and Mr A.O. Fraser. They called on
the Council of Education (forerunner of the NSW Department of Education) to set up a
provisional school. The school was built on the private property of Mr Fletcher, owner of
Kentucky Station.
In 1883 a new two acre site was proposed situated two miles from Kentucky Station site. In
1897-1898 a new room and verandah was added to the residence; 1911 a new school
building was erected and the old school was converted into part of the teacher’s residence;
1925 the residence was condemned; 1926 a new school residence was approved as well as
additions to the school. The c1911 school was demolished and the local P. and C. used
some of the wood to build a shelter shed and manual training room which remains in
c12012.
In 1968 the Kentucky School celebrated its centenary and in 1972 extensions to the school
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were completed.
State Theme
Local Theme
Utilities
Public School
5. Working
Labour
School employment
6. Educating
Education
Public School
Themes: National Theme
4. Settlement
Designer:
Maker / Builder:
Year Started:
Year Completed:
Circa:
No
Physical Description: The c1911 rearrange building is situated at the rear of the school facing Noalimba Avenue. It
is now linked with the other buildings. The surroundings buildings date from 1926 and post
World War Two.
Physical Condition:
Modification Dates:
Recommended
Management:
Management:
Further Comments:
Criteria a) The establishment of a school dates from and follows the evolution of the Kentucky property
holding including how it was broken up the closer soldier settlement scheme following World
War One. The establishment of the school on this site, and its various school buildings, as
well as education philosophy that applied in the inter-war era.
Criteria b) Historic associations with Mr Fletcher of Kentucky property, and the growth and evolution of
the school reflects Kentucky’s soldier settlement subdivision following World War One.
Criteria c) The shelter shed and manual training room of the c1911 building is a modest vernacular
structure which predates the closer settlement of Kentucky. As such it is one of its older
surviving structures. Other school buildings are indicative of Department Education designs
of their era, the earlier ones demonstrating evolving education philosophies and designing
for amenity aspects.
Criteria d) Noted in community and thematic studies.
Criteria e) Department of Education designs have the ability to inform the various education policies
that prevailed at certain times, including amenities factors such as fresh air, light and
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teaching room arrangements.
Criteria f)
The rearranged shelter is now one of the oldest buildings in Kentucky village.
Criteria g) The school buildings are representative of education philosophies of their eras as well as the
intention of various colonial governments to ensure that education is provided in rural areas.
Integrity / Intactness:
Title
References: Author
Year
Uralla Times, 18 November 1926, 'New school residencer
and enlargement of the school'.
Uralla Times, 25 Jnauary 1925, 'New school on a central
site'.
Uralla Times, 6 May 1911, 'Local Public School is nearing
completion'.
Kentucky School Education, 1968 (Copy held at the
University of New England Archives)
1968
Armidale Express, 6 October 1972; ‘Planned OpeningExtensions to Kentucky School’.
Armidale Express, 29 and 31 July, 2, 7, 12 and 16 August
1968- ‘Centenary school celebrations'
H. Gibson
History of Kentucky Public School 1868-1940, (Copy held
at the University of New England Archives)
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Year
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Date First Entered: 09/10/2012
Date Updated: 20/12/2012
Status: Basic
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Wollun Public School (former) and trees
Wollun Road, Wollun [Uralla]
Address: Wollun Road
DUAP Region: Northern
Suburb / Nearest Town: Wollun 2354
Historic region: New England
Local Govt Area: Uralla
Parish: Sandon
State: NSW
County: Sandon
Other/Former Names:
Area/Group/Complex:
Group ID:
Aboriginal Area: Anaiwan
Curtilage/Boundary:
Item Type: Built
Group: Education
Category: School - State (public)
Owner: Private - Community Group
Code 3:
Code 2:
Admin Codes:
Current Use: Community Hall
Former Uses: Public School
Assessed Significance: Local
Endorsed Significance:
Statement of These bush schools are very rare as few if any such buildings that have survived and in their
Significance: original setting as the Wollun School. It has historical association, social, research, aesthetic
and representative significance. The establishment of the school is associated with the
move by various governments to ensure that all students throughout N.S.W. had access to
public education. The school is historically linked to the property ‘Wollun Station’ and the
squatter Charles R. Blaxland. The demand for a school arose during the period of closer
settlement in the 1880s. Social significance arises from the community valuing its local
school and the relationship developed between teachers, children and parents, and its
continuing civic use today. The fact that the department provided a residence for the teacher
meant that the teacher and his family could contribute to the social life of the community.
This school provides the opportunity to research the development of bush schools
throughout the Uralla Shire and the wider New England region as well as the distinctive
architectural detail of the timber buildings. The construction of this school and its location is
representative of the development of the bush school in country areas. The building, its
grounds and fine collection of exotic trees, continues to be used and cared for by the local
community
Historical Notes Wollun (1): Provisional school February 1889 to December 1892; public school January 1893
or Provenance: to May 1915; school closed 13 August 1915.
Wollun Platform (2): Provisional school July 1913 to December 1914; public school January
1915 to December 1937; provisional school February 1938 to November 1957; public school
November 1957 to December 1964. (Wollun Platform until about 1920)
The district promoters of the school forwarded an application to the Department of Public
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Instruction dated 24 July 1880. The site was situated in the southern portion of Sandon
County within a few miles of Congi Creek. The site was leased from C.R. Blaxland at a
peppercorn lease. It was not until 26 March 1881 that Inspector J.D. Bradley reported on the
application on behalf of twenty-seven children and the application for a provisional school
was declined.
Seven years later in July 1888, Charles Beneke and George Tickle, Albert Foster and John
C. Scott forwarded a petition for establishment of a provisional school. The site of the
proposed school was one and a quarter miles east of Wollun Platform and some eight miles
from Kentucky Public School. A suitable one-acre site was available for rental on Charles R.
Blaxland’s land. Provisional school status was granted on 17 September 1888.
In April 1909, A.E. Blanch and other residents asked the Hon. S.W. Morris, M.P., Minister for
Lands to investigate the removal of the present school at ‘Wollun Station’ to Wollun Railway
Station. He, in turn, approached the Department of Public Instruction. A further application
was made in June 1912.
In April 1913, Uralla builder, undertaker and cabinetmaker J.P. Henry Junr. applied for the
school furniture for Wollun Public School. The goods to be sent by rail to Wollun Northern
Line included six desks, six forms and a book press. Portion 74, a two acre site was
dedicated on 8 April 1914.
A teachers’ residence was completed in March 1923 by Hogan and Walsh, Apsley Street,
Walcha at a cost of ₤795. A weather-shed was also completed.
Approval was granted to close the public school at the end of the 1937 school year but the reopening of the provisional school at Wollun was approved on 7 April 1938. The school had
re-opened with the appointment of Raymond Farrell on 24 February 1938.
At the time of the Wollun Platform School’s closure, the weatherboard buildings included a
school valued at ₤50, weather-shed valued at ₤8 and vested residence valued at ₤500.
Today the school is used as a community meeting place.
State Theme
Local Theme
Utilities
Public School
5. Working
Labour
School employment
7. Governing
Government and administra Public School
Themes: National Theme
4. Settlement
Designer:
Maker / Builder:
Year Started:
Year Completed:
Circa:
No
Physical Description: The timber school is set on foundation with steps at the front and a galvanised iron roof. The
northern verandah is enclosed and it has a double timber door. A single door leads to the
classroom and there is evidence of a large chimney, now removed on the western side. The
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building sits within a wider open paddock which also continues corps of mainly exotic trees,
which retain their natural spreading habit, located along one boundary. The building and
grounds are well maintained by the Wollun community. On the adjoining lot is the former
teachers residence,
Physical Condition:
Modification Dates:
Recommended * include on a list of Uralla Shire War memorial sites
Management:
Management:
Further Comments:
Criteria a) The establishment of the school is associated with the move by various governments to
ensure that all students throughout N.S.W. had access to public education.
Criteria b) Strong historic associations with the provision of universal primary education in NSW
Criteria c) The small building sites within a wider open space with corps of tall trees to one side provide
a sense of scale to the demure size of this weatherboard building, and evokes an
understanding of country children having their ponies in the adjoining horse paddock.
Criteria d) Noted in community studies. Social significance arises from the community valuing its local
school and the relationship developed between teachers, children and parents. The fact that
the department provided a residence for the teacher meant that the teacher and his family
could contribute to the social life of the community.
Criteria e) This school provides the opportunity to research the development of bush schools
throughout the Uralla Shire and the wider New England region as well as the distinctive
architectural detail of the timber buildings.
Criteria f)
These bush schools are very rare as there are few if any such buildings that have survived.
They have been demolished as one teacher bush schools closed or were modernised.
Criteria g) The construction of this school and its location is representative of the development of the
bush school in country areas. Its closure in the 1960s is indicative of the schools that closed
as roads improved and fuel became cheaper allowing for bus travel.
Integrity / Intactness:
References: Author
Title
Year
Uralla Times, 29 March 1962, 'Wollun School may close'.
NSW State Records Wollun, (Platform 2), Pre 1939, Item
5/19169.3 ‘Administrative File’
NSW State Records Wollun (1), Pre 1939, Item 5/18169.2
‘Administrative File’
Government Schools of NSW 1848 to 1993, 1993.
Studies: Author
Title
1993
Number
Year
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Parcels:
Longitude: 151 26 19
Latitude: -30 51 31
Location validity:
Spatial Accuracy:
Map Name: Bendemeer 9136
Map Scale: 1:100000
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Listings:
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Date Updated: 20/12/2012
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St Mary's of the Angels Presbytery
Oliver St, Bundarra [Uralla]
Address: Oliver St
DUAP Region: Northern
Suburb / Nearest Town: Bundarra 2359
Historic region: New England
Local Govt Area: Uralla
Parish: Bundarra
State: NSW
County: Darling
Other/Former Names:
Area/Group/Complex:
Group ID:
Aboriginal Area: Gamilaroi (Kamilaroi)
Curtilage/Boundary:
Item Type: Built
Category: Presbytery/Rectory/ Vi
Group: Religion
Owner: Religious Organisation
Code 3:
Code 2:
Admin Codes:
Current Use: Presbytery
Former Uses: Presbytery
Assessed Significance: Local
Endorsed Significance:
Statement of This notable local brick house is in close proximity to the Catholic church and immediately
Significance: tells of its purpose. It is historically linked with the development of the Roman Catholic
Church in New England and is part of a local group comprising the Church of St Mary of the
Angels, and opposite the former convent and school. It is historically linked with the other
three Roman Catholic buildings which were all designed by the Inverell architect J.F.
O'Connor. St Mary Presbytery has landmark, historical association, aesthetic, social and
representative significance.
Historical Notes A new Catholic Presbytery, designed by Inverell architect, J.F. O'Connor, was built by James
or Provenance: Henry after the Right Reverend Dr P.J. O'Connor, Bishop of Armidale, laid the foundation
stone on 8 May 1904.
In December 1904 Father J. Guerrini called tenders for the erection of a brick presbytery at
Bundarra situated on section 66, allotment 3. By March 1905 a start had been made with the
building. The Right Reverend Reverend Dr P.J. O’Connor, Bishop of Armidale, laid the
foundation stone on 8 May 1905. The Bundarra and Tingha Advocate, 29 July 1905
reported that ‘the new Presbytery building is approaching completion. It will be the prettiest
villa in town’. A detailed description of the building was published in the Bundarra and
Tingha Advocate, 9 September 1905.
State Theme
Local Theme
Utilities
Presbytery
5. Working
Labour
Religious employment
8. Culture
Religion
Presbytery
Themes: National Theme
4. Settlement
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St Mary's of the Angels Presbytery
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Designer:
Maker / Builder:
Year Started:
Circa:
Year Completed:
No
Physical Description: Part of a Church group comprising the adjoining church and opposite Convent (former) 1903,
and St Joseph’s school 1905. Symmetrical red brick house located close to the side
elevation of the church. It has a hip roof, detached bull nose front verandah, a small gablet
with strap-work marks the main entry, glass panes in front door with side lights, either side is
a timber frame double hung sash window. Roofs clad in corrugated iron painted red with
small Dutch gable air vents capped by finials. Brick chimney on church side. Minimal eaves
Physical Condition:
Modification Dates:
Recommended
Management:
Management:
Further Comments:
Criteria a) Provision of a Presbytery was important to house a permanent resident priest in a country
town
Criteria b) Historic Associations with the Catholic Church and architect J F O’Connor of Inverell
Criteria c) A major contribution to the village of Bundarra
Criteria d) The church, presbytery, former school and former convent have social significance to the
community of Bundarra
Criteria e) The development of the Catholic Church and associated buildings as part of a religious
precinct provides the opportunity for research projects to investigate the development of the
church, the school, the convent and the presbytery in Bundarra and the wider New England
Tablelands.
Criteria f)
Criteria g) Construction of the Presbytery at Bundarra is representative of the number of catholic
buildings approved and blessed by the Armidale Bishop O'Connor.
Integrity / Intactness:
References: Author
Title
A id l E
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St Mary's of the Angels Presbytery
Oliver St, Bundarra [Uralla]
Church at Bundarara dedicated'.
Bundarra and Tingha Advocate, 9 September 1905, ‘New
Presbytery Building’
Bundarra and Tingha Advocate, 29 July 1905.
Bundarra and Tingha Advocate, 18 March 1905.
Bundarra and Tingha Advocate, 31 December 1904
Bundarra and Tingha Advocate, 14 May 1904
Bundarra and Tingha Advocate, 14 May 1904
Bundarra and Tingha Advocate, 30 April 1904.
Bundarra and Tingha Advocate, 11 July 1903.
C. Schofield
Bundarra Stepping Stone of the Gwydir
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Title
Number
Year
Peter Myers and Anna Rubbo
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Custom Field One:
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Date First Entered: 09/10/2012
Date Updated: 20/12/2012
Status: Basic
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Bundarra War Memorial
Bendemeer St, Bundarra [Uralla]
Address: Bendemeer St
DUAP Region: Northern
Suburb / Nearest Town: Bundarra
Historic region: New England
Local Govt Area: Uralla
Parish: Bundarra
State: NSW
County: Hardinge
Other/Former Names:
Area/Group/Complex:
Group ID:
Aboriginal Area: Gamilaroi (Kamilaroi)
Curtilage/Boundary:
Group: Monuments and Mem Category: War Memorial
Item Type: Built
Owner: Local Government
Code 3:
Code 2:
Admin Codes:
Current Use: War Memorial
Former Uses: War Memorial
Assessed Significance: Local
Endorsed Significance:
Statement of The Bundarra War Memorial obelisk and stone are highly important to the local Bundarra
Significance: community as demonstrated by its central location and adjoining what was once an essential
service in a rural town. This war memorial has landmark, streetscape, historical association,
aesthetic, social and representative significance. It has a historical association with all wars
in which local residents served after World War One. Social significance arises from the
qualities of service and sacrifice of those who enlisted. Construction of the memorial
provides the opportunity to conduct a research project to investigate the varied war
memorials constructed throughout New England. The war memorial is representative of the
actions of a rural community intent on construc ting a memorial to commemorate the efforts
of those who enlisted, served and lost their lives in service to the nation.
Historical Notes By July 1917, discussion had taken place in Gostwyck Shire Council concerning an obelisk in
or Provenance: the main street of Bundarra.
The war memorial was dedicated on 20 April 1918 and unveiled to the men who had enlisted
in World War One.
Themes: National Theme
4. Settlement
State Theme
Local Theme
Towns, suburbs and village War Memorial
7. Governing
Defence
War Memorial
8. Culture
Creative endeavour (Cultur War Memorial
8. Culture
Religion
War Memorial
9. Phases of Life
Events
War Memorial
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Bundarra War Memorial
Bendemeer St, Bundarra [Uralla]
Designer:
Maker / Builder: M. Hardy Narrabri, patent 12678
Year Started:
1918
Year Completed:
1918
Circa:
No
Physical Description: Obelisk records locals involved in World War One and attached to the stone are plaques to
those in World War Two. They are located in a fenced small grassed area adjoining the
Bundarra Post Office, both being on the main cross road in the centre of the village. The war
memorial is an obelisk with three polished concrete steps, a concrete plinth and a marble
centre-piece. Names appear on three plaques of polished black granite with a sword crossed
and wreath. There is a Fleur-de-lys fence in the background on two sides and a cyclone
fence on two sides. There are two large flower pots in front of the memorial.
Details of dedication:
Eastern side plaque: 'Erected by residents of Bundarra District in memory of those who
fought in the Great War 1914-1919 Roll of Honour'.
Plaque: 'We remember 2nd. Fredrick R. Forster MC Abington Bundarra killed France 1917
and all other Bundarra service personnel to whose memory the RSL Hall was built and
dedicated 1952 transferred to Pre-School December 1989'.
West side plaque: 'Dedicated to the memory of the men and women of Bundarra and District
who served Australia in times of war Lest We Forget'.
Physical Condition:
Modification Dates:
Recommended *Include on Uralla Shire Council’s Asset List
Management: *Advisable to relocate street management signage away from the primary views of the War
Memorial
Management:
Further Comments:
Criteria a) Historically demonstrates the local sentiments and reverence to local persons who fought in
international theatres of conflict.
Criteria b) The memorial has very strong local associations with 20th century war and those involved. It
has a historical association with all wars in which local residents served after World War One.
Initially it was dedicated to those who served in World War One and other areas of conflict
have been later.
Criteria c) Its location in the centre of the streetscape demonstrates the important intangible values
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attached to war commendations
Criteria d) The war memorial is an important site for annual remembrance days, Social significance also
arises from the qualities of service and sacrifice of those who enlisted.
Criteria e) A war memorial is a source of family and military history research. Construction of the
memorial provides the opportunity to conduct a research project to investigate the varied war
memorials constructed throughout New England. The war memorial is representative of the
actions of a rural community intent on construc ting a memorial to commemorate the efforts
of those who enlisted, served and lost their lives in service to the nation. It also provides the
opportunity to research the work of M. Hardy, Narrabri who constructed many memorials
throughout the New England and North West Regions.
Criteria f)
This is the only war memorial in Bundarra.
Criteria g) The war memorial is representative of the actions of a rural community intent on construc
ting a memorial to commemorate the efforts of those who enlisted, served and lost their lives
in service to the nation.
Integrity / Intactness:
References:
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Title
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Year
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Parcels:
Longitude: 151 05 00
Latitude: -30 10 00
Location validity:
Spatial Accuracy:
Map Name: Bundarra 9137
Map Scale: 1:100000
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Easting:
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Custom Field Three:
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Custom Field Six:
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Date First Entered: 09/10/2012
Date Updated: 25/12/2012
Status: Basic
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Barrakee Pise Building
383 Rose Hill Road, Arding [Uralla]
Address: 383 Rose Hill Road
DUAP Region: Northern
Suburb / Nearest Town: Arding 2358
Historic region: New England
Local Govt Area: Uralla
Parish:
State: NSW
County:
Other/Former Names:
Area/Group/Complex:
Group ID:
Aboriginal Area:
Curtilage/Boundary:
Group: Farming and Grazing Category: Other - Farming & Gra
Item Type: Built
Owner: Private - Individual
Code 3:
Code 2:
Admin Codes:
Current Use:
Former Uses:
Assessed Significance: Local
Endorsed Significance:
Statement of The Barrakee pise building demonstrates the use of locally available materials for vernacular
Significance: structures that is quickly becoming rare at a regional level. Pise construction was a popular
construction method for both shelter and to preserve food due to its stable thermal qualities.
There is a possible historic association with local pise builder Fred Rixon. Construction of this
building provides the opportunity to research the construction of pise buildings in the district.
Historical Notes Pise construction was popular in the Uralla, Rocky River, Arding and Saumarez Ponds
or Provenance: districts. Some are still standing within the Arding district. Otherwise most have decayed
through weathering and neglect. Between 1870-1910 Fred Rixon Jnr was reputedly the most
experienced pise builder in the Arding area and as the son of a goldminer he had experience
with the properties of various soil types.
Pise structures were used for housing and to preserve perishable food, such as diary
products. Pise structures retain stable internal temperatures due to their massing and
thermal qualities, which are enhanced when where combined with overhanging roofs and
verandahs.
Themes: National Theme
3. Economy
4. Settlement
State Theme
Local Theme
Agriculture
Pise building
Utilities
Pise Building
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Designer:
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Year Started:
Circa:
Year Completed:
No
Physical Description: The basic technique is to use suitable gravels and clays to ram the earth firmly between a
formwork of timber planks. The timber frame members, which were adzed smoothly, were
set in place as needed for door steps, window sills and door lintels. When the walls were
erected to the desired height a top plate was secured into the wall before a roof, usually of
round saplings, pitched off the top plate. Walls were rendered with fine sand (both inside
and out) to seal the surface and protect it from weathering, then often covered by a regularly
applied lime wash protective coating.
Physical Condition:
Modification Dates:
Recommended
Management:
Management:
Further Comments: • Encourage maintenance of outer protective coatings and using traditional techniques
Criteria a)
Criteria b) Historic associations with stable temperature control, and hence the preservation of foods,
and possibility local pise builder Fred Rixon.
Criteria c) Technically the pise building demonstrates a how previous generations sought to provide
shelter using locally available materials and where retained thermal quality throughout
varying temperature extremes assisted living conditions.
Criteria d) Noted in community studies and workshops.
Criteria e) The pise structure provides an opportunity for research into traditional and sustainable
building techniques which remain valid today, and into the provision of shelters in the
region.Construction of this building provides the opportunity to research the construction of
pise buildings in the district.
Criteria f)
Once common, pise structures are disappearing very quickly despite their continuing
sustainability factors.
Criteria g) The building is representative of the construction technique and of an era when such
buildings were both an economical and temperature controlled method of vernacular
construction.
Integrity / Intactness:
References: Author
Title
Year
Uralla Times, 2 September 1904. 'Adobe house at George
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Rixon's farm'.
The Uralla Times, 10 March 1905.
1906
Unpublished study by Local Historian Arnold Goode, 1985
Website accessed 2012 Oct: ‘Rammed earth’ from
Wikipedia free encyclopaedia.
Website: ‘Pise in Australia’ by Prof. Miles Lewis,
Melbourne University.
R. Edwards
Australian Traditional Bush Crafts.
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1975
Title
Susan Jackson - Stepowski
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Custom Field Three:
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Custom Field Six:
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Date First Entered: 09/10/2012
Date Updated: 20/12/2012
Status: Basic
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Location:
Edwardian House
?East St (near cnr Maitland St), Uralla [Uralla]
Address: ?East St (near cnr Maitland St)
DUAP Region: Northern
Suburb / Nearest Town: Uralla 2358
Historic region: New England
Local Govt Area: Uralla
Parish: Uralla
State: NSW
County: Sandon
Other/Former Names:
Area/Group/Complex:
Group ID:
Aboriginal Area: Anaiwan
Curtilage/Boundary:
Group: Residential buildings ( Category: Cottage
Item Type: Built
Owner: Private - Individual
Code 3:
Code 2:
Admin Codes:
Current Use: Private residence
Former Uses: Private residence
Assessed Significance: Local
Endorsed Significance:
Statement of A contributory Edwardian era cottage displaying typical design elements in a weatherboard
Significance: version and set in a neat garden setting.
Historical Notes
or Provenance:
Themes: National Theme
4. Settlement
State Theme
Local Theme
Accommodation (Housing) House
Designer:
Maker / Builder:
Year Started:
Year Completed:
Circa:
No
Physical Description: Double fronted asymmetrical weatherboard house with a complex roof form. Gables face
spring from below the main ridge to face the street and to the east, with barge rolls, barge
boards terminating in a decorative detail and in the apex a timber finial and decorative timber
fretwork, behind which is faux roughcast with straps and below under a decorative skillion
timber window hood are three narrow timber double hung sash windows, upper sashes with
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SHI Number
2540389
Study Number
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Item Name:
Location:
Edwardian House
?East St (near cnr Maitland St), Uralla [Uralla]
coloured multi-pane glass, and timber valance underneath. Minimal eaves and a detached
hip wrap-around verandah supported by decorative timber ensembles sitting on ‘Armidale
blue’ brick piers and balustrade, both capped in contrasting yellow bricks. Roofs clad in
corrugate profile short-sheet iron painted green. Walls are wide deep profile weatherboards.
Front door has side and fan lights and large vertical double hung sash window to the front
verandah. Established neat garden complements sitting of house. More recent downward
scalloped low timber fence of spade-headed pickets. The building is in good order and well
maintained
Physical Condition:
Modification Dates:
Recommended * good colour scheme would greatly enhance presentation
Management:
Management:
Further Comments:
Criteria a)
Criteria b)
Criteria c) Aesthetically a contributory Edwardian era cottage
Criteria d) Noted by the community is studies
Criteria e)
Criteria f)
Criteria g) Good representative Edwardian style using weatherboards
Integrity / Intactness:
References:
Studies: Author
Title
Susan Jackson - Stepowski
Number
Part 2 - Uralla Community Based Heritage
Study - Inventory
Year
2012
Parcels:
Longitude: 151 30 00
Latitude: -30 39 00
Location validity:
Spatial Accuracy:
Map Name: Bendemeer 9136
AMG Zone:
Map Scale: 1:100000
Easting:
Northing:
Listings:
Custom Field One:
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2540389
Study Number
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Item Name:
SHI Number
Edwardian House
?East St (near cnr Maitland St), Uralla [Uralla]
Custom Field One:
Custom Field Two:
Custom Field Three:
Custom Field Four:
Custom Field Five:
Custom Field Six:
Data Entry:
Date First Entered: 09/10/2012
Date Updated: 28/12/2012
Status: Basic
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Item Name:
Location:
SHI Number
2540389
Study Number
Edwardian House
?East St (near cnr Maitland St), Uralla [Uralla]
Image/s:
Caption:
Copyright:
Image by: SJS
Image Date: 1/09/2012
Image Number:
Image Path:
Image File: 2540389b1.jpg
Thumb Nail Path:
Thumb Nail File: 2540389b1.jpg
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Item Name:
Location:
SHI Number
2540389
Study Number
Edwardian House
?East St (near cnr Maitland St), Uralla [Uralla]
Image/s:
Caption:
Copyright:
Image by: SJS
Image Date: 1/09/2012
Image Number:
Image Path:
Image File: 2540389b2.jpg
Thumb Nail Path:
Thumb Nail File: 2540389b2.jpg
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SHI Number
2540390
Study Number
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Item Name:
Location:
Victorian Worker's Cottage
4 Everett St, Uralla [Uralla]
Address: 4 Everett St
DUAP Region: Northern
Suburb / Nearest Town: Uralla 2358
Historic region: New England
Local Govt Area: Uralla
Parish: Uralla
State: NSW
County: Sandon
Other/Former Names:
Area/Group/Complex:
Group ID:
Aboriginal Area: Anaiwan
Curtilage/Boundary:
Group: Residential buildings ( Category: Cottage
Item Type: Built
Owner: Private - Individual
Code 3:
Code 2:
Admin Codes:
Current Use: Private Residence
Former Uses: Private Residence
Assessed Significance: Local
Endorsed Significance:
Statement of This cottage has landmark, streetscape, social, rarity and representative significance. It is an
Significance: excellent and scarce example of a modest weatherboard worker's cottage with rear portions,
all of which continues to be highly evocative and understood by its retained forms and
elements. Social significance arises from the continued use of the cottage as a private
residence. The cottage is represenative of the diversity of architectural forms that can be
found in Uralla.
Historical Notes Such cottages were occupied by those employed on the railways, shunting yards, mills and
or Provenance: local industries. This cottage is an integral part of the history of Uralla
Themes: National Theme
4. Settlement
State Theme
Local Theme
Accommodation (Housing) House
Designer:
Maker / Builder:
Year Started:
Year Completed:
Circa:
No
Physical Description: A simple weatherboard structure which is arranged in four sections. The street facing portion
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Location:
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4 Everett St, Uralla [Uralla]
is symmetrical one room deep structure with a low pitch hip roof and detached hip front
verandah supported by simple and unadorned timber posts. On either side of a central front
door are four pane timber sash windows set within the weatherboard profile. A large external
brick chimney is on north side. To its rear on the south side is a gable roof connection, also
with a brick chimney and a skillion roof section on the north side. At the back is another
smaller hip roof structure with a large brick external chimney on the northern side. Typically
there is an original detached kitchen All roofs have minimal eaves and are clad in corrugated
profile metal with traditional ridge cappings. It is well maintained and in good condition.
Modifications: front verandah is now in concrete
Physical Condition:
Modification Dates: Modifications: front verandah is now in concrete
Recommended
Management:
Management:
Further Comments:
Criteria a)
Criteria b)
Criteria c) The cottage, and its various sections, immediately communicates its origins and history. It is
highly contributory on the streetscape and to the Uralla township
Criteria d) Social significance arises from the continued use of the cottage as a private residence.
Criteria e)
Criteria f)
This is a local scarce example of a modest worker's cottage which still retains its original
form.
Criteria g) The cottage is represenative of the diversity of architectural forms that can be found in Uralla.
Integrity / Intactness:
References:
Studies: Author
Title
Susan Jackson - Stepowski
Number
Part 2 - Uralla Community Based Heritage
Study - Inventory
Year
2012
Parcels:
Longitude: 151 30 00
Latitude: -30 39 00
Location validity:
Spatial Accuracy:
Map Name: Bendemeer 9136
Map Scale: 1:100000
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Item Name:
Location:
Victorian Worker's Cottage
4 Everett St, Uralla [Uralla]
AMG Zone:
Easting:
Northing:
Listings:
Custom Field One:
Custom Field Two:
Custom Field Three:
Custom Field Four:
Custom Field Five:
Custom Field Six:
Data Entry:
Date First Entered: 09/10/2012
Date Updated: 28/12/2012
Status: Basic
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Item Name:
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SHI Number
2540390
Study Number
Victorian Worker's Cottage
4 Everett St, Uralla [Uralla]
Image/s:
Caption:
Copyright:
Image by: SJS
Image Date: 1/09/2012
Image Number:
Image Path:
Image File: 2540390b1.jpg
Thumb Nail Path:
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Item Name:
Location:
SHI Number
2540390
Study Number
Victorian Worker's Cottage
4 Everett St, Uralla [Uralla]
Image/s:
Caption:
Copyright:
Image by: SJS
Image Date: 1/09/2012
Image Number:
Image Path:
Image File: 2540390b2.jpg
Thumb Nail Path:
Thumb Nail File: 2540390b2.jpg
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