YORK HERITAGE TRAIL
PART ONE
Name____________________________________________
Date_______________________________
Start at the OLD GAOL & COURTHOUSE in the main street
Questions are in approximate order as you walk.
1.
What two letters appear over the centre of the entrance of the Courthouse? _______________
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2.
What do the letters stand for? ___________________________________________________
Walk towards the corner of Macartney St
3.
Name two of the aboriginal weapons that are shown on the front upper storey of the York
Cooperative Store.
Now walk back past the Courthouse
4.
What year was York first settled? _______________________________________________
5.
What is the name of the main street in York? ______________________________________
6.
What type of Greek architectural 'column' is the old Motor
Museum petrol bowser made to resemble?
7.
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What colour is the 'apron' under the Motor Museum window?
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8.
On the opposite side of the street what shop has an egg-and-dart frieze above the verandah
roofline?
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9.
What name is featured under the corner 'broken' pediment of the Castle Hotel? ____________
10.
What is the name of an early York chemist on an advertisement on Galileo's Old Pharmacy Shop?
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11.
Give the title and author of any book about York for sale in Galileo's Old Pharmacy?
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Now turn right into South Street
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The Roman Catholic Church in York is dedicated to a Saint. What is his name?
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13.
What country is the above saint especially associated with?______________________
14.
What sort of window is high up on the front facade of the Roman Catholic Church?
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15.
The old Convent School built in 1873 now has another use. What is this use?
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16.
What interesting old building adjoins the Catholic church grounds in Howick st?
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17.
What brick bond is the Chapel of the Old Convent painted to resemble?
Describe it if you do not know what it is called.
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Walk to the Railway Station
18.
What year did the Railway come to York?
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Walk left into Joaquina Street
19.
How many points on the St John's Ambulance Star? ____________________________
20.
What type of Greek 'columns' are on either side of the Town Hall entrance?
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WHEN YOU HAVE REACHED THIS FAR ASK FOR A COMPLIMENTARY POSTCARD FROM THE
YORK VISITORS CENTRE
YORK HERITAGE TRAIL
PART TWO
Name __________________________________________ Date _________________________________________
Start from the Town Hall, walking north along the main street.
1.
What sort of numerals are on the clock in the facade of the Town Hall?_______________________
2.
York is Western Australia's o_______________ i_______________ town.
3.
What date was the Imperial Inn founded?_______________________________________________
4.
Next to the Imperial Inn is a building. What was it used for in earlier days?
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5.
In the garden of the Old Pharmacy can you name the straggly eucalypt that has large grey leaves?
Or any other of the eucalypt species there? _____________________________________________
6.
What two chemists' implements are on the top of the Old Pharmacy?
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7.
When was the Old Pharmacy built? ___________________________________________________
Turn right and cross the main street and head towards the river.
8.
What is the name of the river? _______________________________________________________
9.
What main river does the water that flows through York flow into? ___________________________
10.
What W.A.G.R.(West Australian Government Railways) number is on Yorky's Coffee Carriage low
down near the serving counter? ______________________________________________________
11.
What is the very old fruit-bearing plant growing near the Tennis Club house? _________________
12.
There is a sporting club that uses mallets and hoops. When was it founded in York? ____________
Turn left into Janet Millet Lane and follow the curve to the right to The Holy Trinity Church
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13.
What sort of doorway is used for the entrance to the church? ______________________
14.
An octave of tuned bells hangs in the Holy Trinity bell tower.
How many are there?______________________________________________________
15.
How many round windows with stained glass are in Holy Trinity Church? _____________
Head back to the river and go across the suspension bridge
16.
Name the firm that did the reconstruction of the Swinging Bridge ___________________
17.
When you look back across the river to the church, what flag can you see
flying on the Holy Trinity Church?_____________________________________________
Walk straight up to the main street
18.
What church do you see on the corner on your right? ______________________________
Turn left and head back to the main shopping precinct
19.
What is found down Harvey Street directly opposite Kookaburra Dream Backpackers?
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20.
What was the building now occupied by Kookaburra's Dream Backpackers previously used for?
(Photos will be in the window)
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FREE POSTCARD AVAILABLE INSIDE KOOKABURRAS IF THE OFFICE IS ATTENDED.
21.
In what year was the foundation stone of the Old Courthouse laid?___________________
YOU HAVE REACHED THE END OF THE TRAIL. YOU DESERVE ANOTHER STAMP.
If the Courthouse is open (7 Days 10am - 4pm) ask them for the centenary stamp.
OR if the Post Office is open, ask for the York Heritage cancelling stamp.
YORK HERITAGE TRAIL - PART ONE
ANSWERS
1. VR
2. Victoria Regina (Queen Victoria)
3. Boomerang, spear, woomera
4. 1831
5. Avon Terrace
6. Ionic
7. Green
8. Jule's Shoppe
9. Craig
10. O.H. Sargent
11. "The Four Julia's" by Susan Ovens Groom, "York, Its Horse and Heydays" by Laurie Davies,
“Aborgines of the York Area” by Sylvia J. Hallam, “The Road to York” by Frank Parker, or anything
else you can discover.
12. St Patrick
13. Ireland
14. Gothic trefoil window
15. The Ragged Robin Restaurant
16. The Old York Primary School
17. Flemish Bond brickwork
18. 1885
19. 8 points
20. Corinthian (also accept combination of ionic and Corinthian -composite)
YORK HERITAGE TRAIL - PART TWO
ANSWERS
1. Roman numerals
2. Oldest inland
3. 1886
4. St John's Ambulance
5. Eucalyptus macrocarpa
6. Mortar and pestle
7.1904
8. Avon
9. Swan
10. Number Zs 550 (other letters S SO NF)
11. Grapevine (This area used to be part of the garden of the Castle Hotel)
12. 1909
13. Roman arched doorway
14. Eight
15. Three
16. John Holland Constructions Pty Ltd
17. Flag of St George
18. Church of Christ
19. Loder's Antiques or corner building formerly Bank of Australasia and funeral parlour.
20. Dinsdale's Store, Shirt Manufacturers, Leather and shoes OR Mrs Pyke’s Temperance Hotel
21. 1895
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