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Council Meeting Held on 19/11/2020 P305 Daniel Holland / 6552 4185 Sam Mastrolembo Chief Executive Officer Shire of Broome PO Box 44 BROOME WA 6725 [email protected] Dear Mr Mastrolembo P305 Wallal Downs Station Group, 56 Great Northern Highway, Eighty Mile Beach The above place was entered in the State Register of Heritage Places on an interim basis on 9 May 1992 under the Heritage of Western Australia Act 1990. The Heritage Act 2018, which came into effect on 1 July 2019, now requires registration of Wallal Downs Station Group to be finalised. The Heritage Council recently considered the updated draft assessment for Wallal Downs Station Group, including a proposed statement of significance, and an amended curtilage, and resolved that: • the place is of cultural heritage significance in terms of the Heritage Act 2018; • the place makes an important contribution to understanding the heritage of Western Australia as detailed in the draft proposed statement of cultural heritage significance (draft statement) in the draft register entry; and, • stakeholders should be consulted on the proposal to finalise registration with an amended area to be entered in the register. As the relevant local government authority for the above place, I am therefore seeking your written comments on the proposal to finalise registration of Wallal Downs Station Group with an amended curtilage. The register entry will be based on the three enclosed documents: • Draft assessment documentation, including statement of significance • HCWA Curtilage Map – showing the area of land that was registered in 1992, and the amended area that is now proposed for the finalised registration • HCWA Zones of significance – showing the level of significance of the various areas. Please make your submission using the attached form. If you would like to provide additional comments or information, these can be submitted in a separate attachment. Please send your submission to the Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage by post, or email [email protected] by Friday 30 October 2020. Please note that the owner and responsible agency listed on page one of the assessment documentation have also been asked to comment on the amendment and proposal to finalise registration. Under the Heritage of Western Australia Act 1990, local governments were also invited to attend the meeting of the Heritage Council when registration was considered and became a voting member for the purposes of that item. Please note that the Heritage Act 2018 does not contain a similar provision. When all stakeholder comments have been received, the documentation will be presented to the Heritage Council which will consider whether to recommend registration under the Heritage Act 2018, with an amended curtilage, to the Minister for Heritage. Further information about the role of the Heritage Council and the implications of registration, can be found on the Department’s website, in the State Register of Heritage Places and the Guide to Developing Heritage Places brochures. If you would like more time to consider the documentation, or to discuss the proposed amendment and finalisation of registration, please contact Senior Land Information Officer Moss Wilson at the Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage on (08) 6552 4185 or via the above email. Daniel would also be happy to meet with you to discuss the proposal to finalise registration for Wallal Downs Station Group. We look forward to hearing from you. Yours sincerely Hon. John Cowdell AM Chair Enc. 11 September 2020 140 William Street Perth Tel (08) 6551 8002 [email protected] TO: DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING, LANDS AND HERITAGE (HERITAGE & PROPERTY SERVICES) FROM: SHIRE OF BROOME RE: REGISTER OF HERITAGE PLACES DATE: I/We refer to your letter of 11 September 2020, advising that the finalisation of registration with an amended curtilage for the following place is to be considered: P305 Wallal Downs Station Group As an interested party for the above place, I/We____________________ (applicable box) support the proposed amendment and registration have no comment to make on the proposal do not support the proposed amendment and registration other_____________________________________________ Please provide comments here or attach a separate submission I agree for other stakeholders to be advised of my position Signed: Name: Position: REGISTER OF HERITAGE PLACES DRAFT – Register Entry 1. DATA BASE No. 305 2. NAME Wallal Downs Station Group 3. LOCATION 56 Great Northern Highway, Eighty Mile Beach 4. DESCRIPTION OF PLACE INCLUDED IN THIS ENTRY Portion of Lot 56 on Deposited Plan 240321 being part of Reserve 9697 and being part of the land contained in Crown Land Title Volume LR3127 Folio 125. 5. LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA Shire of Broome 6 CURRENT OWNER Nyangumarta People (Indigenous Land User Agreement: Registered 24/01/2011) State of Western Australia (Responsible Agency: Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage) Grenliegh Pty Ltd (Pastoral Lease) 7. HERITAGE LISTINGS • Register of Heritage Places: Interim 09/05/1992 • National Trust Classification: Classified 05/06/1984 • Town Planning Scheme: ---------------- • Municipal Inventory: Adopted 30/06/1996 • Register of the National Estate: Indicative ---------------- • Aboriginal Sites Register ---------------- 8. ORDERS UNDER SECTION OF THE ACT ----------------- 9. HERITAGE AGREEMENT ----------------- 10. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE Wallal Downs Station Group, comprising the limestone, weatherboard and iron Homestead (1900, 1929), Cottage (former Married Quarters) (c. 1952), three Stone Register of Heritage Places Wallal Downs Station Group 1 Place Assessed: May 1992; February 2016 Documentation amended: February 2016; April 2016; May 2019 Water Tanks (1922) and a stone Aqueduct (1922), Grave of pastoralist Geoffrey Wyndham, at least four known Burial Sites of Nyangumarta people, as well as archaeological remnants associated with earlier stone buildings and single quarters (c.1900, 1920), has cultural heritage significance for the following reasons: the place was the site of an internationally important scientific expedition to observe the 1922 total solar eclipse. The data recorded at Wallal Downs Station was at that time the most accurate measured and was pivotal in confirming Albert Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity; the Homestead, Stone Tanks, Aqueduct and the ruins of the old stone house were built by a successful syndicate of World War I ex-servicemen as part of the Soldier Settlement Scheme; the place reflects the fear of Japanese invasion during World War II, particularly in the isolated North-West; the place hosted Dutch refugees who landed in Dornier Flying Boats at Eighty Mile Beach having fled the Japanese invasion of Java; the place has the potential to contain archaeological deposits or artefacts that can provide information that can contribute to the understanding of rural life during the 19th century; the place was home to many Nyangumarta people who lived and worked at the Station over many years, and has social value for their families and descendants for whom the station is located on Native Title land; the place is a representative example of the transition of farming stations from running sheep to cattle in the state’s north west during the mid- twentieth century; The swimming pool, Kitchen/Office, ablutions block, new single quarters, generator shed and ancillary metal sheds are of little cultural heritage significance. Register of Heritage Places Wallal Downs Station Group 2 Place Assessed: May 1992; February 2016 Documentation amended: February 2016; April 2016; May 2019 REGISTER OF HERITAGE PLACES DRAFT – Assessment Documentation 11. ASSESSMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE SIGNIFICANCE Cultural heritage significance means aesthetic, historic, scientific, social or spiritual value for individuals or groups within Western Australia. In determining cultural heritage significance, the Heritage Council has had regard to the factors in the Heritage Act 2018 and the indicators adopted on 14 June 2019. PRINCIPAL AUSTRALIAN HISTORIC THEME(S) • 3.5 Developing primary production • 3.9 Farming for commercial profit • 3.16 Struggling with remoteness, hardship and failure • 5.8 Working on the land • 8.10.5 Advancing knowledge in science and technology • 8.14 Living in the country and rural settlements HERITAGE COUNCIL OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA THEME(S) • 106 Workers (Aboriginal) • 107 Settlements • 301 Grazing, pastoralism and dairying • 402 Education and science • 501 World wars and other wars 11(a) Importance in demonstrating the evolution or pattern of Western Australia’s history Wallal Downs Station Group hosted an important international scientific observation expedition to test Albert Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity during the 1922 total solar eclipse. The data recorded here was at that time the most accurate measured. Wallal Downs Station Group hosted a group of Dutch refugees fleeing Japanese attack during World War II. The evacuation of refugees, women and children from the place demonstrates the isolation and fear of Japanese invasion and attack felt by pastoralists northwest coast of Western Australia during World War II. Register of Heritage Places Wallal Downs Station Group 3 Place Assessed: May 1992; February 2016 Documentation amended: February 2016; April 2016; May 2019 Wallal Downs Station Group is associated with the pastoral settlement of the Kimberley region of Western Australia, and in particular the successful management of a Kimberley station by returned servicemen from the World War I. 11(b) Importance
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