| LOCATION |
| Map |
Show Map
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| Address |
NULLARBOR PLAIN |
| Locality |
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| Accuracy |
L - low level confidence |
| Council Area |
Land Not Within a Council Area (Eyre) |
| Polygon Type |
P - parcel (from DCDB) |
| DESCRIPTION |
| Details (Known As) |
Koonalda Homestead Complex (including homestead, petrol outlet and generator room, outbuilding, shearers' hut, shearing shed, yards and sheep dip), Nullarbor Wilderness Protection Area |
| Registered Name |
Koonalda Homestead Complex |
| Significance |
Koonalda Station was South Australia's most western pastoral property for 50 years under a lease to the Gurney family. It became part of the Nullarbor National Park in 1989 and is presently managed by National Parks and Wildlife SA. The homestead complex at Koonalda is of high heritage value as a remote dry land pastoral property relying totally on water from Koonalda Cave for stock survival.
The structures at the homestead are vernacular buildings designed for functional use in a harsh climate and constructed from basic, often reused materials, such as railway sleepers and demolition material. Easily transported components such as corrugated galvanised iron, timber and bagged cement were also used. The railway sleeper structures are important buildings and contribute to the understanding of the State's diversity of environment and are rare examples of World War Two construction in the Outback. They yield information which contributes to an understanding of South Australia's history, particularly in the way people found solutions to transporting construction materials over vast distances to remote locations.
Associated with the buildings of the Koonalda Homestead Complex are various ephemeral items which are an important part of the heritage significance of this isolated sheep station. Some of these pieces of equipment are indicative of the resourcefulness of the Gurney family to re-use materials, such as the many car bodies scattered near the station buildings. Other objects include various types of petrol pumps and car stickers, which relate to Koonalda being a major petrol outlet on the old Eyre Highway from the 1950s to the 1970s. |
| Subject Index |
Farming and grazing - Homestead Complex; Transport (Road) - Service Station; Farming and grazing - Sheep Wash; Farming and grazing - Shearers Quarters; Farming and grazing - Shearing Shed |
| Class |
State |
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| STATUS |
| Status Code |
REG - Confirmed as a State Heritage Place in the SA Heritage Register |
| Status Date |
12-OCT-1995 |
| REFERENCE |
| LGA |
Unincorporated SA |
| State Heritage ID |
14248 |
| Heritage Number |
2 |
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| SECTION 16 INFORMATION |
| Section 16 |
a - it demonstrates important aspects of the evolution or pattern of the State's history
b - it has rare, uncommon or endangered qualities that are of cultural significance
d - it is an outstanding representative of a particular class of place of cultural significance
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| PLAN PARCEL & TITLE |
| As listed in the SA Heritage Register |
| Plan Parcel & Title Information |
CR 6189/437 D113589 Q32 |