Railway Station Platform & Buildings

Item details

Name of item: Railway Station Platform & Buildings
Type of item: Built
Group/Collection: Transport - Rail
Category: Railway Platform/ Station
Primary address: Railway Reserve between Victoria & Polaris Sts, Temora, NSW 2666
Parish: Bundawarrah - Temora
County: Bland.
Local govt. area: Temora
All addresses
Street AddressSuburb/townLGAParishCountyType
Railway Reserve between Victoria & Polaris StsTemoraTemoraBundawarrah - TemoraBland.Primary Address

Statement of significance:

Related items are co-located in the vicinity, while they retain their original character and are valued by the community.
Date significance updated: 09 Jun 11
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Description

Physical description: A brick structure, with a reversed curved verandah across the eastern façade. It has a corrugated iron, single hipped roof, with a verandah extending over the platform area.

History

Historical notes: The railway line from Cootamundra came through to Temora, opening here on 1st September, 1893. (The distance being 304 miles, 2 chains, 49 links or 489.290 km from Sydney, and 958 ft. or 291.9 m altitude, measurements at the rail, centre of the platform). The line was interlocked on 4th March, 1915. F type level crossing lights were etablished on the Junee Road crossing on 9th January, 1969. The Gillespie and Pardey's Mill siding was opened in 1909. The Shell Siding came into operation in 1926. The railway station took its name from the local property and town, named by Mr. J. D. Macansh in 1848 after a castle called "Temora" in one of Ossian's epic poems. One item within the yard is the bagged wheat shed, later to become the barley shed. This was built in 1905 to hold 30,000 bags of wheat, and was extended in 1907. Its erection was largely due to Mr. J.J. Donnelly, a prominent grain mechant of the Temora district, who came to Temora in 1893, and in 1904 had begun exporting grain to London. This trade he carried on successfully, included sending 202,000 bags of Temora wheat to London in 1907.

Historic themes

Australian theme (abbrev)New South Wales themeLocal theme
3. Economy-Developing local, regional and national economies Transport-Activities associated with the moving of people and goods from one place to another, and systems for the provision of such movements (none)-

Listings

Heritage ListingListing TitleListing NumberGazette DateGazette NumberGazette Page
Local Environmental PlanTemora Local Environmental Plan 2010I10611 Jun 10   
Heritage study     

Study details

TitleYearNumberAuthorInspected byGuidelines used
Temora Shire Community based Heritage Study2003 David Scobie Architects Pty Ltd  Yes
S170 Heritage Register Study0 State Rail Authority of NSW  Yes

References, internet links & images

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Data source

The information for this entry comes from the following source:
Name: Local Government
Database number: 2480074

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