Yass Junction Railway Station group

Item details


Name of item:	Yass Junction Railway Station group
Type of item:	Complex / Group
Group/Collection:	Transport - Rail
Category:	Railway Platform/ Station
Location:	Lat: -34.8090510415 Long: 148.9152492550
Primary address:	Main Southern railway, Yass, NSW 2582
Local govt. area:	Yass Valley
Local Aboriginal Land Council:	Onerwal

Property description

Lot/Volume Code	Lot/Volume Number	Section Number	Plan/Folio Code	Plan/Folio Number
LOT	1		DP	1188321

Boundary:

The listing boundary is the fence line behind the buildings on the north side running east west, the road frontage to the south running east west, to the west a line approximately 10 metres to the west of the platform running north south and to the east a line running north south 10m beyond the perway shed.

All addresses

Street Address	Suburb/town	LGA	Parish	County	Type
Main Southern railway	Yass	Yass Valley			Primary Address

Owner/s

Organisation Name	Owner Category	Date Ownership Updated
TAHE - Sydney Trains	State Government	20 Nov 98

Statement of significance:


	Yass Junction is an important site with the earliest surviving station building on the main southern railway (though altered). The site illustrates the changes from early construction with single track operation to duplication and the need for a second platform with additional facilities including refreshment rooms. These facilities in a remote location indicated concern by the railways to provide a modicum of redress to the citizens of Yass when engineering difficulties meant their town was to be by-passed by the southern railway. The site is signficant because of the group of buildings including signal box, footbridge, station buildings and residence.
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Description

Physical description:

BUILDINGS
station buildings RNE
- No 1 type 11, brick duplication building with refreshment room,1914
- No 2 type 1, brick, 1876, combined station building and residence, 2 storey with additions in 1891 and 1902
signal box - timber hipped roof,1915, RNE
residence - for station officer, weatherboard 1902, RNE
STRUCTURES
platform faces - brick and awning and platform for branch, 1891, RNE
pedestrian footbridge - steel connecting platforms, RNE

Assessment of significance


SHR Criteria f) [Rarity]	This item is assessed as historically rare. This item is assessed as arch. rare. This item is assessed as socially rare.
Assessment criteria:	Items are assessed against the State Heritage Register (SHR) Criteria to determine the level of significance. Refer to the Listings below for the level of statutory protection.

Procedures /Exemptions

Section of act	Description	Title	Comments	Action date
57(2)	Exemption to allow work	Standard Exemptions	HERITAGE ACT 1977 ORDER UNDER SECTION 57(2) TO GRANT STANDARD EXEMPTIONS FROM APPROVAL I, Penny Sharpe, the Minister for Heritage, on the recommendation of the Heritage Council of New South Wales and under section 57(2) of the Heritage Act 1977: revoke the order made on 2 June 2022 and published in the Government Gazette Number 262 of 17 June 2022; and grant an exemption from section 57(1) of the Act in respect of the engaging in or carrying out the class of activities described in clause 2 Schedule A in such circumstances specified by the relevant standards in clause 2 Schedule A and General Conditions in clause 3 Schedule A. This Order takes effect on the date it is published in the NSW Government Gazette. Dated this 29th day of October 2025 The Hon Penny Sharpe MLC Minister for Heritage For more information on standard exemptions click on the link below.	Nov 7 2025

Standard exemptions for engaging in or carrying out activities / works otherwise prohibited by section 57(1) of the Heritage Act 1977

Listings

Heritage Listing	Listing Title	Listing Number	Gazette Date	Gazette Number	Gazette Page
Heritage Act - State Heritage Register		01291	02 Apr 99	27	1546
Heritage Act - s.170 NSW State agency heritage register

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Data source


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Name:	Heritage NSW
Database number:	5012294

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