Woorinen Memorial Hall

Chillingollah Rd (corner North-South Road) WOORINEN, SWAN HILL RURAL CITY

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Woorinen Memorial Hall, 2001

Statement of Significance

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  • Physical Description 1

    Woorinen Memorial Hall - Physical Description 1

    The Woorinen Memorial Hall is a single-storey building consisting of a hall, with an L-shaped addition extending along two sides. The main hall has a gabled roof clad in corrugated galvanised steel with timber lined eaves and cylindrical metal vents along the ridge. The exposed side and rear walls are clad in ripple iron, with Masonite sheeting to the front gable end. The side wall has four timber-framed multi-paned hopper sash windows with fixed sash fanlights above. The L-shaped wing has a skillion tray-deck roof and cement sheet cladding to the walls. At the corner is a recessed porch, shielded by a steel-framed porte-cochere with a tray-deck skillion roof.

    Internally, the main hall has a canted ceiling with metal tie rods, and large circular vents with quatrefoil grilles. Walls are clad with radiata pine panelling, and there is a polished timber floor. At one end of the room is the stage, which has a splayed proscenium and heavy red drapes. At the opposite end is a large timber honour board, dating from the post-World War Two era. The attached L-shaped wing contains kitchen and toilet facilities.

    Physical Conditions

    Woorinen Memorial Hall - Physical Conditions

    Good

    Intactness

    Woorinen Memorial Hall - Intactness

    Fair

    Historical Australian Themes

    Woorinen Memorial Hall - Historical Australian Themes

    Thematic Environmental History

    9.2 Building of towns
    13.5 Halls
    13.6 The Wars
    13.7 Leisure

    Veterans Description for Public

    Woorinen Memorial Hall - Veterans Description for Public

    The Woorinen Memorial Hall, on the corner of Chillingollah and North-South Roads, was erected in 1926 as a war memorial and RSL clubroom. The hall has served continuously as an important focus for social and community activity in Woorinen for over seventy years. Land was donated by a local resident and the hall itself was constructed, on a purely voluntary basis, by the returned servicemen themselves. Its association with returned servicemen is particularly significant in the context of Woorinen's initial development as a soldier settlement in the immediate post-First World War period. During the 1930s and '40s, it served as the venue for the Digger's Ball, an annual alcohol-free event. Today the hall continues to be used for a wide variety of community activities.

    Heritage Study and Grading

    Heritage Study and Grading

    Swan Hill Rural - Rural City Of Swan Hill Heritage Study Stage 2

    Author: Allom Lovell and Associates
    Year: 2001
    Grading: B

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