NEWCASTLE POLICE STABLE RUINS, TOODYAY
1973Black and white photograph of Newcastle Police Stable ruins opposite the Newcastle Gaol Museum before restoration c1973.
Building roofless and grounds ill-kempt.
These stables replaced earlier wooden stables that were burnt in 1890. They seemed to have remained in use by the Newcastle (later re-named Toodyay) Police until around the mid-1950s. As motor vehicles took of the role of the horse it is likely the stables became more of a storage facility.
Around 1956, after a severe storm, the roof of the stables was removed as it was declared unsafe. Over the next two decades, the walls further deteriorated with storm damage and also as a result of the 1968 Meckering earthquake.
In 1974 it was resolved to use a portion of a recently allocated National Estate grand on several projects including the repair of the stables, which by this time was in poor condition.
The restoration of the stables was completed in 1977.
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Nearest geotagged records:
- OLD POLICE STABLES (RUINS) (0.02km away)
- RE-BUILDING WICKLOW SHEARING SHED (0.04km away)
- NEWCASTLE GAOL RUINS, C1960/61 (0.04km away)
- NEWCASTLE GAOL IN EARLY STAGES OF RESTORATION (0.05km away)
- OPENING OF THE OLD GAOL MUSEUM, TOODYAY 1962 (0.05km away)
- RAISING FLAG AT OLD GAOL MUSEUM, TOODYAY (0.05km away)
- REPAIR WORK TO OLD GAOL, TOODYAY (0.05km away)
- NEWCASTLE GAOL WHILE A PRIVATE RESIDENCE, IMAGE REVERSED (0.06km away)
- OPENING OF OLD GAOL MUSEUM (NEWCASTLE GAOL) 1962 (0.07km away)
- PHOTO ON CARD, OLD GAOL MUSEUM, TOODYAY (0.07km away)
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