Tardun - Former Agricultural College
Australia / Tardun, Western Australia
Location ID: #10157681
The small town of Tardun is located in the northern agricultural region, 140km east of Geraldton, 427km north of Perth and 41km south east of Mullewa along the Mullewa to Wongan Hills railway line.
The property is Heritage Listed with multiple buildings on two titles covering a total area of 481Ha and was previously utilised for accommodation and educational purposes. While operating as an Agricultural College between 1926-2008, the College comprised a large residence with dormitory style accommodation for approximately 70 people and included bathrooms and laundry facilities.
When fully operational facilities included:
• dormitory style accommodation for approximately 120 people and included bathrooms and laundry facilities
• a meat processing plant
• butcher
• bakery
• machine workshop
• metal workshop
• carpentry workshop
• stables
• vegetable gardens
• orchard
• horse paddocks
• cattle farm
• church
Some of these facilities could easily be reinstated.
Recreational facilities included:
• 25m Swimming Pool
• Football and Cricket Oval.
Tardun is a 4.5 hour drive north of Perth or a 1.5 hour drive east of Geraldton. Geraldton is a 1 hour flight north of Perth.
Location Category:
- HOUSING - *;
- HOUSING - Farmhouses / Rural;
- HOUSING - Period Homes / Historic;
- SCHOOLS / UNIVERSITIES - *;
- SCHOOLS / UNIVERSITIES - Historic Schoolhouses