Werai takes new home

Moulamein Heritage Committee

The Werai stables reconstruction is reaching for the sky. The historic 170-year-old stables were taken down from the Bishop’s ‘Werai’ station in 2020, and are now being rebuilt in a prime position in the Moulamein Heritage Village.

The stables are an imposing building, which will complement the existing Jeraly wool shed and Dhuragoon school buildings.

The pine roof rafters are all in place and the newly milled redgum batons have been attached to the roof rafters. The batons, made of local redgum, are replacing the old batons, which were damaged, brittle and warped. The old, corrugated iron sheets have been attached to the roof.

This challenging heritage building project has been made possible by significant funding from FRRR (the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal). Moulamein Community Development Incorporated received $149,000 to complete stage two of the Moulamein Heritage Village.

Once the stables are complete, we will move to dismantle the Moolpa blacksmiths shop and reconstruct that historic local farm building on the heritage village site, according to group president, Drew Harris.

‘We are grateful to Mitch Redfearn’s enthusiastic and hardworking building team comprising Robbie Main, Danny O'Farrell, Dave De Jong and Josh Mansfield, for their commitment to giving these stables a new lease of life,’ said Drew.