THE historic 170-year-old Werai stables, taken down from the Bishops’ Werai Station in 2020, are now being rebuilt in a prime position in the Moulamein Heritage Village.
The stables form 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 the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal.
Moulamein Community Development Incorporated has received $149,000 to complete stage 2 of the Moulamein Heritage Village.
President Drew Harris said once the stables were complete the group would move to dismantle the Moolpa blacksmith’s shop and reconstruct the historic local farm building on the heritage village site.
“We are grateful to Mitch Redfearn’s enthusiastic and hard-working 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.”
