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Cultural Heritage 

The Workshops site represents the most intact example of an early 20th Century railway workshop in Australia. As such, it is celebrated for its sheer scale as an industrial complex with a collection of significant buildings, machinery, tools and site features.

The Workshops precinct gains much of its character from the distinctive architectural heritage of its industrial, administration and ancillary buildings. These are connected by a network of roads, railway tracks, open spaces and landscape elements.

It is also a place with deep connections to the local community. The Workers’ Wall was erected on the site boundary in a public work of art that uses bricks inscribed with the names of former workers. It pays tribute to the thousands of Western Australians who wove the rich social history of the site.

Many stories abound that add significant cultural and historical detail of the site. These will all be told in The Workshops development in a number of proposed locations, including an interpretive centre, walk trails, interpretive signage panels and public art.

The Workshops will also incorporate existing features and places of significance such as the Peace Memorial (commemorating workers who fell during two World Wars), the Flagpole and the Water Tank. The former shunting yards will be celebrated as the Square, and pieces of original machinery will be restored and remain on site as heritage artworks.

The Heritage Council of Western Australia regards the former Railway Workshops as a heritage icon of Western Australia.