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By Kathryn DissPosted June 29, 2011 20:16:00 It is a station that played a key role in discovering which sheep breed would provide prime export lambs and also came up with the variety of barley still being grown today.
Researchers at the Avondale station not only cultivated new crops, they also developed vaccines for cattle diseases, experimented with sustainable farming practices and discovered which plant species were toxic and how to combat them.
The Avondale research station was established on the outskirts of Beverley during the 1920's by the state's Department of Agriculture.
Robin Goulder worked on the Wheatlbelt farm for 12 years, beginning as a plant breeding technician during the 1950's.
He says it played a significant role in developing the state's agriculture industry.
"It was very important; it offered pedigree seed production and a range of research plots which were required for testing commercial crop strains such as flax, linseed, barley and wheat," he said.
"On top of that we crossbred different varieties which is also important because we discovered many new strains, including the variety of barley which is still used today, more than 40 years later."
The achievements are being documented by the National Trust of WA which has launched an oral history initiative.
Trust historian Kate Gregory says the initiative is the first of its kind.
"We're holding a number of workshops in the community to assist them in the process of recording, storing and collecting their memories of the Avondale station," she said.
The station was home to number of significant farming breakthroughs.
These included the discovery that cross bred sheep produced significantly more prime export lambs than the pure bred 'Merino'.
Retired veterinary pathologist Mal Nairn led a team which developed a vaccine to treat a common sheep disease called 'cheesy gland'.
"The disease had a major impact on Australia's sheep trade internationally and actually led the UK to ban Australian imports during the 1930's and the 1970's," he said.
"It's a bacterial infection which affects the lymph nodes and lungs of sheep and while it doesn't often kill them it causes ill-thrift and fatigue.
"So the vaccine, which is still used across the world today, had a huge impact on restoring Australia's export market and trade."
Another researcher Dr Harold Bennetts who was the state's first veterinary pathologist, developed a vaccine to treat the deadly "Braxy-like disease" in sheep.
The disease led to stock losses of up to 30 per cent across the state and had run unchecked for more than 15 years before the vaccine was developed.
It is still used today to combat the infection.
Avondale was first established as an estate in 1830 and was originally given to the first Governor of Western Australia, Captain James Stirling as a grant from Queen Victoria.
It passed through many hands during the 1800's before being purchased by the Lands Department in 1911 and was subsequently divided into nine farms to be given to soldiers returning from World War 1.
In 1924, part of the estate was given to the Department of Agriculture and Food for research.
Ms Gregory says the station conducted many trials.
"We're discovering how the department grappled with notions of sustainability and really always sought to try and achieve sustainable farming practice; Avondale was a laboratory for that kind of experimentation," she said.
"I think we're only just starting to understand its importance in terms of agricultural experimentation and the reach that had across the state, across the nation and across the world."
Ms Gregory hopes the initiative helps preserve the station's history for decades to come.
"The oral histories will be archived at the National Trust for future researchers and we hope to be able to hold some of the recordings at local and state libraries," she said.
"Hopefully the archives will also be used to educate school students about WA's rich agricultural history."
Dr Nairn says it's important to understand how researchers helped shape the way WA's agriculture industry developed.
"Agriculture has always been important for Western Australia and will continue to be," he said.
"I think it's great that schoolchildren and the general public will now have the opportunity to see what went on at those places and what continues to be important for agriculture."
"It was a significant station, I think it's really nice that it's got this heritage connection now and that some of the early work there and the importance of it will be more widely understood by people."
The National Trust now oversees Avondale station.
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