Meander to Melangata
22nd June 2019
A group of 60 people travelled out from Geraldton to visit the Hawes-designed Melangata Station Homestead. The building was commissioned by a Yalgoo storekeeper, Mr Caleb Williamson, who had purchased the lease of Melangata and wanted a home for his wife and 6 children. The home is built from locally quarried stone and some of its notable features are its breezeways, gable entrance, turret and chapel.
As part of the trip out to Melangata the group visited the St Hyacinth’s Chapel designed and built by Hawes for the Dominican Sisters in Yalgoo. This is the smallest of Hawes’ church buildings anywhere in the world.
On the return journey there was a stop in Mullewa to see the beautiful Our Lady of Mt Carmel Church, the Priesthouse, and a painting by Hawes on the wall of what had been the Presentation Sisters’ Chapel.
Melangata Homestead
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- Morning Tea Stop Yalgoo
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- Morning Tea Yalgoo
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- St Hyacinth’s Chapel Yalgoo
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- Altar St Hyacinth’s Yalgoo
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- Tabernacle St Hyacinth’s Yalgoo
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- Holy Water Font St Hyacinth’s Yalgoo
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- Homestead showing Entry Gable
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- Oswner of Melangata Jo Clews
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- Altar Melangata Chapel
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- Stained Glass Window Melangata Chapel
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- Bay Window Melangata Homestead
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- Pressed Ceiling Melangata Homestead
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- Breezeway Melangata Homestead
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- Turrett Melangata Homestead
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- Outside wall of Chapel Melangata
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- Doreen and Jetta enjoying Melangata
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- Melangata Staff
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- Lunch at Melangata
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- OLMC Mullewa
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- Painting in Presentation Sisters Chapel Mullewa
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- Our Lady of Mt Carmel Mullewa
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- Baptistry OLMC Mullewa
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- Chris Rafanelli – Entertainment Director
