The Wycheproof Craft Group emblem made by Mrs Elaine Storey depicts a large ram and showcases beautifully, wool colours and versatility of creator and medium used. The wool industry, since Wycheproof's settlement days, has greatly supported the town, families and farming in general.The wool picture is the emblem of a local group that met between 1977 and 2010.This item is aesthetically significant as a visually pleasing craft piece that demonstrates the adaptability of skills to raw materials.It is representative of the lifeblood of the town of Wycheproof for 145 years.A framed wool picture constructed entirely from natural fleece, showing a merino ram in a paddock with natural looking vegetation growth. The subject aptly lends itself to a subtle display of various shades of wool colours. It is framed in oak wood.The word WYCHEPROOF is worked in fleece in an arc formation.Wycheproof Craft Group 1977-2010storey, wycheproof craft, wycheproof wool, spinners weavers, elaine

The Wycheproof Court House Opened 24-9-1890.The Law Department Closed the Court House during the 1980s. The building became the home of the Wycheproof Craft Group and then the Wycheproof And District Historical Society. Financial support from Heritage Victoria enabled interior renovations to be completed in 2007.This is the only known photo of the Opening of the Wycheproof Court House. It is fragile and precious.Early days photo of large group of men standing proudly in front of the just constructed Wycheproof Court House in 1890.wycheproof, court-house

The Court House opened as a court of petty sessions in 1890 and closed as a court in the early 1980s. It is now a 'Place of Deposit' for paper based products, maps, documents and photographs, and the home of the Wycheproof and District Historical Society Inc. The local Craft Group met at the Court House between 1982 and 2010. The Buloke Shire Council oversees the maintenance of the building.The Court House is No H 1656 on the Victorian Heritage Register. It is the one of only two buildings with this listing in Wycheproof, and characteristic of the type of building constructed in the early days of settlement in Wycheproof. The architecture is of aesthetic value and although some restoration work has taken place to maintain the structure, it remains in good condition and with some of the original furnishings intact.Sepia print of the Wycheproof-Court-House. It was constructed during 1889/90 and commissioned on September 23,1890 as a court-of-petty-sessions. A simple form of Court House built of red-face-brick but embellished by stepped brick work in the principal gable and by the traverse veranda with elaborate frieze and gabled pavilions that protect the street facade. The roof is of slate.Nonecourt house, wycheproof heritage 1890, petty sessions, building, red face brick, gabled pavilions