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	A new use for an old building Yalgoo Railway Station , Western Australia The Shire of Yalgoo in Western Australia funded a conservation plan for the historic Yalgoo railway station. The community and council saw the empty and unused station become the centrepiece of a Yalgoo sporting and community complex. The conservation plan addressed the appropriate re-use of this historically significant building while still catering to the current needs of the community. The re-use of the station as the Yalgoo Sporting and Community Complex involved raising the ground level on the track side of the station to meet the platform and then covering it with grass. The race track and sports ground stretch out from this area. The station continues to fulfil an important social role and is now used for the Yalgoo races as well as many other sporting and social functions. .....