have a high level of integrity and retain a good level of intactness with some modifications in recent decades (including for example changes to the refreshment room for use as a museum). As a precinct, Werris Creek is an outstanding intact place. Modifications and dates 1877: The location of the original station was about half a kilometre south of the current junction. With the opening of the line to Gunnedah, and the splitting of mail trains from Newcastle at Werris Creek, it was necessary to have a station nearer to the actual branching line. 1879: The platform of the new station was finished 1880: The present station building is the second on this site, built in 1880, 2 years after the railway opened. 1885: The station building and refreshment room finished. 1912: Additions to refreshment room. 1925: A second storey added to station building. 2005: Australian Railway Monument and museum opened. Heritage listing Werris Creek is a large Victorian station complex with a major freight and locomotive facility which developed because of its location at the junction of the main north line with the north west branch. The town developed to support the railway facility and the grandness of the facilities reflects the importance of the railway in the area. The present station building is the second on this site and was built in 1880, 2 years after the railway opened. It is architecturally significant as it comprises a collection of major non standard buildings laid out in the junction of the two lines giving an unusual and unique platform and building arrangement. It is also of high architectural interest for the quality of the design and detail and of townscape importance because of its dominance in the town and its incongruity in the location. The relationship of other facilities such as roundhouse and miscellaneous support facilities adds to the significance of the site. Some of the adjacent buildings to the station date from the opening of the railway and are interesting remnants of workshops and support facilities that have rarely survived on the system. The Werris Creek Railway Station is significant to the community for social and cultural reasons. Its significance lies in its history and the role it played in the development of not only Werris Creek but also Parry Shire. It was the centre of the peripheral development of an entire city and also those surrounding rural