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Source: Planning Department Adopted by Council 22/11/2016 (Item 12.2) Date: 11/07/17

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CITY OF BELMONT (Heritage) Inventory 2016

Prepared by the City of Belmont Tel: (08) 9477 7222 Fax: (08) 9478 1473

Email: [email protected] Website: www.belmont.wa.gov.au

Record of Amendments

Date of Amendment

Carried out by Reason for Amendment

28/11/2013 M Watts Place Record Modified – State Housing Commission Group, Rivervale (Item 12.4 – 26/11/2013 OCM Minutes)

28/11/2013 M Watts Place Record Modified – Character Dwelling, 67 Riversdale Road, Rivervale (Item 12.4 – 26/11/2013 OCM Minutes)

28/11/2013 M Watts Place Record Modified – Moreton Bay Fig Tree, 84 Great Eastern Highway (Item 12.4 – 26/11/2013 OCM Minutes)

28/11/2013 M Watts

New Place Record Inclusion – Wooden Paved Road, Great Eastern Highway, Rivervale (Item 12.4 – 26/11/2013 OCM Minutes)

24/02/2014 M Watts Place Record Modified – The Kilns, 80 Grandstand Road, Ascot (Item 13.2 – 23/02/2010 OCM Minutes)

21/02/2017 M Watts / S Christie Place Record Added – Lot 6 (34) Alfred Street, Belmont (McKenzie Residence) (Item 12.2 OCM 22/11/2016)

21/02/2017 M Watts / S Christie Place Record Added – Lot 46 (10) Ruan Place, Kewdale (Former Kelly Residence) (Item 12.2 OCM 22/11/2016)

21/02/2017 M Watts / S Christie Place Record Added – Lot 64 (9a) Wedderburn Place, Ascot (Invercloy Park) (Item 12.2 OCM 22/11/2016)

21/02/2017 M Watts / S Christie Place Record Added - Lot 14 (57) Wright Street, Kewdale (Item 12.2 OCM 22/11/2016)

21/02/2017 M Watts / S Christie Place Record Added - Lot 1184 (96) Sydenham Street, Kewdale – Peet Park (Item 12.2 OCM 22/11/2016)

21/02/2017 M Watts / S Christie Place Record Added - Oats Street, Kewdale – Tomato Lake Park (Item 12.2 OCM 22/11/2016)

21/02/2017 M Watts / S Christie Minor modifications to existing place records (Item 12.2 OCM 22/11/2016) as follows: 80 Grandstand Road – The Kilns – category ‘A’ 213 Great Eastern Highway – Belmont Primary School –

category ‘B’ 60-62 Riversdale Road – Site only State Housing Commission Group – Site only 131 Belgravia Street & Reserve 28241 – Port Jackson

Fig Tree & Alfred Reserve Faulkner Civic Precinct – Civic and Cultural Reserve Belmont War Memorial – upgrades Hawksburn Road, Rivervale - Flame Trees- additional

photos 97 Matheson Road, Ascot - Ascot water Playground –

Site Only

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Acknowledgements Council would like to acknowledge the contributions of Mrs Peg Parkin and the late Mrs Anne Spalding in providing information and encouragement throughout the previous revisions of the Inventory.

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Contents

INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................... 1

LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE EXPLANATIONS ........................................................................ 9

LOT 5 (392) ACTON AVENUE, KEWDALE (MACHLIN’S POULTRY FARM) ..................... 10

LOT 6 (34) ALFRED STREET, BELMONT (MCKENZIE RESIDENCE) ............................... 13

LOT 66 (131) BELGRAVIA STREET & RESERVE 28241 BELGRAVIA STREET, BELMONT PORT JACKSON FIG TREE – FICUS FUBIGINOSA ....................................... 16

LOT 96 (177-223) BELGRAVIA STREET, BELMONT (SIGNAL HILL) ................................ 20

LOT 34 (190) BELMONT AVENUE, KEWDALE (ROBERTS HOUSE) ................................ 24

LOTS 19 & 20 (193) BELMONT AVENUE, CLOVERDALE (BELLIS HOUSE).................... 27

LOT 1 (324) BELMONT AVENUE, KEWDALE (PERTH ALLIANCE CHURCH) .................. 30

LOT 120 (1-13) EPSOM AVENUE, ASCOT (THE ASCOT INN) ........................................... 34

LOT 39 (34) FREDERICK STREET, BELMONT (CHARACTER RESIDENCE) (SITE ONLY) .......................................................................................................................... 46

LOT 95 (254) FULHAM STREET, CLOVERDALE (CHARACTER RESIDENCE) ................ 49

LOTS 823, 13, 9 & 71 (71) GRANDSTAND ROAD, ASCOT (ASCOT RACECOURSE) ...... 53

PT LOT 197, LOTS 236, 237, 78-84, 105 & 12 (80) GRANDSTAND ROAD, ASCOT (THE KILNS) .......................................................................................................................... 62

LOT 99 (2) GREAT EASTERN HIGHWAY, RIVERVALE (OLD WELL & STORE) (SITE ONLY) .......................................................................................................................... 68

LOT 388 (13) GREAT EASTERN HIGHWAY, RIVERVALE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH (SITE ONLY) ......................................................................................................... 72

LOT 1 (33-35) GREAT EASTERN HIGHWAY, RIVERVALE (FORMER CINEMA) (SITE ONLY) .......................................................................................................................... 77

LOT 7 (84) GREAT EASTERN HIGHWAY, BELMONT (MORETON BAY FIG TREE) (SITE ONLY) .......................................................................................................................... 81

LOTS 30 & 31 (86-88) GREAT EASTERN HIGHWAY, RIVERVALE (CELLARS – PART OF SANDRINGHAM HOTEL) (SITE ONLY) ............................................................... 85

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LOT 3275 (131) GREAT EASTERN HIGHWAY, ASCOT (BRISBANE & WUNDERLICH PARK BUILDINGS) (SITE ONLY) AND LOT 14314 (130) GREAT EASTERN HIGHWAY (DOLLS HOUSE) (LOCATED WITHIN HARDEY PARK) ................. 88

GREAT EASTERN HIGHWAY, RIVERVALE WOODEN PAVED ROAD (SITE ONLY) ....... 93

LOTS 143-146 (203-205) GREAT EASTERN HIGHWAY, BELMONT (COURTLAND POTTERY) (SITE ONLY) ....................................................................................................... 97

RESERVE 5986 (213) GREAT EASTERN HIGHWAY, BELMONT (BELMONT PRIMARY SCHOOL) ....................................................................................... 102

LOTS 14-15 (214-216) GREAT EASTERN HIGHWAY, ASCOT (ROWLANDS STOCKFEED DEPOT) (SITE ONLY) ........................................................... 106

LOT 62 (218-220) GREAT EASTERN HIGHWAY, ASCOT (CHARACTER RESIDENCE) (SITE ONLY) ........................................................................ 110

LOT 400 (223A) GREAT EASTERN HIGHWAY, BELMONT (CORLETT’S BAKERY) (SITE ONLY) ........................................................................................................................ 114

LOT 5230 (357) GREAT EASTERN HIGHWAY, REDCLIFFE (FORMER REDCLIFFE HALL) (SITE ONLY) ............................................................................................................ 118

LOT 2 (517) GREAT EASTERN HIGHWAY, REDCLIFFE (CHARACTER RESIDENCE – J F G ROBINSON’S HOUSE) ........................................................................................... 123

HAWKSBURN ROAD, RIVERVALE (FLAME TREES) ....................................................... 128

LOTS 10, 11 AND 152 (11-13) HEHIR STREET, BELMONT (ST ANNE’S CHURCH) ...... 134

LOT 365 (25) HENDERSON AVENUE, REDCLIFFE (REDCLIFFE PRIMARY SCHOOL) (SITE ONLY) ...................................................................................................... 138

LOTS 52 AND 53 (16) HUTCHISON STREET, RIVERVALE (SEKULLA HOUSE) ............ 141

LOTS 54 AND 55 (20) HUTCHISON STREET, RIVERVALE (OLEJNIK HOUSE) ............. 145

LOT 35 (21) HUTCHISON STREET, RIVERVALE (HOMING CLUB) ................................. 148

LOT 10398 (264) KEW STREET, KEWDALE (PAVILION CLASSROOM, KEWDALE PRIMARY SCHOOL) ........................................................................................................... 152

PT LOT 1 (314) KEW STREET, CLOVERDALE (CHARACTER RESIDENCE) ................. 155

LOT 1 (56) LEAKE STREET, BELMONT (CHARACTER RESIDENCE) (SITE ONLY) ..... 159

LOT 1 (81-91) LEAKE STREET, BELMONT (BELMONT BUNKER) ................................. 162

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LOT 50 (97) MATHESON ROAD, ASCOT (ASCOT WATER PLAYGROUND) (SITE ONLY) ........................................................................................................................ 165

LOT 5 (15) MOREING STREET, ASCOT (CHARACTER RESIDENCE) ............................ 169

OATS STREET, KEWDALE (TOMATO LAKE PARK) ....................................................... 172

LOT 21 (142) PRESIDENT STREET, KEWDALE (CHARACTER RESIDENCE) (SITE ONLY) ........................................................................................................................ 175

PT LOT 330 (185) PRESIDENT STREET, KEWDALE (CHARACTER RESIDENCE) (SITE ONLY) ........................................................................................................................ 178

LOT 29 (48) RIVERSDALE ROAD, RIVERVALE (CHARACTER RESIDENCE / FORMERLY ST COLUMBAN’S MISSION) ......................................................................... 181

LOTS 27 & 28 (52-54) RIVERSDALE ROAD, RIVERVALE (CRACKNELL PARK) ........... 185

LOT 603 (60-62) RIVERSDALE ROAD, RIVERVALE (CHARACTER RESIDENCE (SITE ONLY)) ....................................................................................................................... 190

LOT 134 (67) RIVERSDALE ROAD, RIVERVALE (CHARACTER RESIDENCE) .............. 193

LOT 46 (10) RUAN PLACE KEWDALE (KELLY RESIDENCE (SITE ONLY)) ................... 198

LOT 5 (160) STONEHAM STREET, ASCOT (FORMER GROVE FARM SITE) (SITE ONLY) ........................................................................................................................ 202

LOT 5530 (20) SURREY ROAD, RIVERVALE (FORMERLY RIVERVALE PRIMARY SCHOOL) (SITE ONLY) ...................................................................................................... 205

LOT 9 (63) SYDENHAM STREET, RIVERVALE (CHARACTER RESIDENCE) (SITE ONLY) (NOW KNOWN AS 218, 220 & 222 KOOYONG ROAD) ........................................ 209

LOT 1184 (96) SYDENHAM STREET, KEWDALE (PEET PARK) ..................................... 212

RESERVE 12237 (4) TANUNDA DRIVE, RIVERVALE (FORMERLY KNOWN AS HARDEY PARK, PT LOT 6 (78-82) GREAT EASTERN HIGHWAY, BELMONT) .............. 215

LOT 885 (16) TANUNDA DRIVE, RIVERVALE (FORMERLY PT LOT 34 & LOTS 1-5 (76) GREAT EASTERN HIGHWAY, RIVERVALE) (‘HILL 60’) ........................................... 223

LOT 15 (11) THOMPSON STREET, ASCOT (CHARACTER RESIDENCE) ...................... 229

LOT 48 (72) TOORAK ROAD, RIVERVALE (CHARACTER RESIDENCE) ....................... 232


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LOT 50 (76) TOORAK ROAD, RIVERVALE (CHARACTER RESIDENCE) (SITE ONLY) .................................................................................................................................. 240



LOT 851 (4) WALLACE STREET, BELMONT (CHARACTER RESIDENCE) .................... 252

LOT 69 (26) WALLACE STREET, BELMONT (CHARACTER RESIDENCE) .................... 255

LOT 11 (30) WALLACE STREET, BELMONT (CHARACTER RESIDENCE) (SITE ONLY) .................................................................................................................................. 258

LOT 71 (4) WEDDERBURN PLACE, ASCOT (CHARACTER RESIDENCE INVERCLOY / FORMERLY NULSEN HAVEN) ................................................................... 261

LOT 64 (9A) WEDDERBURN PLACE, ASCOT (FOUR DATE PALMS - INVERCLOY PARK) .................................................................................................................................. 267

LOT 14 (57) WRIGHT STREET, KEWDALE (BOUCHER RESIDENCE) ........................... 270

FAULKNER CIVIC PRECINCT – LOT 33 (215) WRIGHT STREET; LOT 32 (220) ABERNETHY ROAD; LOT 1 (161) ROBINSON AVENUE; LOT 2 (159) ROBINSON AVENUE; & LOT 9282 (157) ROBINSON AVENUE, CLOVERDALE ..................................................................................................................... 273

BELMONT WAR MEMORIAL .............................................................................................. 278

FORMER RAIL LINE – MATHESON ROAD ....................................................................... 282

MONIER SITE - MCGUIGAN CIRCLE (MONIER PARK) .................................................... 287

RESIDENTIAL STABLES AREA - AREA BOUNDED BY GREAT EASTERN HIGHWAY, TONKIN HIGHWAY, HARDEY ROAD AND THE SWAN RIVER .................... 291

STATE HOUSING COMMISSION GROUP, RIVERVALE (SITE ONLY) ............................ 309

SUGARS’ BRICKWORKS SITE (LOCATED BENEATH REDCLIFFE BRIDGE, ASCOT) ................................................................................................................................ 313

SWAN PORTLAND NO. 1 DREDGE (SWAN RIVER) ........................................................ 318

SUMMARY OF LISTED PROPERTIES AND THEIR LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE ............. 323

BIBLIOGRAPHY AND SUPPORTING INFORMATION ...................................................... 337

APPENDIX A – EXAMPLE PLACE RECORD FORM TEMPLATE..................................... 338

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City of Belmont Inventory 2016

Belmont Historic Framework Introduction The Belmont Historic Framework is a thematic overview of development within the district from the time of white settlement to the present. The purpose of preparing the thematic framework has been to assist in providing a basis for the compilation of the Municipal Heritage Inventory. The framework has been prepared using Heritage Council's ‘Guidelines for the Compilation of Municipal Inventories’. The framework recommended in these guidelines takes the form of a matrix or grid, with the themes and sub-themes down one side and vertical columns corresponding to time periods. Entered into the boxes in the grid are events. The completed matrix thus constitutes a thematically organised chronological list of events in the Municipality. The Thematic Framework aims to examine the history of Belmont through themes or story lines around which the heritage places of the area can be categorised, reflecting all aspects of the locality from its foundations to the present. For example, places related to the production of goods are covered by the theme Occupations: what people did for sustenance or to add quality to life; paid and unpaid labour. The framework looks at development over time and examines amongst others the following major themes: 1. Demographic Settlement and Mobility: Why people settled and why they moved away. 2. Transport and Communication: How people and goods moved, how people communicated and exchanged information. 3. Occupations: What people did for sustenance, paid and unpaid labour. 4. Social and Civic Activities: What people did together as a community, the issues that divided them the structures they created to serve civic needs. 5. Outside Influences: Events, decisions or changes which affected the community. 6. People: People who left their mark on the history of the community. The assessment of significant sites has been carried out in accordance with the Heritage Council guidelines. The assessment form follows the Heritage Council recommended Municipal Inventory Place Record Form (APPENDIX A).

CITY OF BELMONT INVENTORY 2016

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All assessments include an assessment of the level of heritage significance and certain recommendations for management, based on Heritage Council management categories provided on the recommended Municipal Inventory Place Record Form (APPENDIX A). The Municipal Heritage Inventory should not be regarded as a closed document. Additional sites may be included as information becomes available. However, sites should not be removed from the list without an appropriate assessment procedure. The Heritage Act of Western Australia 1990 requires that all municipal inventories be updated annually and reviewed every four years after compilation. (i) 1829 to 1840 Major themes for this period: Exploration Arrival of the first settlers Allocation of the land grants The last decade also witnessed the arrival of the convicts. By 1830 (twelve months after the arrival of the ‘Parmelia’) nearly all the river frontage from Perth to Guildford had been divided into grants. Despite grants being allocated, growth of the area was very slow. Sandy soils and swamps were characteristic features of the area. Most of the farms were small, consisting mainly of a house and half a dozen acres under cultivation. Commander M.J. Curie and James Drummond were the first landholders in the Belmont area. Curie's property was called "Red Cliff" after the red cliffs along the River which later became the source of material for a brick works. In 1830, the Hardey brothers Joseph and John arrived aboard the ‘Tranby’. John Hardey and his son Robert Davey were destined to own practically the entire Belmont area. John Hardey called his new property on the Swan ‘Grove Farm’. In the early days of the new colony, the river was the main method of transportation. A small track probably existed along the bank of the river for the convenience of the farmers, however, the river still had to be crossed at the fiats. Most farmers had to rely on boats and ferries. By 1837 the Hardeys were pressing for a causeway to alleviate the problem of crossing the river. It was not until 1850's, however, that the development of the new road system in the colony occurred.


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(ii) 1840 to 1900 Major themes for this period: Early development of the district. Improved transport and communication. Rural pursuits. Development of the racing industry. Commencement of postal services. By 1843 a causeway across the flats was completed. Communications were also enhanced by the construction of a bridge across the Helena River, making the track through Belmont the main one to the ranges. After the opening of the causeway, a mail run commenced. Initially it ran to Guildford three times a week. By 1845 the service had become a daily run. By 1850's Western Australia had become a convict colony. A convict camp was established at Depot Hill, Redcliffe. The men sent there built the roads. In 1848 a race meeting was held on J.W. Hardey's ‘Grove Farm’ alongside the River. Soon afterwards a site was selected for a permanent course (Ascot Racecourse) on Hardey's property. In 1852, the West Australian Turf Club was formed. The development of the racing industry had a profound effect on the area. Around 1870 Mr W.H. Strickland became Chairman of the Club. His appointment heralded important changes in the industry brought about by setting up of professional trainers and jockeys. The more professional approach to racing resulted in upgrading of the industry and around 1890 began to have an effect on the district. This coincided with developments of the State around that time. It had self-government granted and gold was discovered. The search for gold brought people from the Eastern States and overseas. Racing became a popular pastime and meetings were held regularly. Following the gold rush period at Kalgoorlie, many prospectors arrived in the area and the interest in racing grew. With the fast growing popularity of racing in the 1890's, the West Australian Government Railways decided to improve transport facilities to Ascot. In 1897 two railway bridges were constructed over the river and a station was built on the southern side of the racecourse. Other types of recreational facilities that were constructed during this period were hotels, such as Sandringham Hotel and Ascot Inn. The population of Perth was steadily increasing with people coming from the Goldfields. By the late 1800's, significant population increase resulted in an increased demand for housing. Several brick works and potteries were established in Belmont and Redcliffe along the river where good supplies of clay were readily available. Also, several poultry farms, dairies and piggeries were established around that time to cater for demands of the growing population. The swamp areas featured Chinese market gardens.


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(iii) 1900 to 1919 Major themes for this period: The formation of the Road Board. Rural pursuits. In 1898 the Belmont Road Board was formed. The first decade of the Board (which changed its name to the Belmont Park Road Board in 1907) witnessed several attempts being made to resolve the problems of transportation and drainage. The Board lacked resources and as a result very little was achieved in the first decade or so. Whilst Belmont had plenty of undeveloped land, development was difficult due to many physical constraints of the locality. The area was low lying requiring a complex drainage system. The sandy soil and the presence of water made it ideal for rural pursuits. Piggeries became especially popular around that time with the principal pig farmers being Paddy Faulkner, Bert Rowe, Arthur Blomfield and Ron Phillips. The area also featured several poultry farms, the best known being Andy Aitken's farm. Belmont had remained basically a rural area with a small close knit, virtually rural community. The lack of halls and transport meant that residents depended a great deal on the Churches for social functions. From 1900 there had been just one form of public transport - the horse bus run by Mr Dunstan along the main Guildford Road. Special attempts of the Board to introduce an efficient system of transport had failed. (iv) 1919 to 1950 Major themes for this period: Depression of the late twenties. First signs of industrialisation in the late thirties. Until the late thirties there was very little development in the district. The late twenties found the entire State in the grip of a depression. Belmont experienced the quiet years. There was no money to invest and unemployment was high. The Belmont Board participated in a number of schemes designed to help overcome the unemployment, such as: construction of a footpath along Guildford Road; and renovating of the hall on the comer of Lapage Street. In 1935 Guildford Road had its named changed to Great Eastern Highway. The first signs of industrialisation came in the late thirties. The Board set aside a portion of the Central Ward east of the Highway between Hardey Road and Knutsford Avenue as a factory area. It marked the beginning of the Belmont Industrial Region. The 1950's saw the gradual development of the Perth Airport.


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After the second World War, the State Housing Commission began a major programme of new homes construction and Rivervale and Belmont were two of the areas where many new homes were built. This resulted in a further growth of the area, an increase in population numbers and increased demand for primary and high schools. Many European migrants moved into the area after the war. Between 1910 and 1950 several schools and churches were built. Despite an increase in the building activity, Belmont lacked good bitumen roads, footpaths and public amenities. The small increase in industry resulted in more employment opportunities for the district and an increased demand for structures to serve the civic needs of the community. Several halls ware constructed to be used for social functions and/or church services (Redcliffe Hall, Riversdale Hall, the Boards main hall on the comer of Lapage Street and Guildford Road). (iv) 1950 to present Major themes for this period: Housing construction. Establishment of the Kewdale Industrial Estate. Development of recreational facilities. During the 1950's the Belmont Road Board provided improved amenities for the residents of the district, in terms of bituminised roads, footpaths etc. In 1960 the Belmont Road Board changed its name to Shire of Belmont as a result of a new Local Government Act being introduced. During the period of 1945-1954 many new houses were constructed in the District. It is estimated that 30% of the current housing stock dates back to that period. A large proportion of the housing stock was built by the State Housing Commission. In the late fifties and sixties there was an upsurge in the construction of light industrial buildings. In the early 1950's the State Government nominated the Welshpool area as a venue for heavy industry. This brought about proposals to construct a railway line to the area and as a result new marshalling yards were constructed in the Kewdale and Forrestfield areas. The new industrial development surrounding the Forrestfield-Kewdale complex became known as the Kewdale Industrial Estate. The industrialisation of the Belmont District had in tum meant a considerable increase in the activities of the Belmont Shire Council. In 1964 new premises ware constructed on the original site alongside the hall on the corner of Lapage Street and Great Eastern Highway.


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By 1979 Council offices moved to the site on the corner of Abernethy Road and Alexander Road alongside a library, an aquatic centre erected in 1974 and major district shopping facilities The increase in housing in the late forties and early fifties resulted in an increased demand for recreational facilities. New bowling green and tennis courts ware completed on the Grove Farm Reserve in 1963. Several other parks such as Miles Park, Selby Park and the reserve at Tomato Lake (Craig's Swamps) were developed about the same time. Today the City of Belmont covers approximately 40 square kilometres and is bounded to the west by the Swan River, to the north-east by Perth International Airport, to the east by the standard gauge railway line, and to the south by the Kewdale Freight Terminal and the Town of Victoria Park. The district has an estimated population of 31,000. The City is a mixture of residential and commercial/light industrial developments with a total area of approximately 218ha reserved for recreation.


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City of Belmont Municipal Heritage Inventory - Thematic Framework

Theme 1829-1840 1840-1900 1900-1919 1919-1950 1950-present

1. Demographic Settlement & Mobility Why people settled & why they moved away. Sub-themes Immigration Land allocation & subdivision Depression & boom

Exploration. Arrival of the first settlers. Allocation of the land grants. Arrival of the convicts.

Early development of the District. Establishment of a convict camp. Arrival of prospectors from Kalgoorlie.

Arrival of European migrants. Further growth of the area. Great employment opportunities.

Improved amenities for the residents.

2. Transport & Communication How people & good moved, how people communicated & exchanged information. Sub-themes River transport Rail transport Road transport Mail services

River transport. Small track along the bank of the River.

Improved transport and communication. Development of a new road system. Construction of railway bridges over the River.

Formation of the Road Board.

Construction of footpath along Guildford Road. Gradual development of the Perth Airport. Guildford Road renamed to Great Eastern Highway.

Improved conditions of bituminised roads, footpaths.

3. Occupations What people did for sustenance, paid & unpaid labour. Sub-themes Rural industries, dairying Market gardens

Farming. Rural pursuits. Development of the racing industry. Commencement of postal services. Establishment of brickworks and potteries.

Rural pursuits: piggeries, poultry farms.

First signs of industrialisation. Beginning of Belmont Industrial Area. Major programme of new home construction.

Establishment of the Kewdale Industrial Estate. Housing construction.

4. Social & Civic Activities What people did together as a community, the issues that divided them, the structures they created to serve civic needs. Sub-themes Community services & utilities

No facilities. Interaction with neighbours.

Hotels: Sandringham Hotel and the Ascot Inn

Close knit rural community. Residents depended on churches for social functions

Several halls constructed: Redcliffe Hall, Riversdale Hall, the Board’s main hall.

Development of recreational facilities, parks and reserves. New bowling green and tennis court completed.


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City of Belmont Municipal Heritage Inventory - Thematic Framework

Theme 1829-1840 1840-1900 1900-1919 1919-1950 1950-present

Cultural activities 5. Outside Influences Events, decisions or changes which affected the community. Sub-themes State / Federal government policies Depression & boom

Swan River Colony settled in 1829.

Development of the State. Self-government granted. Gold rush period at Kalgoorlie.

Depression of the late twenties.

Government nominated Welshpool area as a venue for heavy industry. New Local Government Act introduced.

6. People People who left their mark on the history of the community. Sub-themes Early settlers Local heroes

Early pioneers: M J Currie J Drummond The Hardey brothers

The Hardey brothers W H Strickland

P Faulkner B Rowe A Blomfield R Philips A Aitken


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Level of Significance Explanations A Exceptional Significance

Essential to the heritage of the locality. Rare or outstanding example. The place should be retained and conserved unless there is no feasible and prudent alternative. Any alterations or extensions should be sympathetic to the heritage values of the place and in accordance with a Conservation Plan (if one exists for the place).

B Considerable Significance

Very important to the heritage of the locality. Conservation of the place is highly desirable. Any alterations or extensions should be sympathetic to the heritage values of the place.

C Significant

Contributes to the heritage of the locality. Conservation of the place is desirable. Any alterations or extensions should be sympathetic to the heritage values of the place, and original fabric should be retained wherever feasible.

D Some Significance

Contributes to the heritage of the locality. Photographically record prior to major development or demolition. Recognise and interpret the site if possible.


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Lot 5 (392) Acton Avenue, Kewdale (Machlin’s Poultry Farm) C Significant

LGI #

PIN No.

LOT/PLAN DIAGRAM Lot 5 PL 11022

LOCATION 392 Acton Avenue, Kewdale

OTHER NAME(S) The Hatchery

Hampton’s Stud Farm

CONSTRUCTION DATE(S) c.1930s

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE Machlin’s Poultry Farm has significance as a connection to Belmont’s past as a rural area with poultry farms and piggeries. The residence associated with Machlin’s Poultry Farm has a high degree of authenticity and high aesthetic value.


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PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Machlin’s Poultry Farm is a group of modern functional brick and iron factory buildings, with an associated c.1940s brick and title residence.

ARCHITECTURAL STYLE

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS Walls Brick

Roof Metal

Other -----

ORIGINAL USE Farming/pastoral Other

CURRENT USE Farming/pastoral Other

HISTORIC THEMES Occupations Rural industry & market gardening

HISTORY

The earliest reference to a poultry farm near the location appears to be a 1935 advertisement for ‘Machlin’s Poultry Farm’, Acton Avenue, near South Belmont School (now called Kewdale Primary School) (West Australian, 22 October 1935). In 1945, Machlin’s Poultry Farm was described as follows:

“Total area 33 acres 10 roods, 26 perches…, with attractive modern brick residence, with 5 large rooms and sleepout, men’s quarters, garages, workshop, plucking room, incubator rooms, feed house, storeroom, brooder houses and numerous fowl houses and runs, pump house, reticulation system, tanks, all necessary plant and machinery (including electric 15,000 egg incubator), approximately 2,300 laying fowls, 3,000 growers and 700 chicks, 1 mare and 1 cow in milk. The property includes swamp land with good dark soil and a plentiful permanent water supply and enabling the growing of ample green feed. This is a very well equipped poultry farm, supplying large quantities of eggs, day-old chicks and dressed poultry to customers of long standing. (Sunday Times, 28 October 1945)”

It seems likely that Alf Hampton purchased Machlin’s Poultry Farm in 1945, since by 1946 he was advertising himself both as the owner of Machlin Poultry Farm and of Hampton’s Stud Farm at the same address (Scott Street). Hampton became more interested in racing, together with his son Ken, winning the Ascot Handicap with Alabama in 1954 (West Australian, 27 January 1954). Eventually he required more space for this side of his business and he relocated to Byford. The poultry farm was then acquired by Max Machlin, son of Abraham Machlin, the original owner.

ARCHITECT/DESIGNER -----

ASSOCIATED PEOPLE Abraham Machlin

Max Machlin

Alf Hampton

CONDITION Good


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INTEGRITY High

AUTHENTICITY High for residence

LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE C Significant


OTHER LISTINGS HCWA No. -----

Register National Estate -----

National Trust WA -----

SUPPORTING INFORMATION Laurie, Maxine, Ever Flowing Forward: The Story of Belmont (1999)

ASSESSOR(S) NAME Eddie Marcus, History Now

DATE OF LAST ASSESSMENT October 2011

ADDITIONAL IMAGES

Residence on Hatchery Site (Eddie Marcus, 2011)

Kerosene-operated Hampton’s Poultry Stud machine (1956, Battye Library, 238309PD)


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Lot 6 (34) Alfred Street, Belmont (McKenzie Residence)

D Some significance

Address / Location Lot 6 (34) Alfred Street, Belmont

Name of place McKenzie Residence

Former or other name(s) -----

Owner’s name / contact details -----

Occupied Yes

Occupier -----

Public Accessibility Open Restricted Nil

Description of the place and its setting

McKenzie Residence is a typical 1970s brick and tile single-storey double-fronted property, with part of the external wall, near the entrance, clad in stone veneer and a low-pitched roof.

Building details

Type Site only

Construction date(s) -----

Design date(s) (estimated/known) -----


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Indicate sources -----

Original use(s) -----

Later and current use(s) -----

Construction materials -----

Modifications -----

Extent of original fabric remaining intact

-----

General condition V Poor Poor Fair Good V Good

Architect / designer / builder -----

Type of place if not a building Site only

Statement of significance & historical background

McKenzie Residence is associated with Fred McKenzie, a prominent Western Australian Labor MLC.

Fred McKenzie (1933-2008) was first elected to the East Metropolitan Province in 1977. He remained in parliament for sixteen years, and was Labor whip for thirteen of those. He was well-known in the Belmont area for his community involvement and his assistance with local projects.

The site is significant due to its association with Fred McKenzie. The residence has no intrinsic heritage values.

Historic theme and sub theme People Local settlers / heroes

Assessment details LGA No. -----

HCWA No. -----

Assessed by History Now

Name / contact details www.historynow.com.au

Nominated by

Name / contact details

Owner / occupier consulted

Previous listing NT AHC SHO Other


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Level of Significant D Some Significance Contributes to the heritage of the locality. Photographically record prior to major development or demolition. Recognise and interpret the site if possible.

Management category Site only – No photo graphic record required before demolition or significant modification

Other site details

C/T & Vol / Folio -----

Loc / Diagram / Plan -----

Any reserve details -----

Vesting -----

Purpose -----

Details of any leases -----


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Lot 66 (131) Belgravia Street & Reserve 28241 Belgravia Street, Belmont Port Jackson Fig Tree – Ficus Fubiginosa

D Some Significance

Details of Heritage Listing

Address / Location: Alfred Reserve, Lot 66 (131) Belgravia Street & Reserve 28241 Belgravia Street, Belmont (intersection of Blacklock Road)

Name of place: N/A (Port Jackson Fig Tree) Former or other Names:

N/A

Owners name / contact details:

Reserve 28241 – City of Belmont (vested) Locked Bag 379, Cloverdale WA 6985


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Occupied: N/A Public Accessibility: Open Restricted Nil Description of the place and its setting

The large Port Jackson Fig Tree is located in Alfred Reserve. It is clearly visible from Belgravia Street and accessible to the public. Building Details

Type:

N/A - Tree

Construction Date(s):

N/A

Design Date (Estimated / known)

N/A

Indicate sources:

N/A

Original Use:

N/A

Later and current use(s):

N/A

Construction materials:

N/A

Modifications:

N/A

Extent of original fabric remaining intact:

N/A

General conditions:

Very poor Poor Fair Good Very good

Architect / designer / builder:

N/A

Type of Place if not a Building

Port Jackson Fig Tree. Statement of Significance

The tree is one of Belmont’s biggest and oldest trees. The tree is significant to the area because of its age, size and aesthetic value. It is recognised as a landmark in the area. The tree has a trunk circumference that measures 4 metres. Historic theme and sub theme

Theme: - Sub-theme: -


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Assessment Details

Site No. LGA No: - HCWA No: - Date of assessment: May 1996 Date of last revision: - Assessed by: (Name / contact details)

City of Belmont Community Committee Locked Bag 379, Cloverdale WA 6985

Nominated by: (Name / contact details)


Owner / Occupier consulted:

Yes – 2 January 2003 City of Belmont

Previous Listing: National Trust Australian

Heritage Council

Heritage Council of WA

Other

Nominated by the City of Belmont in 1990 for the Register of Historically Significant Trees (joint initiative of the Tree Society and the WA National Trust).

Level of Significance

D Some Significance: Contributes to the heritage of the locality. Photographically record prior to major development or demolition. Recognise and interpret the site if possible. Management Category

Historic site without built features. Recognise with a plaque. Other Site Details

C/T & Vol/Folio: N/A Loc/ Diagram / Plan: Swan Loc 33 Any reserve details: Yes - Reserve No. 28241 Vesting: City of Belmont Purpose: Public recreation Details of any leases: N/A


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Flash back

Film No. 2; Neg No. 35; Date February 1996


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Lot 96 (177-223) Belgravia Street, Belmont (Signal Hill) D Some Significance

Film No. NA; Neg No. Digital; Date 1/8/2001


Address / Location: Lot 96 (No. 177-223) Belgravia Street, Belmont (Tax Plans 34.49, 35.48, 35.49)

Name of place: Signal Hill Former or other Names:

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City of Belmont Locked Bag 379, Cloverdale WA 6985

Occupied: - Occupier: - Public Accessibility: Open Restricted Nil Description of the place and its setting

Signal Hill Bushland covering 3.87 hectares is a small remnant of Banksia woodland in the City of Belmont.


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Building Details

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Indicate sources:

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Modifications:

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General conditions:



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Recreation Reserve. Statement of Significance & Historical Background

The Commonwealth Government resumed a 17 acre reserve bounded by Alexander Road and Belgravia, Daly and Esther Streets from the Belmont Road Board. Radio towers were erected on this block, which has been known ever since as Signal Hill. Following a more recent referendum it was designated a natural bush reserve and is cared for by a band of volunteers. 1829 Signal Hill part of a 2000 acre selection (Swan Loc. 33) granted to Mr James

Henty. Location 33 was transferred to Philip Dod a few months later.

1831 Philip Dod exchanged loc 33 with John Hardey. John Hardey was a prominent Perth citizen and had tenure of Loc. 33 for most of the next 50 years, living at his property Grove Farm. By the mid 1970s the Hardey family owned most of what is now the City of Belmont.

1912 Portion of Loc. 33 purchased by Town Properties of WA.

1913 Town Properties for WA make a gift to the Belmont Park Road Board of lots 324 and 325 in Loc 33, so that the gifted land could be used for recreational purposes. The Road Board purchased the other two lots (lots 313 and 314) for 92 pounds. The latter two lots took up most of the present day signal hill site.


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1939/40 During World War Two, Signal Hill was used as a Signal Station by the Air Force

under the War Act. The Station was used to communicate with aircraft and to guide Boomerang and Wirraway aircraft into the Guildford Airport.

1946 Commonwealth acquires Signal Hill from the Belmont Park Roads Board for the Air Force.

1948 Army takes Signal Hill over from the Air Force.

1974 Army disposes of site to the Department of Administrative Services.

1977 Signal Hill sold to Rural and Industries Bank by the Commonwealth.

1979 Rural and Industries Bank sold Lot 96 (Signal Hill) to the City of Belmont.

1992 City of Belmont proposed to develop Signal Hill for housing.

1993 A referendum recorded 80% of those voting wanting Signal Hill retained as natural bushland.

1994 Site rezoned from Residential to Parks and Recreation and Signal Hill Bushland Management Plan produced.

(Source: Friends of Signal Hill Bushland) Historic theme and sub theme

Theme: Social and Civic Activities Sub-theme: Community Services and Utilities Assessment Details

Site No. LGA No: - HCWA No: - Date of assessment: - Date of last revision: - Assessed by: (Name / contact details)







Heritage Council


Other


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D Some Significance: Contributes to the heritage of the locality. Photographically record prior to major development or demolition. Recognise and interpret the site if possible. Management Category

Preliminary Rec. 1/3/2000 – Historic site without built features. Recognise with a plaque. Other Site Details

C/T & Vol/Folio: Vol. 1531 / Folio 363 Loc/ Diagram / Plan: Plan 12793 Any reserve details: Vesting: Purpose: Reserve for Parks and Recreation Details of any leases:


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Lot 34 (190) Belmont Avenue, Kewdale (Roberts House) C Significant

LGI #

PIN No.

LOT/PLAN DIAGRAM Lot 34 PL 1719

LOCATION 190 Belmont Avenue, Kewdale

OTHER NAME(S) -----

CONSTRUCTION DATE(S) c.1920s

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE Roberts House is a rare remaining example of a timber and iron cottage in the City of Belmont. Roberts House is associated with Herbert Roberts, a prominent Belmont dairy farmer.


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Roberts House is a simple weatherboard and iron cottage, which has been extensively restored.

ARCHITECTURAL STYLE

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS Walls Timber

Roof Metal

Other -----

ORIGINAL USE Residential Single-storey residence

CURRENT USE Residential Single-storey residence

HISTORIC THEMES Demographic settlement & mobility

Land allocation & subdivision

HISTORY

Henry Roberts (c.1880-1938) had worked in the Western Australia Goldfields in the 1890s, and arrived in Perth in 1912. He settled in South Belmont in the early 1920s, purchasing a block on the corner of Uranium Street and Belmont Avenue in 1922 to establish a dairy. Roberts was one of the first farmers to install a milking machine after the installation of electricity in the late 1920s. Roberts resided in Belmont Avenue until his death in 1938.


ASSOCIATED PEOPLE Herbert Henry Roberts

CONDITION Good

INTEGRITY High

AUTHENTICITY Fair








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ADDITIONAL IMAGES Nil


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Lots 19 & 20 (193) Belmont Avenue, Cloverdale (Bellis House) C Significant

LGI #

PIN No.

LOT/PLAN DIAGRAM Lot 19 PL 2026, Lot 20 PL 2026

LOCATION 193 Belmont Avenue, Kewdale

OTHER NAME(S) -----

CONSTRUCTION DATE(S) 1944

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE Bellis House is associated with local racing identities Harry and Edna Bellis, who constructed the residence in 1944. Bellis House is a fine, representative brick and tile residence from the 1940s.


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Bellis House is a brick and tile residence, constructed in 1944, with a verandah on all four sides, and surrounded by a brick and picket fence. It was originally associated with stables at the rear.

ARCHITECTURAL STYLE

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS Walls Brick

Roof Title

Other -----

ORIGINAL USE Residential Single-storey residence

CURRENT USE Residential Single-storey residence

HISTORIC THEMES Demographic settlement & mobility

Land allocation & subdivision

HISTORY

In 1944, Harry and Edna Bellis turned to horse training, selling their poultry farm and buying several blocks of land in Belmont Avenue. A brick home was built on one of the front blocks, which they had purchased for £15, and the other blocks used as yards for horses. Stables were subsequently erected and the Bellis family went on to train many local winners. Their first winning horse was ‘Gay Flower’ in 1947. Appian was a successful horse from 1948, along with Manx Lea and Oranic. In 1951, Harry Bellis announced that he was retiring from training (West Australian, 28 May 1951), although it is unknown if he carried this out immediately.


ASSOCIATED PEOPLE Harry and Edna Bellis

CONDITION Good

INTEGRITY High

AUTHENTICITY High




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ADDITIONAL IMAGES

Bellis House, n.d. (City of Belmont Digital Collection, M0185-07).

Bellis House, n.d. (City of Belmont Digital Image Collection, M0185-04)


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Lot 1 (324) Belmont Avenue, Kewdale (Perth Alliance Church) B Considerable Significance

Film No. Digital; Date 5 July 2001


Address / Location: Lot 1 (324) Belmont Avenue, Kewdale (Tax Plan 35.45) Name of place: Perth Alliance Church Former or other Names:

As above


Occupied: Yes Occupier: As above Public Accessibility: Open Restricted Nil Description of the place and its setting

The brick and tile roof building which has been purpose built as a church is located on the corner of Belmont Avenue and Keane Street. The Church is situated close to the Keane Street boundary of the lot, with the remainder of the site used as a car-park.


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Building Details

Type:

Church


1950


Not known

Indicate sources:

Information compiled by Mr K Beamish and Mrs J Laughton January 1985

Original Use:

Place of Worship


Place of Worship


Brick and tile

Modifications:

1972 – Hall at rear of the church 1998 – Addition of Garage 2000 – Addition of playroom


Largely intact with the exception of the hall addition

General conditions:



Not known


N/A Statement of Significance

The Perth Alliance Church, which was formerly the Belmont Christian Fellowship Church, is of social significance to the City of Belmont. The building reflects the role of the Belmont Christian Fellowship church in the community. Historical Background

Around 1927, when the area now known as Cloverdale was part of South Belmont, interested Christians of the then very scattered population decided to form a nondenominational Church group and Sunday School. Some of the pioneers of this work were Mr and Mrs Vose, Mr and Mrs Butler, Mr and Mrs Duncan, Mr N. Bell, Mr J. Howard, Mrs I. Blomfield, Mr A. Blomfield, Mrs Greenway and Mrs Dixon. Worship commenced with once a month evening meetings and visiting lay preachers from various denominations conducted the services. Buses and cars being scarce, most people attended by walking or bicycling the distance which was often up to two or three miles. In the early years of the Church’s history, the main meetings, including one Sunday School, were held in the old wooden South Belmont Soldiers’ Memorial Hall, on the corner of Wright Street and Belmont Avenue.


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The work grew to weekly meetings plus Sunday School classes being held at two venues and a midweek youth meeting called ‘Band of Hope’. The second Sunday School classes were held in the then South Belmont Primary School. The entire congregation united for anniversaries, Sunday School picnics at the Zoo and fireworks displays which were held where the present Belmont Shopping Centre is now located. Every month at general meetings, when the accounts were paid, the congregation decided to which Missions the remaining moneys would be allocated. Eventually the Church became quite involved in Missions and assisted both overseas and Australian missionaries. A very close attachment was made to Mt. Margaret Mission near Leonora and when the group visited Perth on furlough, many happy times were enjoyed by both the black and white folk. The group was known as the South Belmont Mission Church. The present building on the corner of Belmont Avenue and Keane Street was erected entirely by the congregation in 1950 and the hall at the rear was added in 1972. Over the years many of the original folk have moved away. In the early 1960’s the People’s Church in Perth took Belmont under their wing. Pastor Phil Peterson steered the Church on to its present course until it reached the position where it could be incorporated as an Independent Christian Group that was self-supporting. The name ‘Belmont Christian Fellowship’ was officially adopted. (Source: compiled by Mr K. Beamish and Mrs J. Laughton, January 1985) Historic theme and sub theme

Theme: Social and civic activities. Sub-theme: Community services and utilities. Assessment Details

Site No. LGA No: - HCWA No: - Date of assessment: March 1996 Date of last revision: - Assessed by: (Name / contact details)

City of Belmont Community Committee 215 Wright Street, Cloverdale 6105




Yes – 2 January 2003


Heritage Council


Other


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B Considerable Significance - Very important to the heritage of the locality. Conservation of the place is highly desirable. Any alterations or extensions should be sympathetic to the heritage values of the place.

Management Category

Retain and conserve if possible. Endeavour to conserve the significance of the place through the provisions of the Local Planning Scheme; photographically record the place prior to any major redevelopment or demolition. Other Site Details

C/T & Vol/Folio: - Diagram / Plan: Plan D 13897 Any reserve details: No Vesting: - Purpose: N/A Details of any leases: N/A

Flash back

Lot 1 (324) Belmont Avenue, Cloverdale Film No. 3; Neg No. 5; Date February 1996


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Lot 120 (1-13) Epsom Avenue, Ascot (The Ascot Inn) A Exceptional Significance

Photo taken 19/12/2002.


Address / Location: Lot 120 (1-13) Epsom Avenue, Ascot (Tax Plan 34.53) Name of place: The Ascot Inn Former or other Names:

Hotel Ascot / Ascot Hotel, Hotel Belmont / Belmont Hotel, Ascot Inn / Ascot Inn, Ascot Airport Inn, Ascot Inn on the Swan


Occupied: Yes Occupier: The Ascot Inn Hotel Public Accessibility: Open Restricted Nil Description of the place and its setting

The Ascot Inn Hotel is situated on Epsom Avenue, extending to the river foreshore and overlooking the river. The white rendered and tile roof building is a prominent feature in the area of Ascot.


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Building Details

Type:

Hotel


1897 to 1997


Not known

Indicate sources:

City of Belmont Historical Society Records Heritage Council of WA Assessment (Database Number 08648)

Original Use:

The Inn


Maternity hospital; Motel/Hotel


Sugars’ bricks were used in the construction of these early buildings.

Modifications:

Over the years substantial modifications have been carried out to the Hotel. These include several additions.


“Condition Ascot Inn has numerous overlays of both change and of cumulative management strategies to reflect changes in hotel management, the nature of the hotel’s business, and repairs to the original parts of the hotel. These actions have almost entirely obscured the reading of the ground floor of the original concept and left substantial elements of the first floor largely intact. The original fabric has been poorly managed at ground floor level in particular and neglected on the upper floor. The whole of the Inn section appears to have received minimum maintenance in recent time. Overall the accommodation sections of the later buildings are in good condition, while the original sections of the Ascot Inn are in fair condition. Integrity The original ground and second floor parts are no longer used for their original purpose, but do serve a purpose that is related. The ground floor is used for bar and restaurant purposes, and the first floor is used for staff accommodation and storage, though many spaces are unused. The legibility of the ground floor has been completely lost, while the upper floor’s original intent is readily apparent. The original layout of the grounds cannot be read. Overall the place has a moderate degree of integrity. The new accommodation is used for its intended purpose and retains a high degree of integrity.

Authenticity There are very few elements of the original ground floor remaining. In numerous extension and expansion phases in the life of the hotel, many ways have been removed and the remaining first floor structure is carried on steels in numerous locations. The whole of the ground floor has been remodelled a number of times so that there are virtually no original finishes and few original walls left.


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The first floor retains several sections where the fabric has changed little, together with areas such as bathrooms that are the product of up grading work in the post World War II period. Overall the place retains a moderate degree of authenticity, with a low degree of authenticity at ground floor level.

The new accommodation would appear to have retained a high degree of authenticity. The setting has become large areas of carparking, together with planting schemes associated with the last quarter of the twentieth century. The setting would appear to retain low degree of authenticity.” (Source: Extract from HCWA Assessment Database No. 08648)

Some members of the community have queried the accuracy of the above assessment. However at the present time it is accepted as the most comprehensive assessment.

General conditions:



Archer ‘Archie’ Hoskings, ARIBA


N/A Statement of Significance & Historical Background

Statement of Significance Ascot Inn, a single and two storey hotel building in brick and tile in the Victorian Regency style (1897), and upgrades and additions (1958-61 and 1972-73), has cultural heritage significance for the following reasons: The place is significant as a substantial hotel, built on a prominent site overlooking the Swan River in the Western Australian gold boom period, which has been associated throughout its history with the development of the significant horse racing industry in the immediate area of Ascot Race Course, the State’s premier racecourse; The place was built for Alexander Perceval Matheson, one of the most prominent gold boom period entrepreneurs, a strong advocate for the interests of the goldfields, Member of the Legislative Council for the North-East Province (1897), and Senator in the Commonwealth Government; The place is highly valued by the racing fraternity, for whom it has been a favoured focus of social activity for more than 100 years, and by the wider community of the City of Belmont as the only surviving purpose built nineteenth century hotel and one of the oldest surviving buildings in the City;


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The place contributes to the community’s sense of place as a landmark on the Swan River for more than 100 years, the major building in Epsom Avenue, and as an integral part of the history of the district, in particular through its association with the horse racing industry at Ascot; and, The place is the only Perth suburban hotel in the Victorian Regency style, albeit much altered, which continues in use for its intended purpose in 2003. The alterations to the original building and gardens that took place from the 1960s onwards are generally intrusive and the additions of the 1980s are of little significance. /Bar fit-out work, the deck overlooking the river, infilling of verandahs and the blocking in of the original staircase are intrusive elements. (Source: Extract from HCWA Assessment Database No. 08648) History

On 18 April 1896, Alexander Perceval Matheson (b.1861, arr. 1894, later Sir Alexander Perceval Matheson, d. 1929), merchant, of Coolgardie, was registered as the sole proprietor of Swan Locations 30/31, 99 acres 20 perches in area, which he proceeded to sub-divide, as per Plan 1293. Matheson had been attracted to Western Australia by the business opportunities of the Western Australian gold boom. Matheson had a belief that fresh air by the riverside or seaside was beneficial to the health for city dwellers and especially to those in need of rest and recuperation from the aridity of the Western Australian goldfields, or recovering from illness. Reflecting Matheson’s vision for the aforementioned sub-divisions, in August 1896, tenders were ‘invited for the erection of hotel, on the Ascot Estate’, designed by Archer William Hoskings, A. R. I. B. A. Hoskings (born Sydney, New South Wales, 1868, died 1911) was one of a considerable number of architects who arrived in Western Australia during the gold boom period. In 1897, the proposed two-storey hotel was built for Matheson on Lots 4-10 of Swan Location 30/31. It was of brick construction, and comprised the customary facilities at the ground floor, with basement cellars, and substantial bedroom accommodation at the first floor. At the rear, there was a small courtyard, with the bar and storeroom at the left side, and the kitchens at the right. A timber staircase led from the ground level to the bedrooms at the first floor. In the above-mentioned yard, there was a large timber windmill, which later blew down in a storm and was subsequently dismantled. There was 'a huge spiral staircase, rumoured to have been taken from an old steamship.' This staircase is no longer extant, having been removed in c. 1961, when the place was extended and re-furbished. In late July 1897, McBean, Bowker and Co. advertised to hotel-keepers ‘ASCOT HOTEL’. This large and commodious Hotel, fitted up in latest modern style, will be complete in about three weeks’ time, and will be Let.’ The place was named Ascot Hotel, taking its name from the surrounding area and the nearby racecourse. In early September, they re-advertised ‘ASCOT HOTEL - Favourite Summer Resort. Adjoins the New Railway to Perth Race Course, Swan River Frontage 260ft’. The hotel was leased to Gustave Adolph Smith, publican, of the Beaufort Arms Hotel, Beaufort Street, Perth, for five years from 1 October 1897. For the first year, as the hotel was being established, the rent was to be £6 6s 3d per week, then £7 6s 3d per week for the first six months of the second year, £8 6s 3d per week for the next six months, and thereafter £15 6s 3d per week for the remaining period of the lease. On 22 October 1897, Smith sub-let Ascot Hotel to Frederick Brockwell, who took up residence as the publican.


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In 1896-97, the Perth Racecourse railway line was extended across the river by means of a railway bridge across the Swan River. The extension, 49 chains in length, was opened to traffic on 21 October 1897, and was intended for bringing people to the race course. Swan Locations 30/31 were conveniently located to the railway and the race course, and the opening of the rail extension provided a ready means of transport to the new hotel. In time, Ascot Hotel would become a popular social meeting place for those attending the horse races nearby, as well as catering to the racing fraternity who established their homes and businesses in the locality, a function which it continued to serve through the twentieth century, and which continues into the twenty-first century. In January 1898, Lots 11 and 12 on Plan 1293 (part of the site of Ascot Inn from the mid 1970s) were transferred from Matheson to Maud Adeline Fisher, wife of Captain James Fisher, a retired sea captain (arr. Western Australia, 1895). There they built their family residence of locally made Sugars bricks, and named it ‘Lodore’. After his death in 1916, his wife continued to reside there until her death in 1924. Subsequently, ‘Lodore’ passed through several ownerships, before being converted to a maternity home, which burnt down in 1940. Thereafter, the land remained vacant through to its purchase by the owners of Ascot Inn in the 1970s. On 3 February 1898, both 1897 leases of Ascot Hotel were surrendered. No new lease was recorded on the Certificate of Title until 19 September 1899, when Matheson leased it to George Greenwell, of Ascot, for five years. Evidently the hotel’s business had not built up to the degree anticipated in the initial lease, as the new lease was at a rental of £1 per week for the first year, £4 per week for the following six months, then £6 per week for the next six months, £10 per week in the third year, £16 per week in the fourth year, and £18 per week in the fifth year. In the late 1890s, turf racing in Western Australia entered a new era, as horse racing ‘boomed’. Ascot Hotel provided well-appointed accommodation for visitors associated with the horse racing at Perth Racecourse, and from its earliest period it was utilised in this way, by owners, trainers, jockeys, and race-goers. In 1899, Ascot Hotel was first listed in Wise's Post Office Directory, with Edgar H. Dumsday as the hotel keeper. There was little residential development in the area at this date, few of the lots in the vicinity of the hotel had been sold, and much of the hotel’s trade would have been from people attending the racecourse and those staying at the place. On 2 January 1900, Greenwell’s lease of Ascot Hotel was surrendered. On 1 October 1900, the place was leased to George Leonard Atchison, of Ascot, for six years. Evidently, the hotel was still not making a substantial return, for the rental was to be £2 10s per week for the first two years, £5 per week for the second two year period, and £6 per week for the residue of the lease. Atchison became the first lessee to complete the full period of his lease. In 1901, Greenwell continued as the hotel keeper. The place had a nett annual value of £175, which was amended for 1902, after an appeal, to £100, when Harry Crossley was recorded as hotel keeper. In the latter year, the Rate Books record the owner as the London and Western Australia Investment Company Limited. On 14 March 1906, a new Certificate of Title for the place was registered, the sole proprietor being The London and Western Australian Investment Company Limited, of London. The site comprised portions of Swan Locations 30 and 31, Lots 4-10, with a total area of three acres one rood 11 perches.


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On 3 February 1909, the place was transferred from The London and Western Australian Investment Company Limited to George Bruton and Lily Hiscox, both of Grandstand Road, Belmont, as tenants in common. The mortgage to secure £760 was in the names of George Hiscox and Lily Hiscox, as was the lease in 1910. In 1909-10, Jessie Pakeman was recorded as the hotel keeper. It appears that the new owners re-named the place Hotel Belmont, although some records, including Rate Books, continued to record it as Ascot Hotel or Hotel Ascot. It was leased through their ownership from 1910 to 1928, the first lessee being John Joseph Lee, hotel keeper, whose lease, from 13 June 1910 to 12 March 1914, was registered in late October 1910. In 1910, the Rate Book recorded the place with an unimproved capital value of £400. In 1911, it was recorded as £150, indicating that either the value fell sharply, or that this figure was the nett annual value, but was incorrectly recorded as unimproved capital value. During the inter-war and World War Two period, there was little variation in the unimproved capital value of the place, which increased from £400 in 1919- 20, to £440 in the late 1930s, and it remained at this sum in 1944-45, i.e. an increase of only 10% in the unimproved value of the land over a period of 25 years. In this period, numerous licensed jockeys resided at the place as they valued its convenience to their work and appreciated the higher standard of accommodation than that found in the stables. The sub-division of Swan Locations 30/31 to the east of Epsom Avenue was marketed by the vendors, Ascot Westralia Pty Ltd, as Ascot Garden Estate. In July 1927, Arthur George Bruton died intestate. After Letters of Administration were granted, the place was transferred to Lily Hiscox on 2 April 1928. On the same day, it was transferred to James Shaw, hotel keeper of Hotel Belmont, and Clara Shaw, spinster, of the same address, he holding three undivided fourth shares, and she holding one undivided fourth share, who mortgaged the place to Lily Hiscox to secure the sum of £3,750. On 13 July 1929, the place was transferred to Denninup Vale Pastoral Company, from James and Clara Shaw, to whom it was mortgaged. This company owned the place for almost 35 years, a longer period than any other ownership. In April 1930, the place was leased to Francis William Lawrence, hotel keeper of Sydney Street, North Perth, for three years, with a renewal option. In the late 1930s, the name of the place was changed from Hotel Belmont to Ascot Inn; however, both names continued in use for some time. On 14 April 1939, the previous Certificate of Title was cancelled and a new one registered, showing the area as three acres one rood 11 and seven tenths perches. During World War Two, after the fall of Singapore, when the war moved closer to Western Australia, the upstairs accommodation was taken over to accommodate members of the Air Force. In April 1952, plans were drawn by Architect W. Geo. Pickering for proposed new lavatory accommodation at Ascot Inn for Denninup Pastoral Company. The plan shows the first floor plan, with the bedroom accommodation, lounge, balconies, and the additional lavatory accommodation. Following approval in late June 1952, the brick additions were carried out as per the plans by builder F. G. Brown at a cost of £3,200. In November 1953, Duncan, Stephen & Mercer, Architects, drew plans for additions to the toilet block in the hotel yard at an estimated cost of £750, which were duly carried out after approval in January 1954.


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In October 1958, plans were drawn by architect Colin Rule and Associates for substantial alterations and additions to the ground floor of Ascot Inn, at a cost of £8,000, which were approved by the Licensing Court in November. Whilst ‘One of the main objectives with all the new additions was to retain the dignity of the building’, many of the hotel’s original features were ‘lost’, including ‘original ornate ceilings, chandeliers, bas-relief lion statues, various shields of old England’ and the original staircase. The works were implemented in two stages in 1958-61. They included removal of walls and partitions, making of new openings, fitting of some new doors, new suspended ceilings in the foyer, saloon and public bar (i.e. below the original ceilings), bricking in of some windows, and a set of new stairs. These were built at one side of the original saloon bar, the L shaped bar was removed, and the balance of the area converted to the entry foyer, in which the firebay of the original internal fireplace was bricked up. An opening from it was formed on the side of the new saloon bar, which was located in the area from which the original staircase and office were removed. The existing two storey verandah, which had opened from the upstairs lounge, was removed. The final stage comprised mainly a winter lounge and terraces overlooking the river. Artesian springs which ran through the hotel site posed considerable construction problems. The total cost of the three year project, which increased the floor area of the hotel from 130 squares to 180 squares, was £40,000. It was reported ‘Most of the money has been spent on refrigeration, new saloon and public bars, bottle department and new cellar cool rooms.’ In the new bars, there were murals depicting race meetings at the nearby racecourse. Whilst there had been increased housing development in the vicinity in the post World War Two period, the hotel was ‘still in a rural setting of several acres’, in which trees and gardens led down to the river, and the ‘once extensive gardens’ now included large car parking areas. Through the late 1950s and early 1960s, the current lease-holders had sought to purchase the place, and eventually the owners agreed to sell it to them. On 7 February 1964, the transfer of the place to Francis Edward ‘Ed’ Wright, hotelkeeper, and his wife, Ella Evelyn Wright, and their son, James ‘Jim’ Raymond Wright, hotelkeeper, and his wife, Norma Shirley Wright, all of Ascot Inn, as tenants in common, was registered. Circa 1968, Walter (Wally) Donald Hannah, business proprietor, obtained an option to purchase Ascot Inn from the Wrights. In October 1971, Architects Oldham Boas & Ednie-Brown submitted plans to Belmont Council for extensions to the lounge and a new terrace at Ascot Inn. In late 1971, a Totalisator Agency Board agency was erected on the premises as per plans by the same firm. In May 1972, Oldham Boas & Ednie-Brown submitted a preliminary set of drawings for the proposed additions to the hotel, at an estimated cost of $220,000, which were approved in by the Shire and the Metropolitan Regional Planning Authority in June-July 1972, subject to the approval of the Swan River Conservation Board for the proposals regarding effluent disposal. On 2 August 1972, the place was duly transferred to Wally Hannah and his wife, Norma Myrtle Hannah, Hannah Properties Pty Ltd, Peter Geoffrey Foreman, business proprietor, and Patricia Foreman, Foreman Properties Pty Ltd, and Stuart Frederick Dyke, Hotel Proprietor, Esplanade Hotel, Port Hedland, in various shares, as tenants in common. On the same day, the place was transferred to Hannah Properties Pty Ltd, Foreman Properties Pty Ltd, Walter Ronald Hannah, and Norma Myrtle Hannah, Stuart Frederick Dyke, Peter Geoffrey Foreman and Patricia Foreman, John Seth Phillips, and his wife, Helen Douglas Phillips, in various shares, as tenants in common.


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In October 1972, the aforementioned plans were modified, with reference to the drive-in bottle-shop being deleted, and additional parking space provided. The project was aimed mainly at increasing week day trade. Both Wally Hannah and the licensee, Peter Foreman, were experienced hoteliers and keen race-horse owners. Ascot Inn was granted a permit for the lounge area to be used for entertainment purposes, for a maximum of 350 people. Some landscaping of the area at the river front adjacent to the beer garden was undertaken, where the Chief Engineer suggested planting tall river or swamp variety trees. On 5 September 1974, the place was transferred to Hannah Properties Pty Ltd, 13 undivided seventieth shares; Walter Ronald Hannah, 15 undivided seventieth shares and Norma Myrtle Hannah, 10 undivided seventieth shares; Stuart Frederick Dyke, 15 undivided seventieth shares; Thomas Fahey, five undivided seventieth shares; John Seth Phillips, nine undivided seventieth shares and his wife, Helen Douglas Phillips, three undivided seventieth shares, as tenants in common. The adjoining vacant lots on the east, Lots 11 and 12, were purchased with a view to future expansion of the hotel’s operations. Subsequently, proposals to amalgamate Lots 4-12 were discussed, but it was decided not to proceed in February 1976. In 1978, it was proposed to build a jetty at the river front at Ascot Inn. It was agreed that the hotel owners would bear the cost of construction and pay an annual maintenance fee and the Belmont Council would act as custodian of the jetty for an initial period of 10 years to 31 December 1988. In 1979, a licence was granted for the construction and maintenance of the jetty, which was duly built. In 1979, the owners applied to make extensive renovations and additions to Ascot Inn, including a 40 room motel building overlooking the Swan River, of brick and tile construction, an a la carte dining room seating 80 to 100 people, a function room catering for 300 people, and a cocktail bar. The project, designed by Architects Bradley, Kelsall and Wu, was estimated to cost more than $1 million, and was completed in mid 1980, at a cost of $1.5 million. Car parking for hotel patrons was increased from 200 to 290 cars. An unmade portion of Nisbet Street on the river front was closed and made over to the hotel owners in exchange for granting the Council river rights on the foreshore of Lots 11 and 12 to serve as a public reserve. By 1980, the cellars beneath the original hotel building had ceased to be used, and although several archways below ground level indicated their location, with rebuilding and filling they have disappeared with time.**1 On 14 May 1980, a new Certificate of Title was issued, for Swan Location 10038, portion of Swan Locations 30/31, being the amalgamation of the previous lots as Lot 112, as per Diagram 58983, which also shows the closure of Nisbet Street. The ownership of the hotel remained the same. On 12 August 1980, approval was granted for building a swimming pool and toilet block, at an estimated cost of $8,000, as part of the new motel unit extension at the place, and the work was duly implemented. In June 1981, plans by Bradley, Kelsall & Wu for the conversion of the outside courtyard to a new interview room, at an estimated cost of $7,000, were granted approval, and subsequently implemented by builder C. J. Duke & Son.

1 ** A member of the community has queried the accuracy of the information relating to the cellars. However at the present time the Heritage Council’s consultant’s assessment is accepted as the most comprehensive.


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In January-February 1983, approval was granted to plans by Bradley, Kelsall & Wu for provision of a seminar room, and for a clothes drying room, at an estimated cost of $40,000 and $8,000 respectively, to be completed in July 1983. In August 1984, Bradley, Kelsall & Wu submitted plans for approval for extensive extensions to the hotel, including conference facilities, car-parking, and re-zoning of the adjoining block of land, and advising the Council that the owners had procured an option on Lot 13, Thompson Street. In late September, it was announced that the new owners, the Superannuation Board of Western Australia, intended spending $4 million on development of the complex, to provide an additional 80 bedrooms and suites, and a function area to cater for 200 people. On 8 October, the nearby Lot 14, on Plan 1293, was transferred to the Superannuation Board, and, on 26 October, the adjoining Lot 13, was also transferred to the Board. From November 1984, Ascot Inn was leased to River Tourism Pty Ltd for 21 years. However, this lease was surrendered in November 1986, and subsequently the place was leased to Western Resorts. In early 1985, it was reported that the aforementioned proposed extensions, modelled on similar Eastern States establishments where people can drive out of the airport and into bed, and as shown in a scale model, would return the Ascot Inn into a resort in down town Belmont according to those involved in the project. It was anticipated that there would be increased interest in the area with the development of the Burswood Island Casino, with the long term possibility of ferries operating from the jetty at Ascot Inn. It was anticipated that the works would be completed in mid 1986; however, the proposals were not implemented. In August 1987, Belmont Council agreed to a further 10 year lease of the jetty. In spring 1989, Vintage Oak Pty Ltd purchased Ascot Inn from the Superannuation Board. On 23 November 1992, the place was transferred to Sin-Aus Bel Pty Ltd, which continues to own the place in 2003. In December 1993, Bradley Kelsall & Wu drew plans for upgrading the toilets to the saloon bar and a new entry canopy at the place, at an estimated cost of $40,000. These plans show the existing floor plan of the ground floor. Approval was granted to this application, and also for the erection of a fence and entrance gate; however, the latter does not appear to have been implemented. In May 1994, Bradley, Kelsall & Wu approached the City of Belmont, on behalf of the owner, with a proposal to provide hotel serviced apartments and hotel rooms with extra facilities to raise the standard of the existing hotel.161 The proposal was not implemented. In June 1995, plans by Fraser & Downsborough Designers Pty Ltd for a small new entry foyer to Ascot Inn, between the existing hotel and the restaurant, at an estimated cost of $20,000, were approved, and completed by builder Peter Chapman.


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In late 1995, a development proposal was submitted for 84 serviced rooms and additional parking to be developed on the Thompson Street frontage of the site, and Belmont City Council authorised its Development Control Group to approve the proposal. The proposed development was opposed by the Racing Residents Action Group, and their opposition was supported by members of the WA Racehorse Trainers Association, who held the view that the Ascot Precinct should be preserved as much as possible from further commercial and residential development not associated with the industry. In March 1996, the Western Australian Planning Commission approved the proposal. In March 1996, Ascot Inn was assessed for inclusion in the City of Belmont’s Municipal Heritage Inventory, and was later duly included in the City of Belmont’s Municipal Heritage Inventory with a Management Category of ‘Significant but not essential to an understanding of the history of the City of Belmont, and advised that a photographic record be made prior to any major redevelopment or demolition.’ In May 1996, approval was granted for hotel and conference rooms as per plans drawn by Risbec Drafting & Design, to be built by builder Murray McKeon, at a cost of $25,000, and the works were implemented in 1997. In December 1996, Ascot Inn was inspected, and, in November 1997, it was included in Statewide Survey of Hotels 1829-1939 Southern Region, Western Australia which mistakenly recorded it as built in the Inter-War period, and being in the Functionalist style. The place was reported to be in good condition, of moderate integrity and authenticity. In November 1997, approval was granted for refurbishment of the jetty, per plans by Burdett and Associates, at an estimated cost of $19,875, which was duly implemented. In 1998, the City of Belmont and the Swan River Trust granted approval to a proposal for 84 serviced rooms at an estimated cost of $5.3 million. However, the owner did not proceed with this proposal. Other development proposals were considered, but none proceeded to development stage. In 2002, plans were submitted to the City of Belmont for the re-development of the site as per a Design Report by Robin Adair Planning for an over 55 retirement village, with a club house, and facilities to include a café, library, lounge, swimming pool and gymnasium. In 2003, a sub-division application was submitted by the owners, along with application for approval to build 140 residential dwellings and associated facilities. In 2003, the original dining room at the north-east corner of the 1897 building accommodates the function room kitchen. The present Pub Tab bar was formerly the public back bar, accessed through a door from the adjoining north-south passage, which now accommodates the cool-room/display fridge for this bar area. The trap door entry to the cellar is located behind the counter, and the fireplace in the former public bar, at the extreme south-west of the original building, remains bricked up. The original kitchen, centrally located at the western end of the internal east-west passage, continues to be used for this purpose. In late 2003, Ascot Inn continues in use as an hotel/motel. The place continues to be highly valued by the local community and also by the wider community, in particular those associated with the horse racing industry, as evidenced in submissions to the City of Belmont in regard to both past and present development proposals. (Source: Abridged version of assessment from HCWA Assessment Database No. 08648)


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Historic theme and sub theme

Theme: Social and civic activities; People Occupations

Sub-theme: Community services and utilities Early settlers

Assessment Details

Site No. LGA No: - HCWA No: 08648 (Below Threshold Assessment) Date of assessment: December 2003 HCWA Date of last revision: May 2004 BCC Assessed by: (Name / contact details)

Planning Department City of Belmont based on Heritage Council of WA assessment (Dec 2003)


City of Belmont



Previous Listing: National Trust

Built Environment Working Group 5/4/04 resolved below threshold

Australian Heritage Council

NA


12/12/2003 below threshold

Other

NA


A Exceptional Significance - Essential to the heritage of the locality. Rare or outstanding example. The place should be retained and conserved unless there is no feasible and prudent alternative. Any alterations or extensions should be sympathetic to the heritage values of the place and in accordance with a Conservation Plan (if one exists for the place). Management Category

High level of protection appropriate: Provide maximum encouragement to the owner under the Local Planning Scheme to conserve the significance of the place. Photographically record the place prior to any major redevelopment. Encourage any future modifications and/or extensions reflect the original style and character of the buildings.


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Other Site Details

C/T & Vol/Folio: Vol 1563 / Folio 862 Loc/ Diagram / Plan: Loc 30; D69755 Any reserve details: No Vesting: - Purpose: N/A Details of any leases: N/A

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The Ascot Inn situated at the end of Epsom Avenue on the banks of the Swan River. Began its days as the Belmont Hotel in the late 1890’s. Today the Hotel has been considerably enlarged.

However, the original building can still be found incorporated in the new building.


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Lot 39 (34) Frederick Street, Belmont (Character Residence) (Site Only) D Some Significance


Address / Location: 34 Frederick Street, Belmont Name of place: - Former or other Names:

-


Occupied: - Occupier: - Public Accessibility: Open Restricted Nil Description of the place and its setting

Site of former residence. Building Details

Type:

-


-


1930s

Indicate sources:

Original Use:

Residence



Modifications:


-

General conditions:




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Site of former residence. Statement of Significance

Site of former residence reputedly built in the 1930s. Historical Background

The house was built for the owners of a chicken hatchery in the 1930s. The building was largely destroyed by fire in late 2001. A demolition licence to remove the original house was issued on 13 August 2002 (Licence No. 67/2002/DEMO). Planning Approval for seven grouped dwellings was issued on 29 May 2003 (Application No. 164/2003/DA). The Building Licence for the seven grouped dwellings was issued on 26 November 2003 (Building Licence No. 646/2003/BUILDR). Historic theme and sub theme

Theme: Demographic Settlement and Mobility Sub-theme: Land Allocation and Subdivision Assessment Details

Site No. LGA No: HCWA No: Date of assessment: Date of last revision: Assessed by: (Name / contact details)







Heritage Council


Other


D Some Significance - Contributes to the heritage of the locality. Photographically record prior to major development or demolition. Recognise and interpret the site if possible.


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Management Category

Historic site without built features. Other Site Details

C/T & Vol/Folio: - Loc/ Diagram / Plan: - Any reserve details: - Vesting: - Purpose: - Details of any leases: -

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Film No. Digital; Neg No. N/A; Date 9/7/2001



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Lot 95 (254) Fulham Street, Cloverdale (Character Residence) A Exceptional Significance


Address / Location: Lot 95 (254) Fulham Street (Tax Plan 35.46) Name of place: - Former or other Names:

-



Character brick and tile roof residence situated on Fulham Street.


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Building Details

Type:

Single residence


Circa 1915


Not known

Indicate sources:

City of Belmont Historical Society Records

Original Use:

Residence (farm house)


Residence


Brick and tile roof

Modifications:

Not known


Appears largely intact

General conditions:



Not known



The house is one of the landmark houses in the district. It has a social and historical significance, reflecting the early character of the district (poultry farms) prior to large scale residential development occurring. Historical Background

Mr and Mrs Bell settled in South Belmont in 1915 and started the Oakland Poultry Farm on land bounded by Fulham, Fisher and Gabriel Streets and Abernethy Road. They also built a substantial house fronting Fulham Street. Following death of the old couple, the house and land was passed to their daughter Elsie (Mrs Albert Yates). The name of this first Bell owned poultry farm was given to a street in Cloverdale, when subdivision of residential development began. Historic theme and sub theme

Theme: People; and occupations Sub-theme: Rural industries; and local heroes and battlers


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Assessment Details








Heritage Council


Other



High level of protection appropriate: provide maximum encouragement to the owner under the Local Planning Scheme to conserve the significance of the place: the original fabric, character and style. Other Site Details

C/T & Vol/Folio: Vol 1385 / Folio 75 Diagram / Plan: Plan D 39865 Any reserve details: No Vesting: - Purpose: N/A Details of any leases: N/A


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Lots 823, 13, 9 & 71 (71) Grandstand Road, Ascot (Ascot Racecourse) A Exceptional Significance


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56


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Film No. 3; Neg No. 23, 24, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36; Date February 1996


Address / Location: Lots 823, 13, 9 & 71 Grandstand Road, Ascot (Tax Plan 33.53) Name of place: Ascot Racecourse Former or other Names:

No



Brick and tile buildings in the grounds of Ascot Racecourse.


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Building Details

Type:

Original buildings in the grounds of the Ascot Racecourse


Early part of the century


-

Indicate sources:


Original Use:

Racecourse


During both World Wars, the racecourse was taken over by the Australian Infantry Forces for a camp. This course became the headquarters of the horse racing in Western Australia in 1917.


Brick and tile buildings

Modifications:

Significant changes from 1910 to 1950; construction of a ledger stand, steward’s stand, luncheon rooms and administration quarters.


The exterior of these buildings are basically unchanged, however the interiors have been renovated and modified over the years.

General conditions:



Not known


N/A Statement of Significance & Historical Background

The exterior of these buildings are basically unchanged, however the interiors have been renovated and modified over the years. Jeff Bridges was the first caretaker at the racecourse and in the 1890’s he was the only employee. The Western Australian Turf Club was formed in October 1852, with the object being to improve the breed of horses in the Colony and the establishment of regular race meetings, under regulations applicable to the Colony. The river frontage of Location 32 was taken over for the racecourse. In the early part of the century, a grandstand was constructed on the lines of the one at Williamstown in Victoria. This was followed by the construction of a ledger stand, steward’s stand, luncheon rooms and administration quarters. These were a few of the significant changes from 1910 to 1950. During both World Wars the racecourse was taken over by the Australian Infantry Forces for a camp. This course became the headquarters of the horse racing in Western Australia in 1917.


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Theme: Occupations Social and civic activities

Sub-theme: Development of the racing industry Cultural activities

Assessment Details

Site No. LGA No: - HCWA No: - Date of assessment: April 1996 Date of last revision: - Assessed by: (Name / contact details)







Heritage Council


Other



High level of protection appropriate: provide maximum encouragement to the owner under the Local Planning Scheme to conserve the significance of the place. Photographically record the place prior to any major redevelopment. Encourage any future modifications and / or extensions reflect the original style and character of the buildings.


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Other Site Details

C/T & Vol/Folio: - Loc/ Diagram / Plan: Plan D 9352 Any reserve details: Yes – Reserve No. 27130

Vesting: Vesting: 1259 / 989 in trust to Chairman of the Western

Australian Turf Club and his successors in office. Purpose: Racecourse Details of any leases: -

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Finish Perth Cup – 28 December 1905


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Pt Lot 197, Lots 236, 237, 78-84, 105 & 12 (80) Grandstand Road, Ascot (The Kilns) A Exceptional Significance



Address / Location: Pt Lot 197, Lots 236, 237, 78-84, 105 & 12 Grandstand Road, Ascot

Name of place: Tunnel and beehive kilns and chimney stacks at the former

Bristile Factory Former or other Names:

-


Occupied: No Public Accessibility: Open Restricted Nil


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An assemblage of a group of kilns situated on Grandstand Road in Belmont, opposite the Ascot Racecourse. The kilns and chimneys are clearly visible from Grandstand Road. Building Details

Type:

Kilns and chimney stacks


Between 1930 and 1950


Not known

Indicate sources:

Heritage Council of WA Records; Lewis, Miles 1990 ‘Pipe and Tile Kilns – former Bristle Site, Ascot Fields, Belmont, Perth – An assessment of cultural significance for the Department of Planning and Urban Development WA

Original Use:

Kilns


-


Brick

Modifications:

-


Original condition

General conditions: Very poor Poor Fair Good Very good They are in poor structural condition and their associated equipment has disappeared.


-


Kilns and chimney stacks. Statement of Significance

An exceptional assemblage of a group of kilns of types commonly used in Australia in the first half of the twentieth century. These were built between 1929 and 1950, and are thought to be the largest such group surviving in the country. The place has been assessed by the National Trust of Australia (WA) and has been entered in the Register of that body as a classified building with the following statement of significance:


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“Pottery works, established by Piercy and Pitman opposite the Ascot Racecourse, became a company known as the WA Pottery Co soon after 1910 with Mr Pitman as Manager. This company was taken over in 1930 by H L Brisbane and Co and in 1938 Wunderlich Ltd acquired an interest and the firm became H L Brisbane & Wunderlich Ltd. Prior to forming his own company Lance Brisbane had worked for Wunderlich’s and had a lasting friendship with the family.

In later years the Belmont factory concentrated on the manufacture of vitrified clay pipes. It has long been one of the main industries in the area.”

The place has also been assessed by the Australian Heritage Commission and has been entered in the Register of the National Estate.

Historical Background

1929 Founding of company H.L.Brisbane & Co Ltd. Business of Westralian Potteries, which began in 1895, was taken over. This had 2 kilns fired with wood and coal.

1934 Two new kilns were added, built by Ernie Banks . 1935 Building additions to pipe and tile factories. 1936 Additions to buildings and plant. 1938 Name change to H.L.Brisbane & Wunderlich Ltd. 1947 Belmont tile factory extended by installation of modern equipment and

additional kilns. 1948 Additional drying chambers installed at Belmont tile factory. 1954 Two new kilns and stack added. 1955 New clay sheds erected, improved grinding machinery installed. 1958 Production of roofing tiles ceased at Belmont on December 17. 1963 Major redevelopment of Belmont pipe factory. Opened on 12 December by

Hon. C.W.M. Court. 1968 Reconstruction of existing rectangular kiln. 1971 Erection of new factory at Belmont with Bickley shuttle kiln. 1972 No. 2 pipe factory commissioned at Belmont. 1978 Conversion of Belmont No. 2 plant to roofing tile production. 1982 Bristile clay pipe division closed down after 50 years in Belmont. (Source : Bristile’s 50th year report publication)


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Theme: Occupations Sub-theme: - Assessment Details

Site No. LGA No: - HCWA No: 0868 Date of assessment: May 1996 Date of last revision: - Assessed by: (Name / contact details)







Heritage Council


Other



Three kilns and a chimney stack be retained. If possible a cross section to the kiln should also be retained. Photographically record the site prior to any major redevelopment or demolition. The Council at its 23 February 2010 meeting (Item 13.2) further resolved:

“That Council: 1. Advise the Heritage Council of WA that it supports the proposed entry of the

Bristile Kilns in the State Register of Heritage Places on a permanent basis, as this acknowledges that the kilns are an important part of the history of Belmont and Australia, with their significance and rarity being the concentration of kilns and stacks in the one area and also forming the largest collection of extant circular downdraught kilns (often referred to as beehive kilns) and associated stacks in Australia.


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2. Advise the Heritage Council of WA, the Western Australian Planning Commission and Ascot Fields Nominees that notwithstanding the Management Statement in the Municipal Heritage Inventory that a stack and three kilns be retained, it would seek the genuine and measurable actions of all parties to retain as many kilns and stacks as possible to faithfully represent the importance of this site.

3. Request the Western Australian Planning Commission to allow the City of Belmont

to advertise any bona fide development proposal for the site and for the Council to reach a decision accordingly.

4. Follow the process as required under its Local Planning Scheme to modify the

Municipal Heritage Inventory to be consistent with the final decision on the future of the kilns, as determined by the Heritage Council and the Western Australian Planning Commission.”

Other Site Details

C/T & Vol/Folio: C/T 1754 / 354 , 1752 / 715 , 1752 / 716 - 1752 / 722 inclusive, and 1752 / 742 , 1752 / 715

Loc/ Diagram / Plan: P 2365, D 1056 Any reserve details: No Vesting: - Purpose: - Details of any leases: -


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Bristile's – Intersection of Matheson, Stoneham and Garratt Road.


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Lot 99 (2) Great Eastern Highway, Rivervale (Old Well & Store) (Site Only)

D Some Significance


Address / Location: Previously Lot 99 (2) Great Eastern Highway, Rivervale now forms part of the Graham Farmer Freeway

Name of place: 1. Old well (adjacent to Liquor Store)

2. Store (Cnr Great Eastern Highway & Orrong Road) Former or other Names:

-


Occupied: - Public Accessibility: Open Restricted Nil Description of the place and its setting

The brick and corrugated iron roof building was situated on the corner of Great Eastern Highway and Orrong Road. The entry to the building included a door on the corner, opening to the street, with long verandahs running down each side. Building Details

Type:

Commercial premises


Circa 1897


Not known

Indicate sources:


Original Use:

Shop


Shop


Brick

Modifications:

-


Predominantly original condition

General conditions:



Mr Gartrell


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The store was considered to be the oldest remaining one in the district. It was a brick building, with the inside floors partly cement and other areas wood. The entry was a door on the corner, opening to the street, with long verandahs running down each side. Passing travellers could refresh themselves and their horses from a water well next to the shop. The shop was built by Mr Gartrell. It was later sold to a Riversdale Road’s resident Nellie Fairbrother who stocked it with a wide range of clothing. Nellie’s father was George Fairbrother, a well-known figure in the local community and a member of the Belmont Park Road Board. A butcher named Gillon was the next owner, but his tenure was rather brief and he sold the shop to Mrs Mulligan. Mrs Mulligan had been retailing ladies’ fashion from a rented shop on the corner of Hawksburn Road and the Highway (Guildford Road). The owner of this store was a Norwegian named Larsen, who also built in 1897, but this store has long been demolished. Mrs Essie Mulligan was the daughter of Mr Northey, the first full time Secretary of the Belmont Park Road Board from 1900 till 1914. Her father in law, Mr Mulligan was Chairman of the Road Board from 1913 till 1916. During the Mulligan ownership, a large iron shed was built alongside the shop from which produce was sold. This general store stocked everything a household could possibly need. The old store was lit inside with a single electric globe and a large wooden counter stood in front of open shelving. Years later the Foodland Company was granted a gallon licence and it bottled wine in a small building specially built for this purpose at the rear of the property. The wine was sold under the Vinwarra label. In 1963 the shop was granted a liquor licence and has specialised in fine wines, promoting local Western Australian labels. The building was demolished in October 1996 as part of the Burswood Bridge interchange road plan (Graham Farmer Freeway). The building had comprised of concrete floors, brick elevations, timber framed windows, stamped metal ceiling and an iron roof. Historic theme and sub theme

Theme: People Occupations

Sub-theme: Early settlers


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Assessment Details

Site No. LGA No: - HCWA No: - Date of assessment: May 1996 Date of last revision: July 2001 Assessed by: (Name / contact details)







Heritage Council


Other


D Some Significance - Contributes to the heritage of the locality. Photographically record prior to major development or demolition. Recognise and interpret the site if possible. Management Category

Historic site without any built features. Recognise with a commemorative plaque. Other Site Details

C/T & Vol/Folio: Previously Vol 908 Folio152 Loc/ Diagram / Plan: Swan Location 34 Any reserve details: No Vesting: - Purpose: - Details of any leases: -


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Lot 99 (2) Great Eastern Highway, Rivervale

Film No. 4; Neg No. 7; Date June 1996


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Lot 388 (13) Great Eastern Highway, Rivervale Congregational Church (Site Only) D Some Significance


Former Address / Location:

Lot 388 (13) Great Eastern Highway (Corner of Gladstone Road), Rivervale

Name of place: Congregational Church Former or other Names:

Rivervale Uniting Church


-

Occupied: - Occupier: - Public Accessibility: N/A Description of the place and its setting

The building was setback from the front boundary and was built onto the highest part of the block. The foundation would have been approximately 2 metres above the then footpath levels. A plan showing the former location is provided below.


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Building Details

Type:

Church


1905


1905

Indicate sources:

N/A

Original Use:

Church


Religious services, Sunday School, other church related activities, social / recreational, health and educational.


Front and side wall was brick. The back wall was timber. This was to allow for future extensions. The entrance porch was brick to dado height with a timber frame top. Double wooden entry doors faced north. Inside walls were plastered and the flooring was of hardwood. The interior had a domed ceiling made of pinewood with 6 metal rose centres from which the original kerosene lamps hung. These also served as ventilators. There were eight coloured glass leadlight windows. The roof was of corrugated iron. The main church building measured 41ft (13m) in length and 30ft (10m) in width. A small weatherboard room was added across the back in later years, but preservation of this area was not sought. (Source: Nomination Form for Register of the National Estate prepared by Mrs Anne Spalding (dec), Secretary/Treasurer of the City of Belmont Historical Society Inc, approximately 1990).

Modifications:

Hall to existing church. Work commenced in 1961. It was a large building made from prefabricated concrete with steel girders and an asbestos roof. The corrugated iron roof was replaced in 1988 after severe storm damage. (Sources: Nomination Form for Register of the National Estate prepared by Mrs Anne Spalding (dec), Secretary/Treasurer of the City of Belmont Historical Society Inc, approximately 1990 Ever Flowing Forward: The Story of Belmont by Maxine Laurie).


N/A

General conditions:

N/A


N/A


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N/A. Statement of Significance

N/A. Historical Background

The land was donated by Mrs Elizabeth Dorothea Bechtel. Sunday services were held in the Mrs Betchel’s home until such time as enough money could be raised to erect a church. A rough survey of the district elicited the fact that 31 households were interested in a church building, a successful fundraising campaign was mounted by a committee consisting of the Bechtels, Duncans, Johnsons, Messrs W T Jones, Grimwood, Birch and Bollina. H G Duncan, who was appointed as its secretary, held a fete in the grounds of his home. The foundation stone was laid and dedicated on 28 October 1905 by Reverend Ernest Davies and the Church was completed the following year. Services and Sunday school were then held there regularly. The preachers generally came by train and Mr Bechtel would collect them in his horse and cart and return them to the station in the evening. The Church was the only public building in the District and apart from Sunday Services, Sunday School and other church related activities, it was used for many and varied activities. There being no school in the District the Education Department used it for a primary school from February 1906 to the end of 1908 and then again in 1914. The Burswod Red Cross used the Church regularly for ‘knitting scarves, mittens, socks, sewing pillow cases, hemming sheets and other items needed in hospitals, ambulances and for stretchers. The Church was also used by the Ladies Guild and various youth groups. Social evenings and public meetings were held there. It was even used as a polling place for State elections. With continued growth of church membership, a wooden structure was built onto the back of the Church building to cope with the increasing numbers in the youth groups, boys’ and girls’ brigade, ladies club, including Country Women’s’ Association. The Burswood School’s infants classes were held in the Rivervale Congregational Church in 1914 while the St Anne’s School was being extended. For almost four months, the Education Department rented the Church at the rate of £3 6s 8d per month, a sum which must have been a very welcome addition to the Church revenue. The Church was also used as an infant health clinic until the 1950’s. In the early days before moving pictures, magic lantern shows were a popular form of entertainment. This church building played an important part in the lives of most people in the District as all denominations were welcomed. This was the first ecclesiastical building in the Belmont Roads Board District. The Church was closed in early 1990 and was dismantled in October 1993 due to the widening of Great Eastern Highway. The materials (3 pallets of bricks, window frames and stained glass windows) salvaged from the demolition are stored at Council’s Operations Centre. It was intended at the time the building was dismantled that it be rebuilt at another suitable location.


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Between 1990-1998 there was considerable debate on exactly where the Church should be relocated. Various sites were identified including Faulkner Park, corner Francisco Street and Gerring Court and Wilson Park, however no decision was made. The Congregational Church building is listed on the Heritage Council of Western Australia’s Places Database. The record was created on 30 May 1989 (Place No: 00139). A nomination form for the Australian Heritage Commission Register of the National Estate was completed by the City of Belmont Historical Society Inc approximately in 1990. (Sources: Nomination Form for Register of the National Estate prepared by Mrs Anne Spalding (dec), Secretary/Treasurer of the City of Belmont Historical Society Inc, approximately 1990 Ever Flowing Forward: The Story of Belmont by Maxine Laurie). Historic theme and sub theme

Theme: Sub-theme: Assessment Details

Site No. LGA No: HCWA No: Place No. 00139 Date of assessment: 15 September 2008 Date of last revision: N/A Assessed by: (Name / contact details)

City of Belmont 215 Wright Street, Cloverdale 6105


City of Belmont 215 Wright Street, Cloverdale 6105


Previous Listing: Heritage

Council of WA



Historic site without built features.


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Other Site Details

Former C/T & Vol/Folio:

Volume 1381 / Folio 488

Former Loc/ Diagram / Plan:

Plan 1711 Lot 388 portion of Swan Location 34

Former reserve details:

Crown Reserve 31134

Vesting: Purpose: Details of any leases:

Flash back


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Lot 1 (33-35) Great Eastern Highway, Rivervale (Former Cinema) (Site Only) D Some Significance


Address / Location: Lot 1 (33-35) Great Eastern Highway (Tax Plan 31.48) Name of place: Harts Escort Agency Former or other Names:

Riversdale Hall; Westralia Campers Rentals; Road Runner Car Rentals

Former Owners name / contact details:

Occupied: Yes Occupier: - Public Accessibility: Open Restricted Nil Description of the place and its setting

The building features prominently on the corner of Great Eastern Highway and Norwood Road. Part of the building off Norwood Road is painted brick and tile. The section fronting Great Eastern Highway is rendered. Building Details

Type:

Hall


1919


Not known

Indicate sources:


Original Use:

Hall


Billiard saloon; picture theatre; car rental premises; hairdresser & escort agency (current)


Brick and tile roof

Modifications:

Rendered frontage to Great Eastern Highway, external painting to the remainder of the building


The original brick and tile roof building off Norwood Road

General conditions:



Not known


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Type of Place if not a Building N/A Statement of Significance & Historical Background

The opening ceremony of the Riversdale Hall took place on February 22, 1919 at 3 pm by the Hon. R.T. Robinson M.L.A. The Chairman of the Committee was Mr H.G. Duncan and the Secretary Mr W. Newey. This was followed by a Concert at 8pm and dancing at 9.30pm. The Hall was built by the efforts of the dedicated local citizens, particularly the Newey family. This group of citizens called themselves ‘The Riversdale Progress Association’. Some of the first motion pictures were shown here and the ‘Belmont Young Men’s Association’ met here every Friday night for gymnastics. Unfortunately, the Road Board had not seen fit to take over the control of the Hall, which was heavily mortgaged. When the depression of the late 1920’s and early 1930’s arrived, the payments could not be met, resulting in the Hall being sold. The establishment then became a billiard saloon. At the conclusion of the Second World War, the Hall returned to its original use - a picture theatre. This was the district’s only picture theatre. A brick entry and projection box was added to the front of the building. Later, theatre gardens were added to the side of the building and greatly enjoyed in the warm weather. The coming of television saw the demise of many of these attractions in the metropolitan area. This building was used for commercial purposes until it was demolished. A demolition licence was issued on 4 March 2004 (Licence No. 20/2004/DEMO). Planning Approval for an office development on the site was issued on 2 November 2005 (Application No. 293/2005/DA). The Building Licence for the office development was issued on 3 April 2006 (Building Licence No. 887/2005/BUILDC). Historic theme and sub theme

Theme: Social and civic activities People

Sub-theme: Community services and utilities Local heroes and battlers (Newey Family)

Assessment Details





Owner / Occupier Yes – 2 January 2003


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consulted: Previous Listing: National Trust Australian

Heritage Council


Other



Historic site without built features. Other Site Details

C/T & Vol/Folio: Vol 00295 / Folio 99999 Loc/ Diagram / Plan: Loc 34; Plan D39151 Any reserve details: No Vesting: - Purpose: N/A Details of any leases: N/A

Flash back


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Film No. 2; Neg No. 23 & 24; Date February 1996



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Lot 7 (84) Great Eastern Highway, Belmont (Moreton Bay Fig Tree) (Site Only) D Some Significance


Address / Location: Lot 7 (84) Great Eastern Highway, Belmont Name of place: N/A (Moreton Bay Fig Tree) Former or other Names:

N/A


City of Belmont (vested)


A large Moreton Bay fig tree was situated in Lot 7 (84) Great Eastern Highway opposite Belmont Avenue. Lot 7 together with ‘A’ Class Reserve 12237 was developed as a recreation area formerly known as Hardey Park. Building Details

Type:

N/A


N/A


N/A

Indicate sources:

N/A

Original Use:

N/A


N/A


N/A

Modifications:

N/A


N/A

General conditions:



N/A


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Moreton Bay fig tree. Statement of Significance

The tree was one of Belmont’s biggest and oldest trees. The tree was significant to the area because of its outstanding historic and aesthetic value. The tree was felled on Sunday 30th November 1997 to make way for Great Eastern Highway upgrades at that time. The tree had a trunk circumference that measured 6 metres and over. Reserve 12237 and Lot 7 were originally owned by Robert Davey Hardey. Given the size of the tree and its dimensions, the tree would have been approximately 100 years old when felled. The tree is believed to have been planted by a member of the Hardey family and perhaps by Robert Davey Hardey himself. Historic theme and sub theme

Theme: People Sub-theme: Local heroes Assessment Details








Heritage Council


Other

Nominated by the City of Belmont in 1990 for the Register of Historically Significant Trees (joint initiative of the Tree Society and the WA National Trust).




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Management Category

Historic site without built features. Recognise with a plaque. Other Site Details

C/T & Vol/Folio: N/A Loc/ Diagram / Plan: N/A Any reserve details: N/A Vesting: N/A Purpose: N/A Details of any leases: N/A

Flash back

Lot 7 (84) Great Eastern Highway, Belmont Film No. 2; Neg No. 27; Date February 1996

Lot 7 (84) Great Eastern Highway, Belmont


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Extract Cadastre Plan

(‘A’ Reserve 12237 and Lot 7 were developed as a recreation area known as Hardey Park)

Moreton Bay Fig Tree - Aerial Photo 1995

1995


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Lots 30 & 31 (86-88) Great Eastern Highway, Rivervale (Cellars – Part of Sandringham Hotel) (Site Only)



Address / Location: Lots 30-31 (86-88) Great Eastern Highway, Rivervale (Tax Plan 32.49)

Name of place: Cellars (part of Sandringham Hotel) Former or other Names:

None


Occupied: Yes Occupier: Sandringham Hotel Public Accessibility: Open Restricted Nil Description of the place and its setting

The cellars form part of the Sandringham Hotel, which is built on the edge of the riverbank. At present they are not accessible to the public. Building Details

Type:

Cellars


Exact date not known


Not known

Indicate sources:


Original Use:

Cellars


-


-

Modifications:

Original condition


-

General conditions:



Not known


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Cellars Statement of Significance & Historical Background

These cellars were built by Robert Hardey when he built Belmont House, later to become the original Sandringham Hotel. They were some distance from the house, built into the riverbank. The present hotel is built on the edge of the riverbank and the cellars have been closed off. Apparently they were accessible from the river. Robert Hardey and his cousin Richard Hardey of Tranby across the river, both cultivated vines for the production of wine. This was most unusual as both men were from strict Wesleyan Methodist families. Historic theme and sub theme

Theme: Social and civic activities; People

Sub-theme: Community services and utilities; Local heroes and battlers

Assessment Details








Heritage Council


Other


B Considerable Significance - Very important to the heritage of the locality. Conservation of the place is highly desirable. Any alterations or extensions should be sympathetic to the heritage values of the place.


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Management Category

Retain and conserve if possible. Assess in more detail when considering a development application. Other Site Details

C/T & Vol/Folio: - Loc/ Diagram / Plan: Loc 34; Plan 1646 Any reserve details: No Vesting: - Purpose: N/A Details of any leases: N/A

Flash back

Sandringham Hotel, Great Eastern Highway, Belmont.


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Lot 3275 (131) Great Eastern Highway, Ascot (Brisbane & Wunderlich Park Buildings) (Site Only) and Lot 14314 (130) Great Eastern Highway (Dolls House) (located within Hardey Park)


Film No. Digital; Date 9 July 2001


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Address / Location: Lot 3275 (131) Great Eastern Highway (Tax Plan 33.50) Name of place: Brisbane & Wunderlich Park Buildings Former or other Names:

Brisbane Park Buildings


City of Belmont (vested) Locked Bay 379, Cloverdale WA 6985


Ornamental and display purpose brick and brick and tile buildings located on what is called ‘Devil’s Elbow’ section of Great Eastern Highway. Building Details

Type:

Display buildings


1937


Not known

Indicate sources:

Minutes of Belmont Park Roads Board 17 February 1936.

Original Use:

Ornamental and display purposes


Ornamental and display purposes


Brick and tile

Modifications:

None


Original condition

General conditions:

Very poor

Poor Fair Good Very good


H L Brisbane and Co


Products display facility.


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Statement of Significance & Historical Background

The land for this park was acquired in 1937 by H.L. Brisbane & Co Ltd and developed into a display park for their products. This small space of land located on what is known as Devil’s Elbow in Great Eastern Highway became a park in 1936. (Minutes of BPRB 17 February 1936). The Brisbane Company wrote to the Board proposing that some land be put aside for ornamental and display purposes, as had been undertaken by various companies in the Victoria Park locality. Apparently, the Road Board granted the Company a lease for this small strip of land lasting six months. By the end of this period the Brisbane Company applied to continue the lease stressing their enthusiasm for developing several display items. As a result the lease was extended for a further three years. Brisbane managed to continue the park and when the Company changed to become Brisbane & Wunderlich Ltd. the park’s promotional displays also changed accordingly. Bristile's still lease the area, even though it has been gazetted as a Crown Reserve by Department of Lands and Surveys. (Gazetted on 14 November 1930) The land on which the buildings / display products are situated is required for road widening purposes. It is recommended that the owner be encouraged to relocate the buildings / display products to an alternative location. A ‘Dolls House’ was relocated to Lot 14314 (130) Great Eastern Highway which forms part of Hardey Park. Historic theme and sub theme


Site No. LGA No: - HCWA No: - Date of assessment: April 1996 Date of last revision: - Assessed by: (Name / contact details)







Heritage Council


Other


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B Considerable Significance - Very important to the heritage of the locality. Conservation of the place is highly desirable. Any alterations or extensions should be sympathetic to the heritage values of the place. Management Category

Retain and conserve if possible: endeavour to conserve the significance of the place (display products) through the provisions of the Local Planning Scheme. Other Site Details

C/T & Vol/Folio: - Loc/ Diagram / Plan: Loc Swan 3275 Any reserve details: Yes – Reserve No. 20562 Vesting: City of Belmont Purpose: Parklands Details of any leases: -

Flash back

Lot 3275 (131) Great Eastern Highway, Ascot Film No. 2; Neg No. 29, 30, 32, 33, 34; Date February 1996


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Lot 3275 (131) Great Eastern Highway, Ascot Film No. 2; Neg No. 29, 30, 32, 33, 34; Date

February 1996

Lot 3275 (131) Great Eastern Highway, Ascot Film No. 2; Neg No. 29, 30, 32, 33, 34; Date

February 1996


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Great Eastern Highway, Rivervale Wooden Paved Road (Site Only) D Some significance

Address / Location West of Belmont Avenue on the southern side of Great Eastern Highway, parallel with Nos. 143-151 Great Eastern Highway, Rivervale

Name of place Great Eastern Highway

Former or other name(s) Guildford Road (former name); Convict Road

Owner’s name / contact details -----

Occupied -----

Occupier -----

Public Accessibility Open Restricted Nil


Jarrah blocks forming the remains of the 1860s road surface paved with jarrah discs, known as Hampton’s Cheeses. Several of these discs have been relocated to City of Belmont Museum.


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Building details

Type Residence

Construction date(s) 1866-67

Design date(s) (estimated/known) -----

Indicate sources -----

Original use(s) Highway

Later and current use(s) Highway

Construction materials Jarrah bocks

Modifications -----

Extent of original fabric remaining intact

-----

General condition V Poor Poor Fair Good V Good

Architect / designer / builder Governor Hampton

Convict labour

Type of place if not a building -----

Statement of significance & historical background

Wooden Paved Road (site) is an excellent example of the ingenuity of road makers in the mid-19th century to overcome the difficulties faced in adapting the Western Australian environment to the needs of transport.

Wooden Paved Road (site) is associated with Governor Hampton, who first proposed the design, and the convicts who constructed the road.

Those elements of Wooden Paved Road (site) now located at the City of Belmont’s museum will provide an educational resource for improving the understanding of colonial life in Western Australia.

Colonists regularly complained about the condition of the road to Guildford (now called the Great Eastern Highway). Various efforts were tried to make the road usable, especially in winter, but little improvement was seen by travellers.

Convicts started to arrive in the Colony from 1850, but by 1853 it became evident that the labour was not always being used efficiently. In particular, there was no improvement to road to Guildford. A camp for road parties was established in Redcliffe at ‘Depot Hill’. It is likely that this camp was south of the Great Eastern Highway between the Tonkin Highway intersection and Brearley Avenue.

John Hampton was a controversial Governor of Western Australia between 1862 and 1868. In 1862, he announced that he had given orders for the treatment of three miles (5 km) of road:

I have issued instructions that wood is to be used in the formation of part of the unmade [Stirling Highway], and if the experiment in as successful as I have seen it in Canada, we may by that means be enabled to improve and cheapen our road-making. (Inquirer, 23 April 1862)


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Convicts cut down trees and, after placing them over sawpits, the trunks were cut into discs about 30cm thick. These were positioned alongside each other, and the space between compacted either with soil or crushed limestone. The discs were known as ‘Hampton’s Cheeses’ after the Governor.

By September 1866, the discs were ready to be laid down on the road at Rivervale, and this work was undertaken from January 1867. In a later book, one resident wrote about how most roads in the State were in poor condition:

I may make an exception, however, in favour of an application of wooden pavement by means of which the old sandy furrows… are now replaced by a good solid causeway fit for fast travelling. The miles of sand over which I passed when this road was in its transition state have since been bottomed with sections of great forest trees, the shape and size of which are best described thy their ordinary name of ‘Governor Hampton’s Cheese’. (Janet Millett, An Australian Parsonage, 1872)

In 2012, during an upgrade to the Great Eastern Highway (as the road has been known since 1935), engineers uncovered a 20m stretch of the original Hampton’s Cheeses. After archaeological investigation, a number of the discs were transferred to the City of Belmont’s museum for display to the public.

Historic theme and sub theme Transport & communications

Road transport

Assessment details LGA No. -----

HCWA No. 24367

Assessed by -----

Name / contact details -----

Nominated by -----

Name / contact details -----

Owner / occupier consulted -----

Previous listing NT AHC SHO Other

Level of Significance D Some Significance

Contributes to the heritage of the locality. Photographically record prior to major development or demolition. Recognise and interpret the site if possible.


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Management category Recognise significance of site by entry in Inventory.

Consider nearby interpretation if opportunity arises.

Other site details

C/T & Vol / Folio -----

Loc / Diagram / Plan -----

Any reserve details -----

Vesting -----

Purpose -----

Details of any leases -----

Other images


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Lots 143-146 (203-205) Great Eastern Highway, Belmont (Courtland Pottery) (Site Only) D Some Significance


Address / Location: Lot 143-146 (203-205) Great Eastern Highway, Belmont Name of place: Courtland Pottery Former or other Names:

As above.


Occupied: No Public Accessibility: Open Restricted Nil Description of the place and its setting

Vacant site. The site previously contained an industrial pottery complex, consisting of several workshops and an office situated on the corner of Great Eastern Highway and Hehir Street. The workshops contained kilns, some dating back to 1937. Building Details

Type:

Industrial pottery


1903


Not known

Indicate sources:

Grenville Courtland 1982

Original Use:

Pottery


Pottery


Brick and corrugated iron roof building, brick and fire clay (used as mortar) kilns

Modifications:

The original house off Great Eastern Highway was modified and turned into an office. Workshop additions were constructed off Hehir Street.


-

General conditions:



-


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Pottery building and kilns. Statement of Significance

Courtland Pottery had historical value. It was one of the earliest potteries in Western Australia to concentrate on the production of wheel thrown pottery as distinct from building materials. Some pipes were originally made there too. The pottery was been owned by generations of local pioneer family - Courtland’s. The pottery represented an important example of early development of industry in Belmont. Historical Background

In 1903 Charles Richard Courtland, in partnership with Sam Pedersen, set up the pottery place in Belmont. Pederson was compelled to withdraw in 1911, due to skin problems caused by the clay. The local Belmont clay was used for glazed earthenware and terra-cotta ware. However, clay for the salt glazed ware came from Campbellfield in Victoria. The local clays, at that time, were considered unsuitable by industries for vitrified products at a salt glazing temperature. In 1906 Chas Courtland won a medal at a Trades Exhibition with his earthenware. This earthenware often included ‘art wares’ with press moulded relief figures and applied ornamental decoration. The wares from this pottery were equal to any found in Australia, but much smaller in amounts, as it was only geared for two throwers producing wares. Salt glazed stoneware was fired in a large round down draft kiln, fuelled with coal from Newcastle , because W.A. coal produced too much ash. More of these kilns were built at a later stage, one of which with an inside diameter of 22 feet (6.7 metres) is still in use. The bricks used in the construction of these dome-like kilns were all laid without the aid of form work and the mortar used was fire clay. When the First World War came, Charles Grenville Courtland went to war and when he returned he and his father continued the business until 1942. When the Japanese bombed Darwin most of the men at the Pottery works enlisted and Courtland’s was closed down for two years. After the Second World War, Grenville, the third generation of Courtland’s joined the firm and continues to run the business today. The Pottery Works was reorganised to concentrate on terra-cotta garden ware. In 1972 the company converted to natural gas from Dongara as a fuel for the kilns. (Source : Grenville Courtland 1982) The pottery was demolished in 1996. Historic theme and sub theme

Theme: Occupations Sub-theme: -


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Assessment Details








Heritage Council


Other



Historic site without any built features. Recognise with a commemorative plaque. Other Site Details

C/T & Vol/Folio: - Diagram / Plan: Loc 33 / Plan 2634 Any reserve details: No Vesting: - Purpose: N/A Details of any leases: N/A


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Flash back

Lots 143-146 (203-205) Great Eastern Highway, Belmont Film No. 3; Neg No. 10 & 11; Date February 1996


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Charles Richard Courtland and his bride Kathleen Margaret Reilly (9 February 1898)

Courtland Pottery The original building looking east across Hehir Street from Great Eastern Highway.

Circa 1912.


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Reserve 5986 (213) Great Eastern Highway, Belmont (Belmont Primary School) B Considerable Significance



Address / Location: Reserve 5986 (213) Great Eastern Highway, Belmont Name of place: Belmont Primary School Former or other Names:

-


Crown

Occupied: Yes Occupier: As above Public Accessibility: Open Restricted Nil


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The brick and tile buildings comprising the school are situated on the corner of Great Eastern Highway and Belgravia Street. The buildings have a substantial setback to Great Eastern Highway which has been landscaped. The school’s courtyard is located off Belgravia Street. Building Details

Type:

School


Late 1890’s


Not known

Indicate sources:


Original Use:

School


School


Brick

Modifications:

Several additions (classrooms)


General conditions:



Not known



The only surviving school of the late 1890’s - early 1900’s. Historical Background

In 1896 several families in the Belmont district applied to the Education Department for the establishment of a local school. A petition was sent from the following families - Towton, Sugars, Stanley, Keen, Robinson, LaPage, Hawthorn, Jibbery, Risley, Osborne, Gibbs, Pridmore and Randell. The first school was opened in 1897, in an existing hall owned by the Wesleyan Trustees. Mr W.R. Dalrymple was the head teacher and lived in the two rooms which adjoined the school hall. Later that year, the government bought an acre of land from a Mr Saunder, which was the nucleus for today’s primary school. It took a year to complete the two-room school. In 1899 Mr H.R. Havill replaced Mr Dalrymple as head teacher.


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The new building was situated on Lots 73 - 77 of Swan Loc 33, between the present Belgravia Street and Lapage Street. In 1904, 1923 and 1927 additional land was purchased, bringing the site up to what it is at present. By 1917 the school badly needed repairs, especially the drainage system. The buildings were virtually sitting atop a swamp. By 1928 a dedicated group of volunteers, led by Mr Joseph Ellard and Miss Doris Melville, raised over 500 pounds for improvements. Senior pupils also helped to clear the grounds and plant grass. In 1932 the P&C raised funds to convert the old teacher’s quarters to another classroom, and in 1942 additional classroom was added to the main school. In 1949 Treasury approval was given for 10.500 pounds to be spent on further addition, which included the modern convenience of a septic tank. (Source: City of Belmont Historical Society records) Historic theme and sub theme

Theme: Social and civic activities Sub-theme: Community services and utilities Assessment Details






Yes – 2 January 2003 Education Department of WA


Heritage Council


Other


B Considerable Significance - Very important to the heritage of the locality. Conservation of the place is highly desirable. Any alterations or extensions should be sympathetic to the heritage values of the place. Management Category

Significant, but not essential to an understanding of the history of the City of Belmont. Photographically record the place prior to any major redevelopment or demolition.


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Other Site Details

C/T & Vol/Folio: - Loc/ Diagram / Plan: Plan 2634 Any reserve details: No Vesting: - Purpose: N/A Details of any leases: N/A

Flash back

Film No. 4; Neg No. 5; Date June 1996


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Lots 14-15 (214-216) Great Eastern Highway, Ascot (Rowlands Stockfeed Depot) (Site Only) D Some Significance


Address / Location: Lots 14-15 (214-216) Great Eastern Highway, Ascot (Tax Plan 34.52)

Name of place: Rowlands Stockfeed Depot Former or other Names:

Rowlands Stockfeed Depot


Occupied: Yes Occupier: Rowlands Stockfeed Depot Public Accessibility: Open Restricted

Commercial Premises

Nil


The brick and corrugated iron roof produce store is situated on Great Eastern Highway , Ascot. The front setback of the building is used for storage purposes. Building Details

Type:

Commercial premises


1929 (front of building) and 1985/86 (remainder of building).


-

Indicate sources:

-

Original Use:

Produce store


Produce store


Brick

Modifications:

-


-

General conditions:



Not known

Type of Place if not a Building N/A


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Statement of Significance & Historical Background

George and Olive Rowlands moved into the Belmont district in 1920. In 1929 George began his own produce business and with the Belmont Railway Station only a short distance away, the daily delivery of supplies was greatly facilitated. However, when the railway line was closed in 1956, the store was greatly inconvenienced. When George Senior retired, the business was carried by his sons George and Stan. Both sons retired from the business in September 1984. The business continues today in the same building in which it commenced. Planning approval was granted on 12 July 2011 for the demolition of the building due to the Great Eastern Highway upgrade. Historic theme and sub theme









Heritage Council


Other



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