House, 43 Welman Rd, Halls Creek

Statement of Significance

• The place represents the provision of rental housing by the State and Commonwealth governments after World War II.
• The place is indicative of the standard plan and type of housing constructed in the Northwest region by the State Government in the twentieth-century.
• The place is associated with the provision of rental housing to Aboriginal tenants in the Northwest, and the ongoing and systemic discrimination against Aboriginal tenants, and State Housing Commission attempts to redress this imbalance, with varying degrees of success.
• The place forms part of a larger cluster of residences along Welman Road in the town of Halls Creek, constructed in the 1970s. The grouping of the residences around an open community area is characteristic of the construction of Aboriginal housing in the Northwest region of Western Australia in this period.

Values

• The place represents the provision of rental housing by the State and Commonwealth governments after World War II.
• The place is indicative of the standard plan and type of housing constructed in the Northwest region by the State Government in the twentieth century.
• The place is associated with the provision of rental housing to Aboriginal tenants in the Northwest, and the ongoing and systemic discrimination against Aboriginal tenants, and State Housing Commission attempts to redress this imbalance, with varying degrees of success.
• The place forms part of a larger cluster of residences along Welman Road in the town of Halls Creek, constructed in the 1970s. The grouping of the residences around an open community area is characteristic of the construction of Aboriginal housing in the Northwest region of Western Australia in this period.

Physical Description

The building comprises a hallway, kitchen/dining, bathroom, laundry, three bedrooms, water closet and verandah. Limited information was provided regarding the layout of the building; however the majority of the interior fittings appear to be original. The building is in very poor condition, exhibiting termite and other damage. The exterior windows of the building are boarded over.

History

House, 43 Welman Road, Halls Creek was constructed in 1979. Welman Road is a meandering road that creates a circle of housing around a central open area, located west of the original centre of the townsite. The majority of buildings along the road are timber framed residences with corrugated iron roofing, constructed after 1970. The vast majority of residences in the vicinity of House, 43 Welman Road, Halls Creek are owned by the Housing Authority, including a number of newer buildings under construction in 2015.
House, 43 Welman Road, Halls Creek is currently vacant and in poor condition.

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