Gibbs / Susac House

Statement of Significance

Gibbs/Susac House is historically significant as an example of an original property dating from the 1880s that was subsequently added to the Inter-War period and has been associated with the
production of lime.The place has social significance for its associations with the Suzac family who
continue lime production (2005).

Physical Description

Gibbs/Susac House is located at Lot 25 377 Karoborup Road Carabooda, is a semi rural property on
the east side of Karoborup Road within the City of Wanneroo's North Ward.
The house faces south on a predominantly cleared site containing a house, lime kilns, and ruins with
a brick chimney extant and a water tank on a stand. The fencing is post and wire and there are
varieties of fruit trees.
The single storey house has a corrugated iron clad gabled roof which extends over the verandah.
There is an external brick chimney on the west side of the house.
An internal inspection has not been carried out but it is believed to contain two original stone walled
rooms in the core of the house. (Advice from Gaye Nayton, Archaeologist)

History

The suburb name Carabooda was adopted in 1982 and takes its name from the lake in the area. The
original spelling as recorded by J.W. Gregory in January 1843, when marking Swan Location 113 for
M. MacDermott, was Karroborup. It was also previously known as Carraburra.The place is now known
as 377 Karaborup Road,and was originally owned by Henry Wrightson Gibbs, who upon his death in
1893 left it to his son Aubrey Righton Gibbs. The Susac family purchased the property in the 1920s
and built additions onto the original house limestone house that is believed to date from the late
1880s.The property was used for the processing of lime from at least the Inter-War period and still
has examples of lime kilns extant. Names other than Susac that feature prominently in the lime
industry include Dunstan, Cooper, Korsunski and Anticich. Wanneroo supplied most of Western
Australia's limestone in the 1950s and 1960s. Information from the occupant inotes that there are two
internal stone walls dating from the earlier Gibbs occupants, one of which is in the kitchen.
Currently (2004) the property remains in the Susac family.
BA50/0057 for a shed was lodged for Lot 1 by J Susac

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