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Derby CWA Hall

Author

Shire of Derby/West Kimberley

Place Number

09732
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Location

Marmion St Derby

Location Details

Local Government

Derby-West Kimberley

Region

Kimberley

Construction Date

Constructed from 1960

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents More information
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management More information
Category Description
Municipal Inventory Adopted 01 Dec 1995 Category 3

Category 3

Retain and Conserve

Statement of Significance

The CWA Hall represents the role of the CWA in the lives of women in rural areas of Australia. In Derby the CWA has played a significant social and support role in the lives of women in the Kimberley community since the 1950s.

Physical Description

It is a timber framed building with asbestos sheet wall linings and a corrugated iron roof.

History

Derby has two branches of the CWA. The town branch founded in 1954 and the air branch. The CWA Hall was built by the Town Branch circa the 1960s when membership numbers exceeded forty women. The CWA assisted women in the community to cope with the isolation from family and friends at a time when few government support agencies were available. The hall is an expression of this role.

Integrity/Authenticity

Intactness of fabric: Not known
Alterations: Not Known

Condition

Good

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Present Use SOCIAL\RECREATIONAL CWA Hall
Original Use SOCIAL\RECREATIONAL CWA Hall

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Wall ASBESTOS Fibrous Cement, flat
Roof METAL Corrugated Iron

Historic Themes

General Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Institutions

Creation Date

10 Dec 1997

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

02 Feb 2017

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