House

Statement of Significance

23 Ireland Street, Allanson, a simple fibro and iron cottage is not considered to have cultural heritage significance.
It was included in the 1996 Shire of Collie Municipal Heritage Inventory and the record has been retained for information purposes only.

Physical Description

23 Ireland Street, Allanson is a single storey fibro and iron worker’s cottage set on brick foundations. The roof is hipped with weatherboard gable ends, with a broken back verandah to the front, and a skillion to the rear. Walls are fibrous cement. The verandah has been enclosed either side of the door, creating a porch entry. There is no front boundary fence.

History

The townsite of Allanson was originally known as ‘West Collie’ and is located 6km west of the Collie townsite. A railway siding and station was established at West Collie and land set aside for a townsite in 1898. The West Collie townsite was gazetted in 1906. As much of the original townsite land was underlaid by coal seams, little land was released and a new subdivision was made in 1911 and gazetted in 1912. In 1916 the name of the town was changed to Allanson, probably after Arthur Allan Wilson, Collie MLA from 1908 to 1947.

A 1914 townsite plan of West Collie shows Ireland Street, although it is not identified as such. It is identified on a 1917 plan. In 1914, 23 Ireland Street (Lot 42) is shown as leased land with a capital value of £15 and an annual rental of 12/-. In 1917, it is shown as ‘alienated’ or privately owned.

A plan of ‘Allanson Townsite , mid 1920s, as recalled and drawn by Mr Norm Young’ in A History of Allanson: Our Little Bush School identifies 23 Ireland Street as ‘Scott’s home’.

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