Seventh Day Adventist Church (fmr)

Author

National Trust of Western Australia

Place Number

01240

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Location

Cnr Brand Hwy & Bookara East Rd Bookara

Location Details

Local Government

Irwin

Region

Midwest

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
State Register	Registered	16 Dec 2003	Register Entry Assessment Documentation	Heritage Council

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	10 Mar 1998	Category 1 A	Category 1 A PERMANENT ENTRY ON THE STATE REGISTER OF HERITAGE PLACES. Highest level of protection appropriate. Provide maximum incentives under the Town Planning Scheme with encouragement to the owner to conserve the significance of the place. Prepare a floor plan and photographically record the place prior to any redevelopment.	Shire of Irwin
Register of the National Estate	Indicative Place				Heritage Council
Classified by the National Trust	Classified	10 Oct 1983			Heritage Council
Register of the National Estate	Nominated	30 May 1984			Heritage Council

Statement of Significance

An early church of indigenous architectural character - small, simple, built of stone and corrugated iron; surviving from the original settlement at Bookara. The former church, no longer in use, and the ruins of the travellers Rest Inn opposite constitute the remains of the settlement.

Physical Description

Stone walls, CGI roof.
A simple rectangular stone church with pitched corrugated iron roof and later timber porch entrance positioned to protect the door at the front.

History

Assessment 1984

Construction c. 1860's
Possibly Methodist originally.
The settlement of Bookara was established where the road between Irwin and the Greenough Front Flats met the inland road to the east.

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id	Title	Medium	Year Of Publication
5253	Former Seventh Day Adventist Church building, Bookara, Western Australia : conservation plan / Eastman and Poletti Architects.	Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan}	2002

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Present Use	VACANT\UNUSED	Vacant\Unused
Other Use	EDUCATIONAL	Combined School
Original Use	RELIGIOUS	Church, Cathedral or Chapel

Architectural Styles

Style
Victorian Georgian

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Roof	METAL	Corrugated Iron
Wall	STONE	Local Stone

Historic Themes

General	Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES	Education & science
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES	Religion

Creation Date

30 May 1989

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Approved

Last Update

22 Apr 2024

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