Flinder’s Hall and Rose Garden (fmr)

Author

City of Rockingham

Place Number

13053

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Location

1 Empress Cnr Rockingham

Location Details

Lot 304 (cnr Flinders L & Empress Cnr)

Local Government

Rockingham

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1976

Demolition Year

2007

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
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	25 Mar 2008	Category E	Category E Historic site. Recognise- for example, with a plaque, place name, or acknowledge in new urban or architectural design. *Note: The term Heritage Assessment, referred to in Category A, B and C, is defined as: A brief, independent evaluation by a heritage architect or heritage consultant. It is not to be confused with a Heritage Council Heritage Assessment or a Conservation Plan, which are more extensive, detailed and costly documents.
Statewide War Memorial Survey	Completed	01 May 1996			Heritage Council

Statement of Significance

The site has historic value for its association with the social and community events enjoyed by the community in the period from 1976 to 2007 when the district was undergoing rapid change.

History

The block bounded by Kent Street, Flinders Lane, Smythe Street and Wanliss Street was occupied by the racetrack, cricket grounds and Agricultural Hall until the late 1950s as a site of community facilities. Following the rapid expansion of Rockingham which took place in the 1970s, Rockingham Park Shopping Centre expanded and became the sub-regional centre of the area. Flinder’s Hall was built in 1970 near to the shopping centre, on the site of the former cricket pitch.
Flinders’s Hall was a single storey brick and tile community hall building, with a simple rectilinear form and distinctive low-pitched hip roof. A large entry porch extended from the southeast side of the hall, and a formal colonnade was across the southwest (front) elevation opening from the main hall into the gardens. The hall was demolished in 2007.
The Flinder’s Hall gardens were once a large open grassed area, bordered by mature eucalypts and interspersed with a variety of other mature trees including a number of Norfolk pines. The Memorial Rose Garden was the centrepiece of the garden and this was cleared as part of the development of the site.
The War Memorial was located on the southeast side of the hall. It was relocated in 2007 to the south west side of Flinders Lane opposite its original location.

Place Type

Historic site

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Present Use	MONUMENT\CEMETERY	Monument
Original Use	MONUMENT\CEMETERY	Monument

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Other	METAL	Other Metal
Other	BRICK	Common Brick
Other	STONE	Granite

Historic Themes

General	Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES	Community services & utilities
OUTSIDE INFLUENCES	World Wars & other wars

Creation Date

21 Dec 1998

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

20 May 2021

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