Polini House and Shop (fmr)

Author

City of Gosnells

Place Number

25954

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Location

2350 Albany Hwy Gosnells

Location Details

Lot 53 on Diagram 21362

Local Government

Gosnells

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1940

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
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	13 Sep 2016	Category 3	Category 3 A place of some/moderate cultural heritage significance to City of Gosnells. No constraints. Recommend: Conservation of the place is desirable. Any alterations or extensions should reinforce the significance of the place, and original fabric should be retained wherever feasible. Encourage retention of the place, and document the place if retention is not possible.

Statement of Significance

The place has historic value for its association with the Polini family who made a significant contribution to the community.
The place has social value for its demonstration of a past way of life when shops and homes were closely linked and for the members of the community who visited the shop.

Physical Description

A single storey timber framed, weatherboard and iron dwelling with hipped and gabled roof forms and tall brick chimney. An extensive verandah has been constructed along the side elevation. The site is enclosed by a tall brick wall and is not clearly visible from the street.

A concrete block and timber garage/shed is located at the end of the garden behind the house.

The shop is adjacent to the house and has been boarded up [2016] obscuring much of the architectural form and detail of the façade. The tiled and hipped roof form is obscured by a boxed canopy projecting out over the former shop frontage. The façade appears to be clad with fibre cement sheeting.

History

This house and the adjacent former shop are associated with the Polini family. Emilio Polini was an Italian migrant who arrived in Adelaide in 1927 aboard the 'Palermo'. He made his way to Western Australia and in 1936 was working at the White Rocks Quarry in Gosnells.

From the available information the house was built c.1942 for Emilio and Maria Polini and their children. Emilio Polini worked as a quarryman at the White Rocks Quarry for all his working life and he and his family were active in the community in a range of sporting and social activities. One of their sons, Angelo, operated a hairdressing salon in the shop premises until 1951 when it was taken over by Doug Angel.

Members of the Polini family lived at the house until at least the 1980s although it has not been established if the shop continued to operate as a hair salon and for how long.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity - Low
Authenticity - Low

Condition

Poor

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
		Australian Electoral Rolls	1936-1980
		The South West Advertiser, p.16	30 August 1951
		Wises Post Office Directories	1936-1949

Other Reference Numbers

Ref Number	Description
202422	GIS property number

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	RESIDENTIAL	Single storey residence
Present Use	RESIDENTIAL	Other
Other Use	COMMERCIAL	Other

Architectural Styles

Style
Inter-War California Bungalow

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Roof	METAL	Corrugated Iron
Wall	TIMBER	Weatherboard
Wall	METAL	Other Metal

Historic Themes

General	Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY	Immigration, emigration & refugees
PEOPLE	Local heroes & battlers

Creation Date

13 Mar 2018

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