British Empire and Commonwealth Games Village Precinct (fmr)

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

09107

Location

City Beach

Location Details

Bounded by Dupont Ave, Oban Rd, Tilton Tce, Gifford Gardens, Pandora Dr & the Boulevard

Other Name(s)

Commonwealth Games Village Precinct
Games Village Precinct

Local Government

Cambridge

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1962

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
RHP - Assessed - Deferred Current 13 Feb 2004

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Municipal Inventory Adopted 17 Dec 1996
Municipal Inventory Adopted 27 Nov 2018 Category 4
Municipal Inventory Adopted 12 Nov 1996

Child Places

  • 26266 Beecroft Park

Values

Aesthetic – planning and residential architecture in the early 1960s.

Historic – VIIth Commonwealth Games; the development of City Beach.

Rarity - residential development in Western Australia provided by the government for sporting purposes.

Physical Description

Few houses extant in each Street. Yolande Place is the most intact with most of these houses on the northern side. Single storey buildings with asbestos skillion rooves and salmon brick or white painted brick walls. Use of aluminium posts and window/door frames. Concrete fencing. Elevated places have perhaps two stories (for eg Pandora Drive). Most extant houses have native plantings. There is some questions about whether the Boulevard Shopping Centre is the original Village shop complex. The ‘central spine’ of parklands has been retained.

History

In the 1950s Perth was successful in being selected to host the 1962 VIIth Empire Games (now known as the Commonwealth Games). City of Perth Mayor Harry Howard was responsible for the proposal for the Empire Games bid and Town Clerk W. A. McI. Green played a significant role in the design of the sporting facilities. The City of Perth allocated an area of land for the construction of the Games Village in City Beach. The village was to be located close to the Perry lakes Stadium, also constructed for the 1962 Empire Games. The Stadium was, when constructed, a world-class athletics facility. The Village has been described as the main impetus for the development of City Beach. Although the first residents were there in the 1930s, there was little substantial development until the 1960s. A competition to design the layout of the village was won by Mr K Thomas and Mr H Walker. Various changes, however, were made to the layout of the Village before it was constructed. The Village consisted of two areas of housing around a central spine which incorporated an area of natural vegetation, recreation hall, dining rooms, administration building and shops. A second competition was held to design the Games Village houses and forty West Australian architects submitted a total of 166 designs. Silver, Fairbrother and Associates won 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. The Village was constructed using a selection of approximately six of the competition designs. Immediately after the Games the Dining Rooms, Recreation Hall and Administrative buildings were dismantled and the area on which they had been built were converted to park. Initially it was proposed that the Games village would be handed to the State Housing Commission for disposal at the completion of the Games. The houses of the Games Village were renovated where necessary and sold for the government through the Rural and Industries bank. Six months after the last athletes moved out, all the houses were occupied.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity- High Authenticity- Moderate

Condition

Good

Associations

Name Type Year From Year To
J. W. Johnson and Associates Architect - -
Silver, Fairbother & Associates (Village Houses) Architect - -
P. Maidment Architect - -
Bonner and Associates Architect - -
Cameron, Chisholm and Nicol Architect - -
Hobbs, Winning and Leighton Architect - -

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
10193 Modern Houses: Architect designed houses in Western Australia 1950 tpp 1960. Book 1997
7499 Modernism and the Games village : suburban experimentation at the VIIth British Empire and Commonwealth games, Perth 1962. Journal article 2002
9069 A pictorial record of the VIIth British Empire and Commonwealth games. Book 1962
9124 Fading events and places: the architecture of the VIIth British Empire and Commonwealth Games Village and Perry Lakes Stadium. Book 2003
7496 Perth heritage and the 1962 Commonwealth Games Village. Report 2004
6504 Fading events and places : the architecture of the VII British Empire & Commonwealth Games Village and Perry Lakes Stadium. Book 2003
6516 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Village 1962. Report 2003

Place Type

Precinct or Streetscape

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use RESIDENTIAL Single storey residence
Original Use RESIDENTIAL Institutional Housing
Original Use RESIDENTIAL Conjoined residence

Architectural Styles

Style
Post-War Perth Regional

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Wall BRICK Other Brick
Roof ASBESTOS Other Asbestos

Historic Themes

General Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Sport, recreation & entertainment
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Community services & utilities
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Land allocation & subdivision
OUTSIDE INFLUENCES Tourism

Creation Date

17 Jul 1997

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Last Update

12 Jul 2022

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Author

Town of Cambridge

Construction Date

Constructed from 1962

Demolition Year

N/A

Child Places

  • 26266 Beecroft Park

Statement of Significance

The layout of the former games village has aesthetic value for its gentle curves which accommodate the landform, the generous street frontages of the lots and provision of green public spaces. The layout of the former games village has historic value as an influential example of urban planning in Western Australia that followed new trends of the 1960s which had a significant impact on future planning in metropolitan Perth. The few remaining houses from the original games village have aesthetic value as they demonstrate new trends in residential design in Western Australian architecture in the early 1960's. The few remaining houses from the original games village have historic value for their demonstration of the scale and size of homes considered to be standard in the 1960s.

Physical Description

Empire Village was constructed to house the athletes competing in the Empire and Commonwealth Games. The winning entry for the village considered of curved streets and a central area of natural vegetation. Basic houses were constructed together with temporary buildings including shops and dining hall. The Mess and the central are of natural vegetation are the main elements that remain extant. The central area was converted to a park, Beecroft Park, and the Mess has been converted to a shopping centre. The Road layout remains similar to the 1960s plan. Many of the houses have been redeveloped but the retained subdivision of the land has enabled some of the original character of the area to be retained. Interpretation has been erected both on the parkland and in the shopping centre celebrating the games.

History

In 1958, Perth was announced as the successful bidder to host the 1962 Commonwealth Games. At that time Perth was a modest town with minimal infrastructure or sporting facilities. Planning for the games began swiftly and many new projects were quickly undertaken in readiness for the games. The Games were held in Perth from 22nd November to 1st December 1962. With a new £640,000 aquatic centre, a £500,000 stadium and a village of 150 homes for the athletes, the 1962 Games set a new high standard for the series. At the first Games, held in 1930 in Hamilton, Canada, the athletes' village for the 400 participants was a school next to the stadium, and they slept 24 to a classroom. Perth would in fact be the first host city to build a village especially for the Commonwealth Games. The village as constructed consisted of two areas of housing in the suburb of City Beach, grouped around a central spine which incorporated an area of natural vegetation, recreation hall, dining rooms, administration building & shops. Numerous games village houses remain, though most have been extensively modified. The 'central spine' of the parkland (Beecroft Park) has been retained. The games village was bounded by The Boulevard (south), Dupont Avenue (west), Tilton Road (north) and Pandora Drive (east). The plan was to build a dedicated Athletes Village consisting of 150 new houses in a garden setting that would be converted to private housing post-Games. The northern coastal area had been laid out some forty years previously by Klem and Hope's 1925 master-plan for organic dormitory communities collected around open green spaces and shared facilities. The master-plan's garden-city model was realised in the layout of the Athletes Village with its a sinuous road pattern across the sandy contours of the site, grouping two main zones of housing around a central node of temporary facilities. The design layout for the village was the result of a competition which was won by Mr K Thomas and Mr H Walker. The urban form of the village was very much influenced by post-war British Modernism. Individual blocks were wider and shorter than the traditional suburban lot. A second competition was held to design the Games Village houses and forty West Australian architect submitted a total of 166 designs. The winning design was submitted by Silver, Fairbrother and Associates and the village was constructed using a selection of ten of the competition designs. Silver, Fairbrother and Associates experimented with low maintenance, innovative materials and minimising of construction systems. These modern demonstration homes were met with much public interest and both positive and negative responses. Some cheerfully labelled the scheme Sunlight Village, while others likened the houses to cheap public conveniences and shearing sheds. After the Games, some 20,000 people came to visit the display, and within a few months all houses were sold and subsequently absorbed into the streetscape. But after remaining relatively intact for a number of decades, rising land values and growth in expectations of house sizes and amenities led to many Games Village houses being demolished or severely altered in the 1990s and following decades. In 1962 the Games Village stood in stark contrast to standard subdivision and building practice of the time, but its influence on the subsequent development of City Beach, and the wider City of Perth, is such that it has probably become the most enduring legacy of the Games' building programme. The designs and layout are now familiar, elements of Perth's urban fabric, the current dispersed, character of the city's newer suburbs being strongly grounded in the planning and architectural models exemplified by the Games Village.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: High Authenticity: Moderate/Low

Condition

Good

Associations

Name Type Year From Year To
P. Maidment Architect - -
Cameron, Chisholm and Nicol Architect - -
J. W. Johnson and Associates Architect - -
Bonner and Associates Architect - -
Silver, Fairbrother & Associates (Village Houses) Architect - -

References

Ref ID No Ref Name Ref Source Ref Date
VIIth" Commonwealth Games Official Report." 1962
Owner Category
Flemming Nielsen - 6 Norbury Cr Other Private
Doublezone Pty Ltd Other Private
James & Bryanne Buchanan - 4 Yolande Pl Other Private
Peter & Maria Waltham - 6 Yolande Pl Other Private
Mui Kho Other Private
Sally Ramsay & Elizabeth Bolt Other Private
Geoffrey & Jennifer Jenkins Other Private
Richard & Elizabeth Shepherd Other Private
William & Muriel Whittell - 280 The Boulevard Other Private
Stuart Love - 8 Norbury Cr Other Private
Stephen & Susan Algie - 282 The Boulevard Other Private
Cheryl Gladys Wright Other Private
Graham Gow - 10 Yolande Pl Other Private
John & Jane Antonovich - 2 Norbury Cr Other Private
Lillian (Nola) Hesketh - 290 The Boulevard Other Private
Roy & Linda Martin - 8 Yolande Pl Other Private
Nicola & Maureen De Laurentis Other Private
Raymond & Joanna Anderson - 2 Yolande Pl Other Private
Michael Pethick Other Private
Town of Cambridge Local Gov't
Keith & Gaye Kessell - 286 The Boulevard Other Private
Jozef & Nola Kinal - 12 Yolande Pl Other Private

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Last Update

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Maxwell House

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

26230

Location

3 Asten Rd City Beach

Location Details

Other Name(s)

Residence, 3 Asten Road

Local Government

Cambridge

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
Heritage List Adopted 27 Nov 2018

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Municipal Inventory Adopted 27 Nov 2018 Category 2

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

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

Architectural Styles

Style
Late 20th-Century International

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Roof METAL Zincalume
Wall CONCRETE Concrete Block

Historic Themes

General Specific
PEOPLE Innovators

Creation Date

19 Aug 2019

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Last Update

19 Aug 2019

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Author

Town of Cambridge

Construction Date

Constructed from 1967

Demolition Year

N/A

Statement of Significance

The place has aesthetic value as an intact example of the late 20th century International style. This residence and other examples of Iwanoff's work are a comprehensive and notable group of buildings which demonstrate a specific design style and period. The place has historic value for its association with prominent architect, Iwan Iwanoff who was influential in Western Australian practice for his non traditional approach to design and materials drawn from European trends. The place has historic value for its association with the 1960s which was characterised as a period of affluence which was teamed with a willingness to experiment with new styles and materials. The place has social value as the house and others of Iwanoff's design are the source of study and interest amongst members of the community.

Physical Description

A distinctive single storey house with gently sloping skillion roofline across the full width of the façade. As with all Iwanoff Houses, Maxwell House presents with a unique and distinctive frontage incorporating decorative concrete panels. In this instance, the panel is perforated concrete creating a projecting screen over the façade of the house. The entrance is located in a recessed position in the centre of the façade consisting of single panel door with large adjacent window. As with many of the Iwanoff designs a unique letterbox was designed by Iwanoff to complement the residence.

History

wan Nickolow Iwanoff (1919-1986) was born in Kusstendil, Bulgaria. After studying architecture in Munich at the Technische Hochschule from 1941, Iwanoff worked for Emil Freymuth with the pair winning second prize in the competition to rebuild the central area of Munich. Migrating to Australia as part of the International Refugee Organization resettlement scheme, Iwanoff and his wife arrived at Fremantle, on 2 March 1950. He worked with architecture firm Kranz and Sheldon and also Yuncken and Freeman in Melbourne. In 1963, he established his own practice, The Studio of Iwanoff. A gifted architect, Iwanoff had exceptional drawing abilities, an innovative `expressionistic’ approach to design and detailing and, above all, a conviction that architecture was an art. In 1963-86 his small office produced work of high quality, including numerous houses. He also designed shop fronts and interiors in central Perth, and one larger project, the civic administration centre and public library at Northam (1969-74). His creative use of concrete blocks is a noted feature of his work. Many of the Iwanoff residences designed in the 1960s and 1970s were in the new northern suburbs of Perth where there was often minimal surrounding development and often a clientele willing to explore new styles and techniques. Plans for this residence were prepared by Iwanoff’s office in 1967 for a client designated as Maxwell and electoral rolls confirm that civil servant, Ronald John Maxwell and his wife Patricia Ethel Maxwell were living at this address in 1972. Aerial photographs indicate that the form and extent of the original design has changed little since construction. The current owners [2018] supplied the information that the original asbestos roof cladding has been replaced.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: High Authenticity: High

Condition

Good

Associations

Name Type Year From Year To
Iwan Iwanoff Architect 1967 -

References

Ref ID No Ref Name Ref Source Ref Date
State Library of WA, Iwan Iwanoff Collection. MN1401, Acc 4400A. Plans
Aerial photographs, Landgate. Online Reference 1953-2016
Goad, Philip; Willis, Julie 'The Encyclopaedia of Australian Architecture', Cambridge University Press, p. 357 Book 2012
Duncan Richards, 'Iwanoff, Iwan (1919–1986)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, Online Document 2007

Titles and Owners

Reserve Lot/Location Plan/Diagram Vol/Folio
289 Plan 8759 15-133A
Owner Category
Private owners Other Private

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Residences, 4, 10 and 19 Branksome Gardens

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

26211

Location

4, 10 and 19 Branksome Gdns City Beach

Location Details

Local Government

Cambridge

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Municipal Inventory Adopted 27 Nov 2018 Category 4

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

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

Architectural Styles

Style
Inter-War California Bungalow

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Wall BRICK Rendered Brick
Wall ASBESTOS Fibrous Cement, flat
Roof TILE Terracotta Tile
Roof METAL Corrugated Iron

Historic Themes

General Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Land allocation & subdivision

Creation Date

24 Jul 2019

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Last Update

24 Jul 2019

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Author

Town of Cambridge

Construction Date

Constructed from 1930 to 1940

Demolition Year

N/A

Statement of Significance

This group have historic value as they demonstrate the type of residence constructed for holiday accommodation in the Inter War period for working families

Physical Description

4 Branksome Gardens, City Beach Traditional house of asymmetric plan form. The house is constructed on a sloping side with the undercroft of the house converted to additional accommodation and a garage construction to the side. The house appears to be of rendered brick construction with a terracotta tiled roof. The asymmetric plan incorporates a projecting wing with timbered gable feature and three-section timber framed window below. The recessed section of the house incorporates a similar three-section window and the entrance door. The main section of roof is hipped which continues down to form the verandah canopy at a slight break of pitch. The canopy is supported on timber posts and has a fibro lining to the underside. The balustrade is non-original. 10 Branksome Gardens, City Beach A remnant of early development in City Beach. A single storey house of timber frame and fibro construction on a limestone plinth. The roof was originally iron but has been reclad with short sheet colorbond cladding. The house presents with a traditional asymmetric plan form with a curved wall to the projecting section. Both sections of the façade include a three section timber framed window. The original timber framed door with glazed panels remains extant. A verandah extends across the recessed section of the elevation, the canopy of which is supported on brick piers and is a separate element to the main roof, positioned approx. 300mm below eaves level. The balustrade is face brick. The original lot has been subdivided but this has not impacted on the relationship of the original house to the street. The overgrown garden presently obscures the house from a clear street view. 19 Branksome Gardens is a timber framed and fibro house with hipped tiled roof. The house is of asymmetric plan form with a small porch projecting from the centre of the façade with a small verandah to the rear of the porch and a skillion roofed section to north east elevation. The windows are aluminium sliding openings.

History

This portion of City Beach was subdivided for residential development in 1933. It reflects the garden suburbs planning for the area which was driven largely by the City of Perth Town Clerk W Bold. The intention was to create suburbs for holiday accommodation and dormitory suburbs for workers all featuring access to public open space. The homes built in the street during the 1930s and 1940s were often simple holiday homes built for short-term accommodation for weekends and holidays. By 1949, there were several homes in the street and from the readily available information the occupants were often of retirement age settling into a new life near the beach. These three homes demonstrate this simple housing and have undergone minimal changes since construction.

Condition

Good

References

Ref ID No Ref Name Ref Source Ref Date
Aerial photographs, Landgate. Online Reference 1953-2016
The West Australian, p. 10 Newspaper 22 December 1934

Titles and Owners

Reserve Lot/Location Plan/Diagram Vol/Folio
20 Plan 5609 1059-683
17 Plan 5609 1056-383
46 Plan 5609 1106-253
Owner Category
Private owners Other Private

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Last Update

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Ocean Village Park

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

26225

Location

241 Brompton Rd City Beach

Location Details

Bound by Brompton Road, Yaltara Road, Hale Road and Kilpa Court

Local Government

Cambridge

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Municipal Inventory Adopted 27 Nov 2018 Category 4

Place Type

Urban Park

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use PARK\RESERVE Park\Reserve
Present Use PARK\RESERVE Park\Reserve

Historic Themes

General Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Sport, recreation & entertainment

Creation Date

19 Aug 2019

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Last Update

19 Aug 2019

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Author

Town of Cambridge

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statement of Significance

The place has aesthetic value as a well maintained landscape featuring mature trees in an urban setting. The park has historic value for its association with the development of community facilities in City Beach in the 1980s when the suburb was more densely settled. The park has social value for many members of the community as a place for passive recreation and informal sports. The park has potential research value as an area for regeneration of native flora which may inform similar projects in similar geographical locations.

Physical Description

Ocean Village Park is an area of parkland which is located between residential properties and is predominantly a narrow area of grassland with mature trees. The park is accessed from Brompton Road, Yaltara Road and Hale Road with properties from Dilkara Way, Perina Way, Tarongo Way and Wayeela Place backing onto the park. The eastern portion of park land is more densely planted. The park features bitumenised paths and lighting.

History

This park was developed in the 1980s as a part of the residential subdivision. It is unusual as a linear park which backs onto private residences and accessed predominantly by pedestrians. When created the land was cleared and has subsequently been planted with grass and native trees. The western portion of the park has been more densely planted and is now designated as an environmental protection area. Ocean Village Park is primarily used for passive recreation and informal sports.

Condition

Good

References

Ref ID No Ref Name Ref Source Ref Date
Aerial photographs, Landgate Online Resources 1953-2016
Town of Cambridge Website

Titles and Owners

Reserve Lot/Location Plan/Diagram Vol/Folio
R33396 241 Plan 11424 2024-470
R33396 9292 Plan 10632 3155-696
Owner Category
Town of Cambridge Local Gov't

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Last Update

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St Paul's Church

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

11489

Location

57 Brompton Rd City Beach

Location Details

Local Government

Cambridge

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1990

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
Heritage List Adopted 27 Nov 2018

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Anglican Church Inventory YES 31 Jul 1996
Municipal Inventory Adopted 27 Nov 2018 Category 3

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use RELIGIOUS Church, Cathedral or Chapel
Present Use RELIGIOUS Church, Cathedral or Chapel

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Roof METAL Zincalume
Wall BRICK Common Brick

Historic Themes

General Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Religion

Creation Date

26 Mar 1998

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Last Update

01 Jan 2017

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Author

Town of Cambridge

Construction Date

Constructed from 1976 to 1990

Demolition Year

N/A

Statement of Significance

The church and hall have aesthetic value as good intact examples of the Late 20th century Ecclesiastical style executed in brick. The church hall has historic value for its association with the establishment and development of this portion of City Beach. The church and hall have social value for the members of the community who have attended the venue for spiritual and social events since 1976.

Physical Description

St Paul’s is a late 20th century church of pale brick construction with clip lock skillion roofs. The place consists of church and parish centre separated by a central enclosed hallway. The church consists of predominantly blank walls, enlivened only by a small number of windows. The main feature of the church is an increased height brick and glass tower, further emphasised by a large timber cross located on the south east corner of the church. The ‘tower’ is glazed to the east elevation with three full height windows separated by brick columns. The south aspect of the ‘tower’ presents with plain brickwork with angled parapet wall with the name of the church and the cross as the only elements of decoration. The attached church hall is of equally simple presentation with a blank elevation to Brompton Road and mainly glazed elevation facing northwards over the garden. The main entrance to the church is via a pathway through the gardens from Brompton Road, leading to the central entrance. A further pathway is to the rear of the church providing access to the car park. The church is located to the east of the Ocean Village shopping centre and to the south of the park, in a predominantly residential area.

History

This lot was acquired by the Perth Diocesan Trustees in 1972, and reflected the growth of the district in the 1960s which saw rapid development and settlement. The Anglican Parish of St Paul, Woodlands-Wembley Downs was established at this site in 1976 with the construction of a church hall designed by architects, Krantz Sheldon Arndt and Silbert. At the same time a rectory was constructed on the northern side of the lot. The builder of the hall has not been determined in the current research. The rectory is not included in the assessment. In 1990, a church designed by architect Iris Rossen, was built alongside the hall and the two buildings were linked with the inclusion of an entry. At that time the hall was reroofed in colorbond to match the new church and the two buildings create a uniform whole. Since construction, the church has installed stained glass windows behind the altar.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: High Authenticity: High

Condition

Good

Associations

Name Type Year From Year To
Iris Rossen Architect 1976 1976
Krantz Sheldon Arndt and Silbert Architect 1990 1990

References

Ref ID No Ref Name Ref Source Ref Date
St Paul's profile by the Anglican Parish of St Paul, Woodlands - Wembley Downs Website 2019
Aerial photographs, Landgate Online Resources 1953-2016
Anglican Church Archives Primary Source

Titles and Owners

Reserve Lot/Location Plan/Diagram Vol/Folio
1 Diagram 43818 1387-485
Owner Category
Anglican Diocese of Perth Church Property

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Last Update

08 May 2019

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Kapinara Primary School

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

09104

Location

2 Catesby St City Beach

Location Details

Local Government

Cambridge

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1967

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
Heritage List Adopted 27 Nov 2018

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Municipal Inventory Adopted 27 Nov 2018 Category 3
Municipal Inventory Adopted 17 Dec 1996

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use EDUCATIONAL Primary School
Present Use EDUCATIONAL Primary School

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Roof TILE Ceramic Tile
Wall BRICK Common Brick

Historic Themes

General Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Education & science

Creation Date

17 Jul 1997

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Last Update

01 Jan 2017

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Author

Town of Cambridge

Construction Date

Constructed from 1967, Constructed from 2013

Demolition Year

N/A

Statement of Significance

The place has aesthetic value as a largely intact example of a late 20th century complex of educational buildings that feature the style and detail of the period. The place has historic significance representing the history of settlement of the local area and also the provision of education to the new community in City Beach and Wembley Downs. The place has social value for the members of the local community, particularly past students and staff.

Physical Description

Kapinara Primary School is a single and double storey brick and Colorbond school positioned in the south western corner of a large site which includes two ovals and hard courts, surrounded by peripheral planting. The main entrance is along Catesby Street to the south, which is set at a slightly lower level than the road. There are two car parks on the site, the original on the eastern side. The school is of brick construction, divided into a regular rhythm of bays, each with aluminium framed windows. The school has a traditional academic aesthetic with a simple utilitarian presentation. The school is arranged in ranges, each interconnecting with each other and forming a series of quads and semi-enclosed spaces.

History

Kapinara Primary School was opened in 1967. The school is located adjacent to the former Empire Games Village constructed in 1962. At the completion of the games, the village houses were rapidly sold and occupied. Other subdivisions quickly followed and City Beach quickly developed, with many young families settling in the area. Kapinara Primary School was built to provide for this growing school age population located between the existing City Beach Primary School and Wembley Downs Primary School. Since its foundation the school facilities developed to accommodate the growing population and adapted and added to in response to the evolution of education practice. The school’s peak enrolment period was in the 1970’s, with nearly 700 students attending. After a period of population decline and stabilisation, many young families have returned to the area and enrolments have steadily grown over recent years. Current [2018] enrolments are approximately 380 (Yr K-6). The original Pre Primary was situated offsite in Bendigo Way, which in later years became the Kindergarten. In 2007 the Kindergarten was moved to the main school site. The Public Works Department oversaw the design and construction of the original school. In subsequent years private architecture firms, White & Winning Partners and McDonald Whitaker & Partners were responsible for additions to the school buildings. Additions and alterations have included a new library, an art and music block and major landscaping in 2009. In c2013 the original tile roof of the school was replaced with colorbond cladding. Three new nature playgrounds have been added to the school grounds between 2014 and 2016 and in 2017 a new toilet block was constructed.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: High Authenticity: High

Condition

Good

Associations

Name Type Year From Year To
McDonald Whitaker & Partners Architect - -
White & Winning Partners Architect - -

References

Ref ID No Ref Name Ref Source Ref Date
WABMA Heritage Database
Kapinara Primary School Website 2018

Titles and Owners

Reserve Lot/Location Plan/Diagram Vol/Folio
R29337 8351 Plan 8758 3155/695
Owner Category
Education Department State Gov't

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Last Update

24 Nov 2020

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Floreat Kiosk

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

26231

Location

181-183 Challenger Parade City Beach

Location Details

Portion of Lot 6000 on DP74241

Local Government

Cambridge

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
Heritage List Adopted 27 Nov 2018

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Municipal Inventory Adopted 27 Nov 2018 Category 2

Parent Place or Precinct

25920 South City Beach and Floreat Beach Kiosks & Toodyay Stone Sea Wall

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use COMMERCIAL Shop\Retail Store {single}
Present Use COMMERCIAL Restaurant

Architectural Styles

Style
Late 20th-Century Organic

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Roof CONCRETE Other Concrete
Wall CONCRETE Other Concrete

Historic Themes

General Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Sport, recreation & entertainment

Creation Date

19 Aug 2019

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Last Update

19 Aug 2019

Disclaimer

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Author

Town of Cambridge

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Parent Place or Precinct

25920 South City Beach and Floreat Beach Kiosks & Toodyay Stone Sea Wall

Statement of Significance

The place has aesthetic value as a rare intact example of a concrete building exhibiting Late 20th century Brutalist influences in an organic style; Together with the remaining South City Beach Kiosk, the pair has aesthetic value as landmarks on the beach front which exhibit unusual form and construction; the place has historic value for its association with a period of innovation and experimentation in building design in the 1960s; the place has historic value for its association with prominent architects in Western Australia during the 1960s and 1970s, Paul Ritter and Tony Brand; the place has social value for many members of the community from the Town of Cambridge and the wider Perth metropolitan area for its association with visits to the beach since 1970.

Physical Description

The organic form of the two remaining kiosks forms a distinctive element of the beach and coastline in City Beach and Floreat. The Floreat Kiosk has a visible presence from Challenger Parade as well as being visible from the beach. The kiosk is of concrete formwork construction enabling the organic form to be clearly defined. The curve and irregularity of the shape together with the contrast of smooth concrete and the corrugated finish are they key elements of the design. The functional spaces of the kiosk and change rooms are completed by the flat roof that resembles the turned up brim of a sunhat. The external form of the kiosk remains largely intact with only the colour scheme and small details changing. The awnings which surround the structure are removable as is the lightweight partitioning on the seaward side. The concrete is beginning to show signs of damage in places with corrosion of the reinforcements becoming visible.

History

The suburb of City Beach had sporadic and modest development until the 1960s. The 1962 Empire Games in Perth which saw the development of lands in Perry Lakes for Games Village Houses led to adjacent landholdings being released for residential subdivision. The subdivisions alongside the coast in City Beach were largely created in the late 1960s. In the 1930s, basic timber buildings had been erected at popular beaches as tea rooms and change rooms. These facilities were no longer adequate in the late 1960s with more residents in the area and car ownership enabling those more distant from the beach to visit more frequently. The 1960s also saw the popularity and growth of surfing and the associated ‘surf culture’. Although not new to Western Australia, surfing and beach going became more popular and were closely associated with younger generations. The late 1960s can also be seen as a period of experimentation and rejection of past practices and attitudes. It was in the context of a newly established suburb providing for a young population keen to embrace new styles and technologies that three kiosks were built at City Beach and Floreat Beach. An innovative approach was taken in the design of the new kiosks by architect Tony Brand. Until 1994, the City of Perth was the local government authority responsible for the suburb of City Beach. During the 1960s, an influential figure in the offices of the City of Perth was architect and planner Paul Ritter. Ritter was a controversial and colourful figure in Western Australia in this period. He was trained in England and was brought to the City of Perth to advance local knowledge and philosophies of planning and design. Appointed as the City of Perth's first City Planner in 1965 he was dismissed in 1967 but engendered significant public support which led to his election as a City of Perth councillor from 1968 to 1986. Following his dismissal, Ritter established his own practice and was well known for exploring new techniques and philosophies, particularly in relation to art and design in the public realm. In 1969, his design of a wavy retaining wall in local Toodyay stone was built at City Beach. The design was influenced by the adjacent waves and sand dunes and was part of a larger Master Plan for City Beach prepared during his tenure at the City of Perth. The City of Perth subsequently engaged architecture firm Forbes and Fitzhardinge to design three new kiosks to serve City Beach. Architect Tony Brand was responsible for the organic design of the concrete kiosks which used corrugated iron as formwork for the walls and reinforced concrete for the roof structure. The use of concrete was a practical solution for this harsh environment but is also associated with brutalist design popular in this period. The name, Brutalism, does not refer to a harsh appearance, but derives from French for raw concrete (beton - brut) and was a style that focussed on affordable and functional public buildings. Tony Brand was an enthusiastic exponent of the style and many of his public buildings in Western Australia during the 1960s and 1970s demonstrate the style. However the organic curved style of the kiosks differs from the classic block Brutalist form. Tony Brand is understood to have designed the kiosks in response to Paul Ritter’s curved wall and the landscape. It is proposed by Geoffrey London that the roofs of the kiosks are representation of an inverted beach shell. Ritter was also an enthusiastic exponent of the use of formed concrete in the public realm and undertook several public projects in this material and wrote extensively on its application and the philosophy underpinning its use. During 1970/1971 the City of Perth spent $375,829 on works at City Beach including the new kiosks and change rooms, and the City of Perth Surf Club House. The decision to hold the Australian National Surf Life Saving Competitions at City Beach in 1971 would have been a significant impetus to complete the works. In the City of Perth Annual Report for that year it was noted that; During the year the facilities and conditions at City Beach were highly praised by both competitors and spectators at the Australian National Surf Championships. More than 1,400 lifesavers from all Australian states and a team from South Africa competed during the April carnival. Blending man-made feature and amenities into the natural beach scene will continue to enhance City Beach’s wide popularity. At the time of construction the concrete of the buildings were left unfinished as seen in the 1971 photographs. This finish was likely to have been the origin of the reference to the blending of man-made features into the natural beach scene. The kiosk north of the groyne located at the main City Beach was demolished in 2000 and the current restaurant and change rooms were built throughout 2001. Floreat Kiosk remains largely in its original form. Aerial photographs show that landscaping works were undertaken c2000 and in the following year the awnings which are a feature of the place were first installed. These are a seasonal feature and are erected as required. The light weight removable partitioning on the seaward side of the building are believed to have been installed at approximately the same time for the café tenancy.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: High Authenticity: High

Condition

Fair

References

Ref ID No Ref Name Ref Source Ref Date
London, Geoffrey and Bingham-Hall, Patrick A Short History of Perth Architecture Pesaro Publishing, Book 2002
City of Perth Annual Report pp 4-8, from the Town of Cambridge Local History Collection, item T520. Online Reference Documents 1970-71
Aerial photographs, Landgate. Online Reference 1953-2016
Gregory, Jenny City of Light A History of Perth since the 1950s City of Perth 2003 book 2003
Ritter, Paul ‘Concrete Fit for People: A Practical Approach to a BioFunctional Eco-Architecture for the Third Millenium book 1980

Titles and Owners

Reserve Lot/Location Plan/Diagram Vol/Folio
6000 Plan 74241 2801-298
Owner Category
Town of Cambridge Local Gov't

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Approved

Last Update

19 Aug 2019

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City Beach and Floreat Beach Precinct

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

09108

Location

Challenger Parade, between Oceanic Drive and The Boulevard City Beach

Location Details

Other Name(s)

City Beach, Groyne and Lookout Tower

Local Government

Cambridge

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
Heritage List Adopted 27 Nov 2018
State Register Registered 06 Oct 2022 HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument, HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Municipal Inventory Adopted 17 Dec 1996
Municipal Inventory Adopted 27 Nov 2018 Category 3

Child Places

  • 26251 South City Beach Kiosk
  • 26251 South City Beach Kiosk

Place Type

Landscape

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use SOCIAL\RECREATIONAL Other
Present Use SOCIAL\RECREATIONAL Other

Historic Themes

General Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Sport, recreation & entertainment

Creation Date

17 Jul 1997

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Approved

Last Update

15 Mar 2022

Disclaimer

This information is provided voluntarily as a public service. The information provided is made available in good faith and is derived from sources believed to be reliable and accurate. However, the information is provided solely on the basis that readers will be responsible for making their own assessment of the matters discussed herein and are advised to verify all relevant representations, statements and information.

Author

Town of Cambridge

Construction Date

Constructed from 1935, Constructed from 2016, Constructed from 1969, Constructed from 1970

Demolition Year

N/A

Child Places

  • 26251 South City Beach Kiosk
  • 26251 South City Beach Kiosk

Statement of Significance

City Beach has aesthetic value as a large stretch of beach and foreshore that is well maintained and in good condition. The place has historic value for its association with the establishment and development of the suburb of City Beach from a holiday destination in the 1920s to being part of the wider Perth metropolitan area. The place has historic value for its demonstration of the evolution in the development of public facilities with the remaining kiosk the earliest structures on the site through to contemporary structures completed in 2016. The place has historic value for its association with prominent architects in Western Australia during the 1960s and 1970s; Paul Ritter and Tony Brand; The groyne has potential research value as they demonstrate methods of construction in the mid 20th century which may prove instructive to future projects; The place has social value for many members of the community from the Town of Cambridge and the wider Perth metropolitan area who have visited the beach for formal and informal recreation.

Physical Description

Extensive area of beach with dunes, native vegetation and landscaping. Boardwalks and coastal paths are located in the sand dunes connecting City Beach with the beaches to the north and south. The two groynes roughly define the boundaries of City Beach. The dunes and natural vegetation aesthetic is interspersed with formal landscaping of lawned areas and plantings softening the hard landscaping of the carparks. Facilities include the Restaurants, Kiosk, City Beach Surf Lifesaving Club and volley ball courts, picnic and BBQ areas and children’s play areas. Located on the City Beach Groyne, the Look Out Tower is a simple form comprising a slender steel column with ladder leading to an octagonal lookout shelter that provides 360° visual access.

History

The popularity of different beaches in the Perth metropolitan area was dependent on transport in the first decades of the 20th century. Those beaches close to the train line were most well patronised until the Inter War years when road access was improved. In February 1918, a timber plank road was completed in built between the city and the beach along the alignment of the present day Oceanic Drive. The beach where the road terminated became known as 'City Beach' and was formally designated as that in c1925. Life Saving Clubs had been established at Cottesloe and North Cottesloe, and in December 1924 members of the City of Perth Amateur Swimming Club formed Western Australia’s third Surf Life Saving Club at City Beach. The City of Perth undertook an extensive programme of research into the establishment of appropriate facilities for a Lifesaving Clubroom at City Beach. The Lord Mayor of Perth opened the timber clubrooms in February 1926 and the beach was officially opened by the Governor Sir William Campion in December of that year. In addition to the clubrooms basic timber facilities were provided by the City of Beach for the numbers of visitors on weekends and holiday periods. In 1927, a new road to the beach was cleared along the route of what is now, The Boulevard. This road provided access to the northern parts of City Beach, now Floreat Beach. In 1935, the southern groyne was built at City Beach to control sand drift and help to 'square' the surf line to the beach. The construction was overseen by the City Engineer with a budget of £3000 and was initially approximately 60m long. The huge diorite boulders, weighing up to 8 tons, were brought from the Municipal Quarry in the Darling Ranges. A shark lookout tower with an alarm was positioned on the end of the groyne. In 1938, more substantial accommodation for the City Beach Life Saving Club were built and these and basic public facilities were available at the beach until the 1960s when the region underwent significant development following the 1962 Empire Games in Perth which saw adjacent landholdings being released for residential subdivision. The 1960s also saw the popularity and growth of surfing and the associated ‘surf culture’. Although not new to Western Australia, surfing and beach going became more popular and were closely associated with younger generations. In 1963, City Beach Surf Riders, WA's oldest surf-board riding club was established. The northern groyne at City Beach was built sometime between 1958/59 and provided protection for swimmers at City Beach as well as resolved some of the issues of erosion which had been experienced at City Beach. Maintenance and management of the beaches and groynes have been an ongoing task for the Town of Cambridge and prior to 1994, the City of Perth. The late 1960s can also be seen as a period of experimentation and rejection of past practices and attitudes. It was in the context of a newly established suburb providing for a young population keen to embrace new styles and technologies that the City of Perth provided new facilities at City Beach. During the 1960s, an influential figure in the offices of the City of Perth was architect and planner Paul Ritter. Ritter was a controversial and colourful figure in Western Australia in this period. He was trained in England and was brought to the City of Perth to advance local knowledge and philosophies of planning and design. Appointed as the City of Perth's first City Planner in 1965 he was dismissed in 1967 but engendered significant public support which led to his election as a City of Perth councillor from 1968 to 1986. Following his dismissal, Ritter established his own practice and was well known for exploring new techniques and philosophies, particularly in relation to art and design in the public realm. In 1969, his design of a wavy retaining wall in local Toodyay stone was built at City Beach. The design was influenced by the adjacent waves and sand dunes and was part of a larger Master Plan for City Beach prepared during his tenure at the City of Perth. In 1971, City Beach was the host of the Australian Surf Life Saving Championships which saw the City of Perth undertake major works at the beach. In 1970, architects Forbes and Fitzhardinge were engaged to design three kiosks on the beach. Architect Tony Brand oversaw the design and he prepared an organic design in concrete which responded to the wavy wall designed by Paul Ritter and the seaside setting. Only two of these kiosks remain insitu at Floreat Beach and South City Beach. New Clubrooms were also built for the City Beach Life Saving Club for the championships. The provision of extensive car parking at City Beach was also undertaken during this period. During 1970/1971 the City of Perth spent $375,829 on works at City Beach including the new kiosks and change rooms, and the City of Perth Surf Club House. The decision to hold the Australian National Surf Life Saving Competitions at City Beach in 1971 would have been a significant impetus to complete the works. In the City of Perth Annual Report for that year it was noted that; 'During the year the facilities and conditions at City Beach were highly praised by both competitors and spectators at the Australian National Surf Championships More than 1,400 lifesavers from all Australian States and a team from South Africa competed during the April Carnival. Blending man-made features and amenities into the natural beach scene will continue to enhance City Beach's wide popularity.' The clubrooms were replaced in 2016 as part of a major program of works which included the new clubrooms, three restaurants, amphitheatre, beachside promenade, shaded spaces for families and public art installations. Architects Christou Design Group prepared the designs for the new works and the project was successful in receiving a public architecture award in 2016.

Associations

Name Type Year From Year To
Paul Ritter Architect - -
Christou Design Group Architect - -
Tony Brand Architect - -

References

Ref ID No Ref Name Ref Source Ref Date
The Daily News, p. 13 Newspaper 17 January 1942.
Aerial photographs, Landgate. Online Reference 1953-2016
Local History Collection, Item T74; T126; T216 Online Reference Documents
'City Beach Precinct Opens' Town of Cambridge Latest news Online Documents June 2016

Titles and Owners

Reserve Lot/Location Plan/Diagram Vol/Folio
R16921 2301 Plan 220077 LR3044-272
Owner Category
Town of Cambridge Local Gov't

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Approved

Last Update

15 Mar 2022

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Floreat Beach and Groyne

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

26238

Location

Challenger Pde City Beach

Location Details

Local Government

Cambridge

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
Heritage List Adopted 27 Nov 2018

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Municipal Inventory Adopted 27 Nov 2018 Category 3

Place Type

Landscape

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Present Use PARK\RESERVE Park\Reserve
Original Use PARK\RESERVE Park\Reserve

Historic Themes

General Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Sport, recreation & entertainment

Creation Date

20 Aug 2019

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Approved

Last Update

20 Aug 2019

Disclaimer

This information is provided voluntarily as a public service. The information provided is made available in good faith and is derived from sources believed to be reliable and accurate. However, the information is provided solely on the basis that readers will be responsible for making their own assessment of the matters discussed herein and are advised to verify all relevant representations, statements and information.

Author

Town of Cambridge

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statement of Significance

Floreat Beach has aesthetic value as a large stretch of beach and foreshore that is well maintained and in good condition. The place has historic value for its association with the establishment and development of the adjacent suburb of City Beach from a holiday destination in the 1920s to its development in the 1960s as part of the greater metropolitan area. The place has historic value for its demonstration of the evolution in the development of public facilities with the remaining kiosk the earliest structure on the site through to contemporary structures. The groyne has potential research value as they demonstrate methods of construction in the mid 20th century which may prove instructive to future projects; The place has social value for many members of the community from the Town of Cambridge and the wider Perth metropolitan area who have visited the beach for formal and informal recreation.

Physical Description

Extensive area of beach with dunes, native vegetation and landscaping. The area of beach between Floreat and City Beach is connected not only by the beach but through purpose built boardwalks and coastal paths. The dunes and natural vegetation aesthetic is interspersed with formal landscaping of lawned areas and plantings softening the hard landscaping of the carparks. Facilities include kiosks, surf clubrooms, restaurants, picnic and BBQ areas and children’s play areas.

History

The popularity of different beaches in the Perth metropolitan area was dependent on transport in the first decades of the 20th century. Those beaches close to the train line were most well patronised until the Inter War years when road access was improved. In February 1918, a timber plank road was completed in built between the city and the beach along the alignment of the present day Oceanic Drive. The beach where the road terminated became known as 'City Beach' and was formally designated as that in c1925. Life Saving Clubs had been established at Cottesloe and North Cottesloe, and in December 1924 members of the City of Perth Amateur Swimming Club formed Western Australia’s third Surf Life Saving Club at City Beach. In 1927, a new road to the beach was cleared along the route of what is now, The Boulevard. This road provided access to the northern parts of City Beach, now Floreat Beach. A club now known as the Floreat Surf Life Saving Club was first formed by a band of young men in 1947 under the name of North City Surf Life Saving Club. Prior to 1947, members of the City of Perth Club, at City Beach occasionally patrolled Floreat Beach, then known as Wembley or North City Beach. The members misbehaving or being slack in carrying out club duties did this patrolling as a punishment detail - City members called it the Sahara. The City of Perth built basic timber clubrooms and public facilities at the beach. In 1958, the name Floreat Beach came into common usage with the Surf Life Saving Club adopting the name. In 1958/59, the Floreat groyne was built to provide protection for swimmers at City Beach as well as resolved some of the issues of erosion which had been experienced at City Beach. Maintenance and management of the beaches and groynes have been an ongoing task for the Town of Cambridge and prior to 1994, the City of Perth. The 1960s also saw the popularity and growth of surfing and the associated ‘surf culture’. Although not new to Western Australia, surfing and beach going became more popular and were closely associated with younger generations. In 1962, the Perth City Council built a multipurpose building within the area which could be utilised during the 1962 Empire Games and the Floreat club thereafter. The Council built a clubrooms on the hill, closer to the main and popular area near the groyne. This location enabled easy patrolling of all the Floreat Beach, and a good position to keep watch for potential dangers. Those clubrooms were extended on two occasions (1966 & 1972) to give the club more storage area for gear and extra administration and utility areas. The late 1960s can also be seen as a period of experimentation and rejection of past practices and attitudes. It was in the context of a newly established suburb providing for a young population keen to embrace new styles and technologies that the City of Perth provided new facilities at Floreat and City Beach. In 1971, City Beach was the host of the Australian Surf Life Saving Championships which saw the City of Perth undertake major works at the beach. In 1970, architects Forbes and Fitzhardinge were engaged to design three kiosks at the beach. Architect Tony Brand oversaw the design and he prepared an organic design in concrete which responded to the seaside setting. Only two of these kiosks remain in-situ at Floreat Beach and South City Beach. In 1978, Cyclone Alby hit the metropolitan coastline and accelerated the erosion of Floreat Beach which undermined the surf clubrooms. The buildings had to be demolished and subsequently new buildings were completed further back from the ocean and opened in January 1981. Architects Johnston & Crystal designed the new clubrooms in conjunction with members of the Floreat Surf Life Saving Club. Since the completion of the new clubrooms, the facilities at Floreat Beach continue to be maintained and improved with increased parking, pathways and controlled access to the beach through the sand dunes to protect the native vegetation. In 2005, a boardwalk was constructed between Floreat Beach and City Beach to assist in the maintenance and restoration of the sand dunes.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: High Authenticity: High

Condition

Good

Associations

Name Type Year From Year To
Johnston & Crystal Architect - -
Forbes and Fitzhardinge Architect - -
Tony Brand Architect - -

References

Ref ID No Ref Name Ref Source Ref Date
Floreat Surfclub Website 2018
Aerial photographs, Landgate. Online Reference 1953-2016

Titles and Owners

Reserve Lot/Location Plan/Diagram Vol/Folio
16921 2301 Plan 220077 3044-272
16921 6000 Plan 74241 2801-298
Owner Category
Town of Cambridge Local Gov't

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Approved

Last Update

20 Aug 2019

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South City Beach and Floreat Beach Kiosks & Toodyay Stone Sea Wall

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

25920

Location

Challenger Pde City Beach

Location Details

Lot 6000

Local Government

Cambridge

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
RHP - Does not warrant assessment Current 08 Dec 2017

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
(no listings)

Child Places

  • 26231 Floreat Kiosk
  • 26231 Floreat Kiosk

Values

• The place has been a significant recreation venue for West Australians since the 1920s, and is characteristic of the development of the state’s ‘beach culture’
• The place is a designed landscape under continuous change that contains a mixture of natural, built and engineered elements, and includes remnants from multiple phases of development
• The place includes a Kiosk that is a rare example of a commercial structure showing elements of Late Twentieth Century Brutalist and Late Twentieth Century architectural styles
• The hard and soft landscaping at the place is a demonstration of the ‘Garden City’ planning concepts as applied to a recreational setting
• The place is associated with Perth City Planner Paul Ritter and Western Australian architect Tony Brand

Physical Description

City Beach is a shoreline landscape along Challenger Parade that has been a popular swimming beach and recreational reserve since the 1920s. The original existing features of this place are the sea and sand; however the place has been heavily modified over almost a century and retains several features from earlier stages of development.

History

In 1925 City Beach, also known as ‘Nameless Beach,’ or as ‘Wembley Beach’ was accessed via a ‘switchback’ plank track laid through the bush from the City of Perth. At this time, the beach was a popular summer recreation spot, and was littered with temporary shelters – including bush timber shelter sheds, canvas tents and corrugated iron structures. A cleared area had been laid with wood block paving as a car park, and sand dunes had already been cut for ease of access, with grass planted to try and stabilise dune movement. A number of more permanent informal structures had already been built at the site, including dressing rooms, a windmill tank for water, and a tea room which also rented out canvas tents to fit on the bush timber frames set up along the beach.

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use COMMERCIAL Shop\Retail Store {single}

Architectural Styles

Style
Late 20th-Century Brutalist

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Roof CONCRETE Reinforced Concrete
Wall CONCRETE Reinforced Concrete

Historic Themes

General Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Sport, recreation & entertainment

Creation Date

02 Oct 2017

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Approved

Last Update

13 Jul 2022

Disclaimer

This information is provided voluntarily as a public service. The information provided is made available in good faith and is derived from sources believed to be reliable and accurate. However, the information is provided solely on the basis that readers will be responsible for making their own assessment of the matters discussed herein and are advised to verify all relevant representations, statements and information.

South City Beach Kiosk

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

26251

Location

Challenger Pde City Beach

Location Details

Local Government

Cambridge

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
Heritage List Adopted 27 Nov 2018

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
RHP - To be assessed Current 08 Dec 2017

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Municipal Inventory Adopted 27 Nov 2018 Category 2

Parent Place or Precinct

09108 City Beach and Floreat Beach Precinct

Associations

Name Type Year From Year To
Tony Brand, Forbes and Fitzhardinge Architect - -

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use COMMERCIAL Shop\Retail Store {single}
Present Use VACANT\UNUSED Vacant\Unused

Architectural Styles

Style
Late 20th-Century Organic

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Roof CONCRETE Other Concrete
Wall CONCRETE Other Concrete

Historic Themes

General Specific
PEOPLE Innovators

Creation Date

20 Aug 2019

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Author

Town of Cambridge

Construction Date

Constructed from 1970

Demolition Year

N/A

Parent Place or Precinct

09108 City Beach and Floreat Beach Precinct

Statement of Significance

The place has aesthetic value as a rare intact example of a concrete building exhibiting Late 20th century Brutalist influences in an organic style; Together with the remaining Floreat Kiosk, the pair has aesthetic value as landmarks on the beach front which exhibit unusual form and construction; The place has historic value for its association with a period of innovation and experimentation in building design in the 1960s; The place has historic value for its association with prominent architects in Western Australia during the 1960s and 1970s; Paul Ritter and Tony Brand; The place has social value for many members of the community from the Town of Cambridge and the wider Perth metropolitan area for its association with visits to the beach since 1970.

Physical Description

The organic form of the two remaining kiosks forms a distinctive element of the beach and coastline in City Beach and Floreat. The South City Beach Kiosk sits below the road level and on the edge of the beach making it invisible in certain views from the car parking areas and dunes along Jubilee Crescent/Challenger Parade. As a beach kiosk, it has a prominent position within the beach setting. The kiosk is of concrete formwork construction enabling the organic form to be clearly defined. The curve and irregularity of the shape together with the contrast of smooth concrete and the corrugated finish are the key elements of the design. The functional spaces of the kiosk and change rooms are completed by the flat roof that resembles the turned up brim of a sunhat. The external form of the kiosk remains largely intact with only the colour scheme and small details changing. The concrete is beginning to show signs of damage in places with corrosion of the reinforcements becoming visible.

History

The suburb of City Beach had sporadic and modest development until the 1960s. The 1962 Empire Games in Perth which saw the development of lands in Perry Lakes for Games Village Houses led to adjacent landholdings being released for residential subdivision. The subdivisions alongside the coast in City Beach were largely created in the late 1960s. In the 1930s, basic timber buildings had been erected at popular beaches as tea rooms and change rooms. These facilities were no longer adequate in the late 1960s with more residents in the area and car ownership enabling those more distant from the beach to visit more frequently. The 1960s also saw the popularity and growth of surfing and the associated ‘surf culture’. Although not new to Western Australia, surfing and beach going became more popular and were closely associated with younger generations. The late 1960s can also be seen as a period of experimentation and rejection of past practices and attitudes. It was in the context of a newly established suburb providing for a young population keen to embrace new styles and technologies that the City Beach kiosks were built. It is therefore not surprising that an innovative approach was taken in the design of the new kiosks. Until 1994, the City of Perth was the local government authority responsible for the suburb of City Beach. During the 1960s, an influential figure in the offices of the City of Perth was architect and planner Paul Ritter. Ritter was a controversial and colourful figure in Western Australia in this period. He was trained in England and was brought to the City of Perth to advance local knowledge and philosophies of planning and design. Appointed as the City of Perth's first City Planner in 1965 he was dismissed in 1967 but engendered significant public support which led to his election as a City of Perth councillor from 1968 to 1986. Following his dismissal, Ritter established his own practice and was well known for exploring new techniques and philosophies, particularly in relation to art and design in the public realm. In 1969, his design of a wavy retaining wall in local Toodyay stone was built at City Beach. The design was influenced by the adjacent waves and sand dunes and was part of a larger Master Plan for City Beach prepared during his tenure at the City of Perth. The City of Perth subsequently engaged architecture firm Forbes and Fitzhardinge to design three new kiosks to serve City Beach. Architect Tony Brand was responsible for the organic design of the concrete kiosks which used corrugated iron as formwork for the walls and reinforced concrete for the roof structure. The use of concrete was a practical solution for this harsh environment but is also associated with brutalist design popular in this period. The name, Brutalism, does not refer to a harsh appearance, but derives from French for raw concrete (beton - brut) and was a style that focussed on affordable and functional public buildings. Tony Brand was an enthusiastic exponent of the style and many of his public buildings in Western Australia during the 1960s and 1970s demonstrate the style. However the organic curved style of the kiosks differs from the classic block Brutalist form. Tony Brand is understood to have designed the kiosks in response to Paul Ritter’s curved wall and the landscape. It is proposed by Geoffrey London that the roofs of the kiosks are representation of an inverted beach shell. Ritter was also an enthusiastic exponent of the use of formed concrete in the public realm and undertook several public projects in this material and wrote extensively on its application and the philosophy underpinning its use. During 1970/1971 the City of Perth spent $375,829 on works at City Beach including the new kiosks and change rooms, and the City of Perth Surf Club House. The decision to hold the Australian National Surf Life Saving Competitions at City Beach in 1971 would have been a significant impetus to complete the works. In the City of Perth Annual Report for that year it was noted that; During the year the facilities and conditions at City Beach were highly praised by both competitors and spectators at the Australian National Surf Championships. More than 1,400 lifesavers from all Australian states and a team from South Africa competed during the April carnival. Blending man-made feature and amenities into the natural beach scene will continue to enhance City Beach’s wide popularity. At the time of construction the concrete of the buildings were left unfinished as seen in the 1971 photographs. This finish was likely to have been the origin of the reference to the blending of man-made features into the natural beach scene. The kiosk north of the groyne located at the main City Beach was demolished in 2000 and the current restaurant and change rooms were built throughout 2001. Floreat Kiosk remains largely in its original form. The South City Beach Kiosk has been largely unchanged since construction. Painting of the external surfaces appears to have been undertaken on several occasions. Aerial photographs indicate the roof was treated with a black bituminised product in the early 2000s which has subsequently been replaced or overlaid. The South City Beach kiosk has been closed since 2014 and in late 2015 the public toilets were closed following the completion of new amenities nearby. Since that time there has been significant media coverage and community interest in the future of the building. Consequently, the Town of Cambridge have undertaken community engagement to determine the level of community interest in the future of the building. In April 2017, Peritas Engineers undertook a structural assessment of the building for the Town of Cambridge. Their conclusions were as follows: Overall the structure is in average condition. The load bearing walls and columns are in good condition and are showing no signs of structural damage. The top of the roof is in good condition, only requiring minor maintenance work. The area with significant structural damage is the slab soffit which is exposed to the environment. The delamination survey highlighted that concrete degradation due to corrosion of the reinforcement has taken place to over sixty percent of this area. In September 2017 the place is closed but continues to be maintained by the Town of Cambridge.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: High Authenticity: High

Condition

Fair

Associations

Name Type Year From Year To
Tony Brand Architect - -
Paul Ritter Architect - -

Titles and Owners

Reserve Lot/Location Plan/Diagram Vol/Folio
2301 Plan 220077 LR3044-272
Owner Category
Town of Cambridge Local Gov't

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Wright House

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

26226

Location

24 Dilkara Way City Beach

Location Details

Local Government

Cambridge

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
Heritage List Adopted 27 Nov 2018

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Municipal Inventory Adopted 27 Nov 2018 Category 2

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

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

Architectural Styles

Style
Late 20th-Century International

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Roof METAL Zincalume
Wall BRICK Painted Brick

Historic Themes

General Specific
PEOPLE Innovators

Creation Date

19 Aug 2019

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Last Update

19 Aug 2019

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Author

Town of Cambridge

Construction Date

Constructed from 1976

Demolition Year

N/A

Statement of Significance

The place has aesthetic value as an intact example of the late 20th century international style and as a landmark in the streetscape. This residence and other examples of Iwanoff's work are a comprehensive and notable group of buildings which demonstrate a specific design style and period. The place has historic value for its association with prominent architect, Iwan Iwanoff who was influential in Western Australian practice for his non traditional approach to design and materials drawn from European trends. The place has historic value for its association with the early 1970s which was characterised as a period of affluence which was teamed with a willingness to experiment with new styles and materials. The place has social value as the house and others of Iwanoff's design are the source of study and interest amongst members of the community.

Physical Description

Single storey cubiform house with garage under the house. The façade is of asymmetric plan form with projecting wing with recessed full height windows behind a verandah area, an off centre entrance separated from the remainder of the façade by concrete pillars. The remainder of the façade is predominantly full height glazing set behind a balcony with concrete balustrade. A deep concrete fascia extends across the full extent of the façade which forms part of the canopy to the balcony area. As with many of Iwanoff residential designs it features a unique letterbox in the style of the main building.

History

Iwan Nickolow Iwanoff (1919-1986) was born in Kusstendil, Bulgaria. After studying architecture in Munich at the Technische Hochschule from 1941, Iwanoff worked for Emil Freymuth with the pair winning second prize in the competition to rebuild the central area of Munich. Migrating to Australia as part of the International Refugee Organization resettlement scheme, Iwanoff and his wife arrived at Fremantle, on 2 March 1950. He worked with architecture firm Kranz and Sheldon and also Yuncken and Freeman in Melbourne. In 1963, he established his own practice, The Studio of Iwanoff. A gifted architect, Iwanoff had exceptional drawing abilities, an innovative 'expressionistic' approach to design and detailing and, above all, a conviction that architecture was an art. In 1963-86 his small office produced work of high quality, including numerous houses. He also designed shop fronts and interiors in central Perth, and one larger project, the civic administration centre and public library at Northam (1969-74). His creative use of concrete blocks is a noted feature of his work. Many of the Iwanoff residences designed in the 1960s and 1970s were in the new northern suburbs of Perth where there was often minimal surrounding development and often a clientele willing to explore new styles and techniques. Plans for this residence were prepared for the client designated as ‘Wright’ by Iwanoff’s office in 1975 and construction was undertaken in the late 1970s. No detail of these original owners or occupants has been found in this research although it is understood the Wright family are still associated with this place. Since construction the façade, form and extent of the place have not changed significantly although internal alterations are likely to have occurred. The roof cladding has been changed from asbestos to colorbond.

Condition

Very Good

Associations

Name Type Year From Year To
Iwan Iwanoff Architect 1975 1976

References

Ref ID No Ref Name Ref Source Ref Date
Duncan Richards, 'Iwanoff, Iwan (1919–1986)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, Online Document 2007
Goad, Philip; Willis, Julie 'The Encyclopaedia of Australian Architecture', Cambridge University Press, p. 357. Book 2012
State Library of WA, Iwan Iwanoff Collection. MN1401, Acc 4400A. Plans
Aerial photographs, Landgate. Online Reference 1953-2016

Titles and Owners

Reserve Lot/Location Plan/Diagram Vol/Folio
36 Plan 10632 1361/728
Owner Category
Private owners Other Private

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Tomich House

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

17610

Location

7 Dorking Rd City Beach

Location Details

Local Government

Cambridge

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1972

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
Heritage List Adopted 27 Nov 2018

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
RHP - To be assessed Current 29 Sep 2006

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Municipal Inventory Adopted 27 Nov 2018 Category 2

Associations

Name Type Year From Year To
Iwan Iwanoff Architect - -

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use RESIDENTIAL Single storey residence

Architectural Styles

Style
Late 20th-Century Brutalist

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Wall BRICK Common Brick

Historic Themes

General Specific
PEOPLE Innovators
OCCUPATIONS Commercial & service industries
PEOPLE Famous & infamous people

Creation Date

13 Oct 2006

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Last Update

01 Jan 2017

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Author

Town of Cambridge

Construction Date

Constructed from 1969

Demolition Year

N/A

Statement of Significance

The place has aesthetic value as a large intact example of the late 20th century brutalist style and as a landmark in the streetscape. This residence and other examples of Iwanoff's work are a comprehensive and notable group of buildings which demonstrate a specific design style and period. The place has historic value for its association with prominent architect, Iwan Iwanoff who was influential in Western Australian practice for his non traditional approach to design and materials drawn from European trends. The place has historic value for its association with the early 1970s which was characterised as a period of affluence which was teamed with a willingness to experiment with new styles and materials. The place has social value as the house and others of Iwanoff's design are the source of study and interest amongst members of the community.

Physical Description

The Tomich House is one of a number of Iwanoff houses constructed in the area in the 1960s/1970s. This example stands three stories high and has a distinctive and intricate façade of curves. The house is of concrete block construction painted white. The windows are of varying dimensions and styles, with a combination of aluminium and timber frames reflecting different programs of work. The entry feature consists of a full height curved element containing five full height narrow strip windows separated by concrete pilasters. There are a lot of blank elements to the visible elevations of the house but due to their curved nature, the house presents as a dynamic form. Later additions to the place have continued the original style and detail of the residence although compromises to the original structure are evident. As was common with many of Iwanoff designs it features an individually designed letterbox which is consistent with the overall design.

History

Iwan Nickolow Iwanoff (1919-1986) was born in Kusstendil, Bulgaria. After studying architecture in Munich at the Technische Hochschule from 1941, Iwanoff worked for Emil Freymuth with the pair winning second prize in the competition to rebuild the central area of Munich. Migrating to Australia as part of the International Refugee Organization resettlement scheme, Iwanoff and his wife arrived at Fremantle, on 2 March 1950. He worked with architecture firm Kranz and Sheldon and also Yuncken and Freeman in Melbourne. In 1963, he established his own practice, The Studio of Iwanoff. A gifted architect, Iwanoff had exceptional drawing abilities, an innovative `expressionistic’ approach to design and detailing and, above all, a conviction that architecture was an art. In 1963-86 his small office produced work of high quality, including numerous houses. His creative use of concrete blocks drew richness out of every aspect of the utilitarian. The Iwanoff house, Lifford Road, Floreat Park (1965-67), a combination of architectural office and living accommodation, is a fine example. He also designed shop fronts and interiors in central Perth, and one larger project, the civic administration centre and public library at Northam (1969-74). The original portion of this residence, was designed by Iwanoff in 1969 for Mr and Mrs V Tomich, no information was found in this research about these owners. Archive plans held by the Town of Cambridge show that the original residence was two storey and smaller than the current configuration. The builder was Bonnville Homes and the engineer, Halpern, Glick & Lewis. In 1970, a pool was added to the rear of the property which was still owned by Tomich but by 1972, additions were designed by Iwanoff for the new owner P.C. Sullivan. These additions consisted of a carport, landscaping and extensions to the guest bedroom. Again the builder was Bonnville Homes and the engineer, Halpern, Glick & Lewis. In c1976, the property was transferred to local business man and entrepreneur Alistair Norwood who established the retail chain 'Jeans West'. Norwood engaged Iwanoff to design additions around the pool consisting of a pool house, cabana and new garden walls. Shortly afterwards, Iwanoff designed a new canopy over the front entrance. In the early 1980s, the property was transferred to T and A.S. Naidoo who engaged International Tasks, Project Managers in 1985 to design a substantial additions across the rear of the residence and a third storey for a new bedroom and ensuite accessed by a spiral staircase. This major addition sought to follow the Iwanoff style but it is unlikely that Iwanoff was involved in the design as he died in 1986. The interior spaces and external details were changed in this program of work. The property was transferred to the current owners, the Davenport family, in the late 1980s and they have undertaken minor alterations and additions to the property since that time.

Condition

Good

Associations

Name Type Year From Year To
International Tasks Architect 1985 1985
Iwan Iwanoff Architect 1972 1976

References

Ref ID No Ref Name Ref Source Ref Date
Aerial photographs, Landgate. Online Reference 1953-2016
Duncan Richards, 'Iwanoff, Iwan (1919–1986)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, Online Document 2007
Goad, Philip; Willis, Julie 'The Encyclopaedia of Australian Architecture', Cambridge University Press, p. 357. Book 2012
State Library of WA, Iwan Iwanoff Collection. MN1401, Acc 4400A. Plans
Archived Plans, Town of Cambridge Plans

Titles and Owners

Reserve Lot/Location Plan/Diagram Vol/Folio
2 Diagram 59284 1817-900
Owner Category
Private owners Other Private

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Last Update

26 Apr 2019

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City Beach Ovals

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

26248

Location

Fred Burton Way City Beach

Location Details

Bound by West Coast Highway, Oceanic Drive and Fred Burton Way

Local Government

Cambridge

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Municipal Inventory Adopted 15 Dec 2020 Category 3
Local Heritage Survey Adopted 15 Dec 2020 Category 3
Municipal Inventory Adopted 27 Nov 2018 Category 4

Place Type

Urban Park

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use PARK\RESERVE Park\Reserve

Historic Themes

General Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Sport, recreation & entertainment

Creation Date

20 Aug 2019

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Last Update

20 Aug 2019

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Author

Town of Cambridge

Construction Date

Constructed from 1960 to 2020

Demolition Year

N/A

Statement of Significance

The place has aesthetic value as a well maintained landscape and sports ground in an urban setting. The park has historic value for its association with the development of community facilities in City Beach in the 1960s when the suburb was being established. The park has social value for many members of the community as a place for organised and informal sports, and passive recreation. The play space within the ovals has social value for its association with a much valued tradition of the community gathering for storytelling at the former Happy Tree since 1978. The elements of the Happy Tree has historic value for their association with Ralph and Phyllis Soderlund who contributed to the community in creating the tree carvings and the associated books and annual storytelling event.

Physical Description

Two ovals adjoining each other adjacent to the beach and the residential development of City Beach. The ovals clearly demonstrate the changing topography of the area with the main oval behind the clubhouse being at a lower level to the northern oval. The southern oval therefore has a natural seating arrangement utilising the grassed embankments around the oval. The ovals have a sense of enclosure created by the peripheral planting around the entire site. In mid 2020, a nature play space was constructed by the Town of Cambridge at a site between the two ovals. The design of the playground incorporated elements from the "Happy Tree", formally located in Hovea Crescent in City Beach. These elements include portions of the tree which had carvings in them and a 'little library' offering a book swap service for children.

History

The ovals at City Beach were graded and established by the City of Perth in the early 1960s. Clubrooms were built on the site shortly after and the oval has been the venue for cricket, AFL and other organised sports since the 1960s. The facilities and grounds have been added to and modified as required since its establishment. In August 2020, a nature play space was opened by the Town of Cambridge Mayor Keri Shannon. The play space incorporated elements from the ‘Happy Tree’ a tuart tree formerly located in the road reserve of nearby Hovea Crescent, City Beach. The tree was highly valued in the City Beach and wider community for the carvings in the tree by Ralph Soderlund who lived in the property adjacent. Ralph Soderlund added carvings to the tree every year and wrote stories which incorporated the characters in the tree. Phyllis Soderlund illustrated the stories written by her husband in accompanying storybooks. Storytelling sessions were an annual event held by the Soderlunds for the neighbourhood children. The Town of Cambridge and subsequent owners of the property continued the tradition. The “Happy Tree” was included in the Town of Cambridge Local Government Inventory in 2018 and designated of Considerable Significance to the local community. When the tree fell in December 2019, the Town of Cambridge oversaw the removal of the tree and safely stored all elements of the tree that could be saved. Portions of the “Happy Tree” were used as borders of the play space and the main trunk has been used as major element in the design and supports the ‘Little Library’ box which holds childrens’ books for swap.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: High Authenticity: High

Condition

Good

References

Ref ID No Ref Name Ref Source Ref Date
Post Newspaper - 7 December 2019 page 3. newspaper 7 December 2019
Town of Cambridge website Online Documents
Town of Cambridge Media Release 19 August 2020 media release 19 August 2020
Aerial photographs, Landgate. Online Reference 1953-2016

Titles and Owners

Reserve Lot/Location Plan/Diagram Vol/Folio
6000 Plan 74241 2801-298
Owner Category
Town of Cambridge Local Gov't

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Last Update

08 Sep 2021

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Beecroft Park

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

26266

Location

32 Gayton Rd City Beach

Location Details

Bound by Tilton Terrace, Oban Road, Olinda Avenue and Gayton Road

Local Government

Cambridge

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
Heritage List Adopted 27 Nov 2018

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Municipal Inventory Adopted 27 Nov 2018 Category 3

Place Type

Urban Park

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use PARK\RESERVE Park\Reserve

Historic Themes

General Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Sport, recreation & entertainment

Creation Date

21 Aug 2019

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Last Update

21 Aug 2019

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Author

Town of Cambridge

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Parent Place or Precinct

09107 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Village Precinct (fmr)

Statement of Significance

The place has aesthetic value as a well maintained landscape and sports ground in an urban setting. The park has historic value for its association with the development of community facilities in City Beach in the 1960s when this portion of the suburb was being developed as a consequence of the decision to hold the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth. The place has historic value for its association with Bertha Beecroft a committed worker for her community in many areas. The park has social value for many members of the community as a place for organised and informal sports, and passive recreation.

Physical Description

Beecroft Park is a mid sized urban park situated among residential development and formed part of the original Empire Village in 1962. The park is mainly open grass with dense tree planting around the periphery. The topography is mainly flat with a slight incline towards Tilton Terrace. The park is laid out for football and also has a small children’s play area at the southern end of the space. Interpretation relating to the Empire Village is located at the southern boundary, opposite the shopping centre.

History

This park was established in the early 1960s as part of the development of City Beach for the 1962 Empire and Commonwealth Games. This portion of City Beach was developed as the Games Village which provided accommodation for competitors and officials. The park was named in recognition of Councillor Bertha Beecroft (c1906-1996). Mrs Bertha Beecroft MBE was a tireless community worker, long-serving member of Perth City Council 1954-84 and the council's first woman deputy lord mayor 1976-77. She had 30 years of continuous service on the council before her resignation in May 1984. She was also the first woman Chair of the Lotteries Commission of WA, appointed in June 1975, she remained Chair until her retirement in June 1976. She was a member of the Board since 1968. She was also chairman of the Endowment Lands Committee, a member of the board of visitors of Claremont Hospital and chairman of the board of visitors of Heathcote Hospital. She was on the board of management of Mosman Park's School for the Deaf and was president of the State women's council of the Liberal Party. Mrs Beecroft was also a member of the Board WA Opera Society, 1976 and president, WA Ladies Hockey Association 1976. For recreation, she pursued interests in golf, lawn bowls and tennis. In 1972 she was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for her services to the community. In 2014, the adjacent group of shops on The Boulevard were seriously damaged by fire, subsequently the shops have undergone major redevelopment under the name of the 'Empire Village Shops'. Since that redevelopment there has been greater community interest and activity in Beecroft Park.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: High Authenticity: High

Condition

Very Good

References

Ref ID No Ref Name Ref Source Ref Date
National Library of Australia Online Reference Documents
Aerial photographs, Landgate. Online Reference 1953-2016

Titles and Owners

Reserve Lot/Location Plan/Diagram Vol/Folio
8 Diagram 29031 1810-495
Owner Category
Town of Cambridge Local Gov't

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House, 17 Hovea Crescent

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

17623

Location

17 Hovea Cr City Beach

Location Details

Local Government

Cambridge

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
(no listings)

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use RESIDENTIAL Other

Creation Date

08 Jan 2007

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Last Update

01 Jan 2017

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House, 17 Hovea Crescent

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

26222

Location

17 Hovea Cr City Beach

Location Details

Local Government

Cambridge

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Municipal Inventory Adopted 27 Nov 2018 Category 4

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use RESIDENTIAL Two storey residence
Present Use RESIDENTIAL Two storey residence

Architectural Styles

Style
Inter-War Functionalist

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Wall BRICK Rendered Brick
Roof METAL Zincalume

Historic Themes

General Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Land allocation & subdivision

Creation Date

19 Aug 2019

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Author

Town of Cambridge

Construction Date

Constructed from 1939

Demolition Year

N/A

Statement of Significance

The place has some aesthetic value as the original form and detail of the residence demonstrate the Inter War Functionalist style. The place has historic value for its association with the development of this portion of City Beach in the Inter War period. The place has social value as the original portion of the residence demonstrates the scale of housing for prosperous families in the Inter War period.

Physical Description

A two storey house of rendered brick construction demonstrating elements of the Inter War Functionalist style. The house has a dual relationship with the angled entrance facing the intersection of both Elimatta Way and Hovea Crescent. The house is situated approximately in the middle of the lot with open gardens to the front. The south east elevation facing Elimatta Way incorporates curved elements with glass block openings, a small balcony above the entrance and tall windows. The Hovea Crescent elevation is more angular in its presentation with a single storey north section abutting the two storey main section of the house. This single storey portion is a later addition although demonstrating similar form and detail. The two storey portion of the residence contains a recessed upper section with balcony incorporating a shallow curved canopy supported on masonry columns and positioned beneath a tiered parapet. The distinguished block decoration around the top of the parapet has been continued on the single storey section. All the windows visible from the street have been replaced and other elements of the exterior have been altered since the original construction. No internal inspection of the property was made at the time of assessment.

History

This portion of City Beach was subdivided for residential lots in 1929 and marketed under the name, the City Beach Estate. The area was not densely settled until the 1960s but some homes were built in the area in the 1930s. In Hovea Crescent a few homes had been built on the high side of the street looking toward the coast by the late 1930s. It is understood by the current owners that the first house on the street was the extant [2018] home at 22 Hovea Crescent. From the available information this residence was built in 1939 for the owner and occupant, Walter Arthur Zeck (Zech) (1913-1972) and his wife Yvonne (Bonnie) Joy, nee Sinclair (c1914-2011). The couple married in 1938 and moved into this house by 1940. Prior to their occupancy the lot was owned by Charles Zeck, Walter's father and owner of the successful and prominent hairdressing salon Zecks, in Moana Chambers Hay Street Perth. Walter worked in the same field as his father working as a hairdresser and later wigmaker. The electoral rolls record Bonnie Zeck as undertaking home duties for her family of three children. She was also known in the community as an enthusiastic amateur pianist, composer and teacher of dance and music. No details of the original architect or builder of this residence have been found in this research.Walter Zeck owned a nearby lot at 8 Elimatta Way and, in c1951, built a new house on this property. An item in the local press noted that Walter Zeck had his existing property, 17 Hovea Crescent, on the market for £10,750 in 1951. Information from the current owners states that the Zeck family moved into the new home at 8 Elimatta Way on its completion c1952. It has not been established who occupied the Hovea Crescent residence after the Zecks. Archived plans held by the Town of Cambridge show alterations and additions undertaken in 1958 for the owner and occupant Manuel Kerry Manolas, by architect Eric Moyle. The plans show that the single storey on the northern elevation was originally a garage and converted to an extension of the living room. A new kitchen, dining, bathroom and laundry were added to the rear of the residence in this program of works. In 1979, a small garage was added on the south east boundary of the lot and in 1993 more significant additions were undertaken to the rear of the residence and did not significantly alter the existing elevations to Hovea Crescent and Elimatta Way. These additions were designed by architect Ian Dewar and Associates. Since that time the form of the residence has not changed markedly although internal alterations have been undertaken.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: High Authenticity: Low

Condition

Good

Associations

Name Type Year From Year To
Eric Moyle Architect 1958 1958
Ian Dewar Architect - -

Titles and Owners

Reserve Lot/Location Plan/Diagram Vol/Folio
43 Plan 5153 1721-699
Owner Category
Private owners Other Private

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Happy Tree

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

09109

Location

9 Hovea Cr City Beach

Location Details

Located on road reserve adjacent to 9 Hovea Cr, City Beach

Other Name(s)

Eucalyptus gomphocephala

Local Government

Cambridge

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
Heritage List Adopted 27 Nov 2018

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Municipal Inventory Adopted 27 Nov 2018 Category 2
Municipal Inventory Adopted 17 Dec 1996
Municipal Inventory Removed from MI 15 Dec 2020

Place Type

Tree

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Present Use FORESTRY Other
Original Use FORESTRY Other

Historic Themes

General Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Settlements

Creation Date

17 Jul 1997

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Author

Town of Cambridge

Construction Date

Constructed from 1978 to 2018

Demolition Year

2019

Statement of Significance

The Happy Tree has a aesthetic value as a mature and well established tuart tree which has been adorned with carved characters. The Happy tree has aesthetic value as a landmark in the street and the community. for its contribution and continuity in the streetscape since 1978. The Happy tree has historic value for its association with the development of the City Beach community in the 1970s when the first characters were added to the tree. The Happy tree has historic value for its association with Ralph and Ivy Soderlund who lived at this house from 1961 until the 2000s and for their contribution to the community in creating the tree carvings and the associated books and annual story telling event. The Happy Tree has social value for the members of the City Beach community who have attended storytelling events at the tree since 1978 and for its contribution to the sense of place.

Physical Description

The Happy Tree is a large multi-trunked Tuart tree located on the verge outside no. 9 Hovea Crescent, City Beach. The natural nooks in the tree have been filled with toys, supplemented by platforms and steps with other creatures and fantasy figures attached all around the tree. A commemorative plaque celebrating the Happy Tree has been erected alongside a plaque from its creator, Ralph Soderlund that says “The Happy Tree stands tall and free, a gift from God for all to see, its happiness is there to share, take some to others to show you care”.

History

The Happy Tree was the initiative of Ralph Soderlund and his wife Phyllis who built their home at 9 Hovea Crescent in 1961. In 1978, Walter Ralph Soderlund (c1921-2013), a retired orchardist carved and painted his first character, Mr Gnome, into this tree on the verge of their property. In every subsequent year, other characters were added to the tree. The inspiration for the tree was Ola Cohn's Fairies Tree in Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne. An annual event was held at the tree in which local children were invited to a Happy Tree Party where they would listen to stories about the characters in the tree, written by Ralph Soderlund and illustrated by his wife Phyllis Ivy Soderlund (c1923-2013). Ralph Soderlund began the tradition in 1988 and would put on a top hat for the story telling event. The tradition has continued with a carved top hat added to the tree in 2016. In April 2000, the Town of Cambridge continued the tradition of hosting the annual community event and the new owners of the property at 9 Hovea Crescent assisted with the hosting from 2013.

Condition

Good

References

Ref ID No Ref Name Ref Source Ref Date
City Beach Ovals - P26248 Town of Cambridge Heritage List and Local Heritage Survey 15 December 2020
Aerial photographs, Landgate. Online Reference 1953-2016
Post Community News, p.54 Newspaper 30 January 2016

Titles and Owners

Reserve Lot/Location Plan/Diagram Vol/Folio
Road Reserve
Owner Category
Town of Cambridge Local Gov't

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City Beach High School

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

09105

Location

20 Kalinda Dr City Beach

Location Details

Other Name(s)

City Beach High School and
International School of Perth, City Beach SHS

Local Government

Cambridge

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1966

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
Heritage List Adopted 27 Nov 2018

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
RHP - Does not warrant assessment Current 14 Dec 2012

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Municipal Inventory Adopted 27 Nov 2018 Category 3
Municipal Inventory Adopted 17 Dec 1996

Associations

Name Type Year From Year To
Public Works Department Architect - -

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
5039 City Beach Senior High School, Kalinda Drive, City Beach : archival record. September 2000. Report 2000
7102 Metropolitan High Schools of the 1950s and 1960s : thematic study. Heritage Study {Other} 2004

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Present Use EDUCATIONAL Secondary School
Original Use EDUCATIONAL Secondary School

Architectural Styles

Style
Post-War International

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Other TIMBER Other Timber
Other CONCRETE Other Concrete
Wall CONCRETE Pre-cast concrete panel
Roof METAL Other Metal

Historic Themes

General Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Education & science

Creation Date

17 Jul 1997

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Author

Town of Cambridge

Construction Date

Constructed from 1965 to 1968, Constructed from 2001, Constructed from 1980

Demolition Year

N/A

Statement of Significance

The layout of the campus and the original buildings from the mid 1960s have aesthetic value as they demonstrate the form and style of the period and illustrate a greater sophistication in public buildings when designing for the climate and landscape in Western Australia. The place has historic value as it demonstrates the settlement and rapid growth of City Beach in the 1960s and the government's response to this new community. The place has social value for the members of the community from the 1966 to present day who attended the school as staff or students, or were associated with those who went there.

Physical Description

The school was constructed in the mid 1960s in the natural bushland in City Beach. The low ranges of the school are mainly hidden from clear view of the street behind landscaped gardens along Kalinda Drive. The school buildings are predominantly arranged in a series of east-west ranges with a number of open spaces between each block. The blocks are single and double storey brick construction with pebbledash render in placed and all incorporate shallow pitched colorbond roofs. Windows are timber framed sashes and highlight windows. The reception block and access into other areas of the school is via a high brick wall with an integrated entrance, the brickwork being enlivened by the aboriginal mural across the full extent of the wall.

History

City Beach underwent significant development in the early 1960s following subdivision of the area for residential occupation. The 1962 Empire, or Commonwealth, Games in Perth and the main stadium at Perry Lakes was a major influence on the development of the area. City Beach High School was constructed in 1965 and opened in 1966. The school was designed by the Public Works Department along modern lines as a cluster of pavilions with internal courtyards. The buildings were designed with an emphasis on orientation to avoid the western sun and to take account of the surroundings. In 1981, a hall was built on the site however the school population dwindled following the initial development of the area in the 1960s and 1970s. By 1997, there were only 350 students enrolled, mostly in the years 8 to 10. The Bold Park Kindergarten which was originally located on the site, moved in 1998 to new premises in Wembley. In 2000, the school initiated a series of innovative program to cater for students from around the state who had difficulty fitting into larger schools. In 2001, a group of buildings were constructed on the northern side of the site. These buildings are believed to currently [2018] be used for residential accommodation for boarders. The school closed in December 2005 as at that time there were only 87 students at the school from Years 8 to 10. In 2006, a privately funded school, the International School of WA occupied the property and catered for residential students. The school was officially opened by Premier Alan Carpenter on 8th November 2007. Since then the buildings have been adapted and added to in accordance with their requirements and changing education approaches. The most significant additions since then was the addition of new teaching blocks in 2014 and in 2017 a new building residential college was approved for construction. The school will be relocating to new premises in 2019.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: High Authenticity: High

Condition

Good

References

Ref ID No Ref Name Ref Source Ref Date
Aerial photographs, Landgate. Online Reference 1953-2016
item T235, Town of Cambridge Local Studies Collection, Interview with Barry Goddard regarding construction of the City Beach High School. Oral History 2006
Item T236, 'City Beach International School of WA on the Move', Stirling Times Newspaper 18 October 2016
WABMA Heritage Database

Titles and Owners

Reserve Lot/Location Plan/Diagram Vol/Folio
29923 14203 Plan 27391 LR3166-561
Owner Category
Education Department State Gov't

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Holy Spirit Catholic Church, City Beach

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

13020

Location

2 Keaney Pl City Beach

Location Details

Lot bounded by Brompton Rd, Bent St & Keaney Pl

Local Government

Cambridge

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1973 to 1974

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
Heritage List Adopted 27 Nov 2018
State Register Registered 26 Aug 2011 HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument, HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Municipal Inventory Adopted 27 Nov 2018 Category 1
Aboriginal Heritage Sites Register Adopted
Catholic Church Inventory Completed 01 Jul 1998

Parent Place or Precinct

09106 Holy Spirit Parish Complex

Physical Description

The place is a landmark located on top of a hill/sand dune, and is a fine example of Late Twentieth Century Organic style architecture, featuring sweeping curved brick walls and an overall irregular curved floor plan. The main volume of the church has been enclosed by a curved vertical wall of increasing height. This wall is constructed of salmon bricks. The curved roof is concealed by an apex parapet wall on the western side. There is a curved panelled eaves soffit to the north with a clear aluminium framed clerestory ribbon window. The place has high quality interior spaces, and finely designed sanctuary fittings and furnishings, including timber pews, off-form altar, seats, side altars, and baptismal font, and also includes a number of finely designed artworks.

Condition

good

Associations

Name Type Year From Year To
Forbes and Fitzhardinge (M Fitzhardinge) Architect 1972 -

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
9282 Holy Spirit Catholic Church Keaney Place, City Beach. Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 2009

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Present Use RELIGIOUS Church, Cathedral or Chapel
Original Use RELIGIOUS Church, Cathedral or Chapel
Original Use RELIGIOUS Housing or Quarters

Architectural Styles

Style
Late 20th-Century Organic

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Wall BRICK Common Brick
Roof TILE Ceramic Tile

Historic Themes

General Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Depression & boom
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Religion
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Immigration, emigration & refugees

Creation Date

18 Dec 1998

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Author

Town of Cambridge

Construction Date

Constructed from 1973 to 1974

Demolition Year

N/A

Parent Place or Precinct

09106 Holy Spirit Parish Complex

Statement of Significance

Holy Spirit Catholic Church, City Beach, comprising a Late Twentieth Century Organic style brick church (1973-74), including original fittings and furnishings of high design quality, grotto (1994-95), and ancillary structures has cultural heritage significance for the following reasons: the place is a striking landmark constructed to a unique sculptural design, with its dramatic external form, high quality interior spaces, and finely designed sanctuary fittings and furnishings; the place is a good example of a church designed to facilitate liturgical and theological changes in the Catholic church following the Second Vatican Council, with its open interior layout, clear site lines, placement of altar and baptistery, and lack of barriers to the sanctuary area; the place is a very fine representative example of Late Twentieth Century Organic style architecture, featuring sweeping curved brick walls and an overall irregular curved floor plan; the place demonstrates technical proficiency in its use of steel reinforced curved brickwork, and the finished building receiving the 1975 Clay Brick Award; and the place was designed by the prominent 1950s-980s Western Australian architectural firm Forbes & Fitzhardinge, who were leading exponents of contemporary late twentieth century architecture. The Presbytery (1964) and Parish Centre (2006) are of little significance. The Grotto (1994-95) is of some significance.

Physical Description

The Holy Spirit Memorial Church is one element of the Holy Spirit complex which also includes the Administration Centre, Presbytery and Primary School. The Church is the major feature of the site and is a landmark in a range of views across City Beach. The church is of buff brick construction with a prominent curved aesthetic. The church has a blank curved elevation to Keaney Place with an increasingly enlivened elevation as it curves around the driveway. The entrance is located to the southern aspect of the building with stepped entrance to double aluminium doors and a small canopy supported on broad circular brick column. The church continues to curve around with brick elevations and highlight aluminium framed openings until it reaches the blank brick elevation facing the street. The feature aspect of the building is the sloping visible roof form culminating in a fanned window, parapet wall and feature cross. This aspect of the church can be seen in long views across City Beach. The church is a landmark feature, bearing a resemblance to a shell and is dedicated to Australians who served in the various conflicts.

History

As this part of the metropolitan area developed in the period following World War II, the Roman Catholic Church recognised the need to establish facilities for members of their community. In 1960, Archbishop Prendiville sent Father Thomas Phelan to establish the new Roman Catholic Parish of City Beach and in 1963 this site was purchased. At the time of the inauguration of the Parish there was a Catholic population of only fifty five families. Infrastructure development was very slow and there was no access to the Church site for a few years. Much of the preparatory work for the buildings on the site was done by donation. Holy Spirit Presbytery was built during 1964 and survey work for the location of the future buildings was undertaken by new architecture graduate, Mike Fitzhardinge who also designed the school. In 1965, five classrooms were completed and the Holy Spirit school was opened and these rooms served the community as a church until the completion of the church in 1974. Holy Spirit Church was designed by Forbes and Fitzhardinge Architects Holy Spirit Catholic Church, City Beach was designed in 1972 to reflect the shift in Catholic theology and liturgical practice following the Second Vatican Council of the 1960s, in which church layout was to be amended to allow for greater interaction between the congregation and the sacred elements of the mass administered by priests. The design also sought to minimise the impact of strong westerly winds off the ocean, and its use of steel reinforced curved brickwork, which resulted in the finished building receiving the 1975 Clay Brick Award. The Holy Spirit Church was blessed and opened for worship by Archbishop Goody on Sunday March 31st 1974. At the ceremony were the Attorney General for Ireland, Declan Costello who happened to be on an official Government visit to Australia and Canon Riley of the St. Christopher’s Anglican Parish in City Beach. After nearly twenty years of transforming a school into a church each week-end people appreciated the new structure and the comfort for Sunday worship which ensued. Since the completion of the church by contractors, G. Robinson, there has been little change to the building apart from ongoing maintenance. The tiles on the Church were replaced with tiles from France which resolved an ongoing problem with water ingress. The ceiling was subsequently resprayed. The Church includes a number of finely designed artworks, including a wheat and grapes design on the silver tabernacle door, Madonna and Child mosaic, ‘Last Supper’ tapestry, stained glass windows, a sculpture of Jesus on the Cross, and Stations of the Cross, all of which were placed in the building in consultation with the original architect. Some of the works were provided by local artists and others were sourced internationally. Holy Spirit Catholic Church was included on the State Register of Heritage Places in 2011.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: High Authenticity: High

Condition

Very Good

Associations

Name Type Year From Year To
Mike Fitzhardinge Architect 1973 1994
Forbes and Fitzhardinge Architect 1993 1994

References

Ref ID No Ref Name Ref Source Ref Date
Holy Spirit City Beach Website 2018
State Register Documentation Place 13020 Online Reference 2011

Titles and Owners

Reserve Lot/Location Plan/Diagram Vol/Folio
1 Diagram 27431 1264-590
Owner Category
Roman Catholic Archbishop Church Property

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