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This place is an example of an early building in the area and is representative of development north of the railway line within Bayswater. The place has historic value for its association with Robert Burnside, an influential member within the Bayswater community.

Physical Description

Brick villa with tile hip roof and gable return to front creating a small verandah with roof supported on fully height timber posts that also extend down one side. The half-glazed front door is situated in the angle of the verandah and has a casement window alongside. The gable return has a similar casement window under a half timber gable pediment. The raised verandah is approached by a set of cement steps.

History

Robert Burnside, a stock and station agent, was originally a friend and business associate of Benjamin Copley. He moved to Bayswater in 1904, his original address being Rose Avenue, meanwhile he had purchased Lots 44 and 47 (5 acres), opposite Copley's property, which he sold and subdivided in 1904. Hence Burnside Street. He then built this large residence on the corner of Copley and Coode Street in 1906/7. His surviving daughter remembers it as having a maid's room, among other luxuries, which set it apart from the more typical houses of the district. Robert Burnside was a Roads Board member during the Great War. Eventually, both Copley and Burnside moved to Peppermint Grove having then fallen out over a business matter. Though their wives remained friends, the two men whose houses and streets are so close together, never spoke to each other again.

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This place is an example of an early building in the area and is representative of development north of the railway line within Bayswater. It is part of the early development that occurred in response to the relocation of the Midland Railway Workshops in 1904. The place has historic associations with George Sanger.

Physical Description

Timber frame/jarrah weatherboard cottage with corrugated iron hip roof and a separate bull nosed roof over front and side verandah which is supported on full height timber posts and approached by a short flight of steps. The rear section has a gable roof with lean-to towards the rear. The central panelled front door has top and side lights and is flanked by a double-hung sash window on each side. The brick chimney protruding through the hip roof has simple brick corbelled detail.

History

The house was built by George Sanger, formerly of King William Street. He took up residence in 1910. It is noticeable that some people already living in the district moved to better houses on the new subdivisions around this time. The house complements those belonging to Benjamin Copley and Robert Burnside on the two corners opposite, making the intersection of Copley and Coode Street an historic corner.

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This place is an example of an early building in the area and is representative of the spread of development north of the railway line within Bayswater. The site has historic value for its association with Benjamin Copley, an influential member of the Bayswater community.

Physical Description

Brick house with corrugated iron hip roof, vents at peaks and a reduced pitch covering the verandah that extends across the front of the house. This verandah is supported by slender cement Doric columns which are probably a later addition. The roof has a additional half-timbered gable over the central front door which is fully glazed with Art Deco leaded glass and has top and side lights. The front door is flanked by a pair of French doors on either side with top lights over a stucco band which runs across the natural brick wall at head height. The prominent brick chimneys have Arts and Crafts style corbelling and terracotta pots and the side verandahs appear to have been enclosed at a later date.

History

This was the original home of Benjamin Copely. Benjamin Copley acquired the five acre Lot 46 Coode Street in the late 1890s, at the same time opening a slaughter house on the land rented from Edward Browne, dairyman, in the present vicinity of the Hillcrest Oval. Copley was a person of considerable substance in Bayswater, as reflected in the elaborate residence he built shortly after buying his land. He subdivided the lot in 1904 and the road which ran alongside of it was called Copley Street. Copley was a Roads Board member around the turn of the century and apparently "a force to be reckoned with", as the Roads Board found it quite impossible to enforce the instructions of the Central Board of Health concerning his slaughterhouse.

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This place has historic value for its association with Bayswater's wartime efforts.

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Small weatherboard and corrugated, iron worker's cottage. Simple gable roof with lean-to extensions front and rear.

History

The cottage was commandeered by the Army during the Second World War for use as a transmitting station. International messages were sent and received via the large aerial situated on the site of Hillcrest school. The cottage has important connections with the activities of the Third Army corps which were billeted in the district and had its headquarters at the Drill Hall. It was a crucial part of Bayswater's Wartime role.

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Halliday Park

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• the place has aesthetic value as it is a well maintained green landscape with mature trees in an urban setting, and as a landmark in the community since the 1940s. • the place has historic value for its association with early industries of gardening, dairying and as a plant nursery. • the place has historic value for its association with early settlers and prominent community members, Henry Halliday, William Smeed, Bill Whiteman and John Pilkington. • the place has social value for many groups and individuals who have attended functions, events at the place since the 1940s. • the place has social value for the many groups and individuals who currently use the place for a variety of recreational activities.

Physical Description

An area of predominantly level grass sports ground bordered by mature trees and roads. A children's playground is located at the eastern end of the site. The northern boundary is a retaining wall of blockwork, a portion of which is topped with fencing to private residences. The majority of the retaining wall divides the park from the adjacent War Memorial and gardens. The western boundary rises to Coode Street with a high cyclone mesh fence. (The two storey clubrooms, W.H. (Bill) Whiteman Pavilion located at the south western corner of the park and an approximate area of 3 meters around it are excluded from the entry for Halliday Park.)

History

The land which is now Halliday Park was formerly the garden nursery of prominent local businessman, William Smeed (c1846-1911). The land was subsequently used as a dairy and market garden before being acquired by the Bayswater Road Board to develop as a recreation ground. This acquisition was in response to a vocal group of residents, led by Councillor Greenalsh of Burnside Street, who wanted to remove the noisy cows from the townsite and provide a playground for the local children. The site was cleared and levelled in 1940 and named in 1943 in recognition of the first Chairman of the Bayswater Road Board, Henry Halliday (1867-1914). The park was planted with trees in the following decades and a small playground erected in the south east corner. Although there was some reluctance to use the ground for formal sporting fixtures because of the original intent of the park, by the 1950s the park was regularly being used for several sporting codes. In addition many community events were held at the park including the very popular Bayswater Community Fete throughout the 1950s. During this time trees were planted on the border of the park and a pathway from Rose Avenue across the park to Burnside Street was bordered with an avenue of 'flame trees'. This pathway marked the different uses of the park, the children's playground was to the east near Drake Street and the playing field was on the western end of the park. In 1955, the Bayswater Lacrosse Club secured permission to use the playing field for the matches and training. This relationship has continued since that time. The Club built their own sports pavilion with assistance from the City of Bayswater in the 1970s and named it in honour of one of their founders W.H. (Bill) Whiteman. The club has continued to use the park as their home ground and make improvements to the grounds and facilities. Sometime in the early 1960s, the pathway and trees crossing the park were removed and the park is now an open expanse of grass. All the sports gear associated with the various games at the park are kept with the clubrooms storage. The value of the trees in the park to the local community was demonstrated when seven peppermint trees were removed by the City of Bayswater in November 2014 because of the perceived risk to the community. The loss of the trees received considerable coverage in the local press and councillors and City of Bayswater officers were contacted by several residents expressing their concern. Replacement trees were planted but as yet [2016] have not been successfully established.

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Hillcrest Oval

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This place is representative of development north of the railway line within Bayswater and was part of the building boom associated with the development of the Midland Railway Workshops. The place has historic value for its association with Robert McLeish, an influential member within the Bayswater community.

Physical Description

Small, timber frame cottage with corrugated metal sides and front which, whilst presently covered with brick veneer, would previously have been jarrah weatherboard. The hipped roof and lean to rear section formerly covered with corrugated iron, is now covered with tiles which appear to be metal. A central doorway, flanked by double hung windows, opens onto a small front verandah covered by a separate roof supported on full height square columns, possibly steel and approached by a flight of wooden steps.

History

This cottage was built on land owned by Robert McLeish in c.1905. It is known that his first shop, which burnt down, was located on this lot or the adjoining Lot 4. In the absence of any other information, it is most likely that McLeish built this as a speculative home or rental property. A number of local people of substance were taking advantage of the Railway Workshops related boom and by this stage, it appears that Robert McLeish would have acquired sufficient capital to do so.

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• The place has aesthetic value for its demonstration of the form and detail of a simple Federation style. • The place has historic value for its association with the development and establishment of this portion of Bayswater in the early 1900s. • The place has social value as a demonstration of the scale and form of housing in the early 1900s for working families.

Physical Description

A single storey house of timber framed construction with weatherboard cladding on a sloping lot. The house has a hipped and gabled corrugated metal roof, penetrated by two painted brick chimneys with corbelling on the left side. The house has a projecting wing to the left with a pair of timber framed sash windows below a traditional awning and a gable above. The front entry door has a small fanlight and is adjacent the projecting wing with another sash window on the right. The roof extends on the right side of the frontage to create a verandah, supported on turned timber posts with decorative timber brackets and a simple open timber balustrade. The house is set behind a rendered fence on the left side with sparse mature plantings and a concrete driveway to the right.

History

The subdivision plan for this portion of Bayswater was approved by the Department of Lands and Surveys in 1903. From the available evidence this house was built in the 1910s and was likely to have been an investment property as many occupants are recorded during the first half of the 20th century. Long term tenants from the late 1930s were iron turner Alexander Simmons, his wife Sarah Hannah Simmons, and their son Alexander Simmons who recorded his occupation as a French polisher. Alexander (senior) and his wife lived at the house until the 1960s. Aerial photographs indicate the place had a red corrugated iron roof until replaced c1990. A large addition to the rear was constructed c2014 which retained the original cottage but altered the rear roof line. The form and extent of the original building can still be readily determined.

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This place is an example of an early building in the area and is representative of development north of the railway line within Bayswater. The site has historic value for its association with Benjamin Copley, an influential member of the Bayswater community.

Physical Description

Timber frame and jarrah weather board cottage with corrugated iron hip roof and separate bull-nose iron roof across the front supported on tubular steel poles. Central front door has top and side lights and is flanked by a double hung wooden sash window on each side.

History

The land on which this house was built was purchased in 1905 by Jas Broomhall, painter, then resident in Rose Avenue. The house was built in 1906. A typical tradesman's cottage built by a workshops employee makes this a class Copley Street building of the 1904-1907 period.

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This place is an example of an early building in the area and is representative of the spread of development north of the railway line within Bayswater. It is also indicative of the speculative building that occurred within Bayswater. The site has historic value for its association with Benjamin Copley, an influential member of the Bayswater community.

Physical Description

This weatherboard and corrugated iron cottage is similar in style to its neighbour, No.18. Both are timber framed weatherboard houses with corrugated metal hip roofs and separate bullnose verandah roofs across the front supported by full height turned wooden posts. Both front walls have double hung wooden sash windows on each side of a central door opening onto the verandah.

History

The land on which this house was built was purchased by Phillip Fuller in 1907. It appears to have been built as a rental property, as no residents of Copley Street (listed in Post Office Directories), can be traced to the house or appear on the Rate Books. Unfortunately its occupancy in the early days is a mystery.

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This place is an example of an early building in the area and is representative of the spread of development north of the railway line within Bayswater. It is also indicative of the speculative building that occurred within Bayswater. The site has historic value for its association with Benjamin Copley, an influential member of the Bayswater community.

Physical Description

Timber framed and jarrah weatherboard cottage with corrugated iron hip roof without eaves overhangs. There is a skillion roof to the rear section and the eastern wall is clad with corrugated iron. The separate bull-nosed verandah roof which extends across the front is supported on full height timber posts to which is currently attached wooden lattice panels. The ground level verandah floor of concrete gives access to the central panelled front door. The flanking windows are wooden double sash type, as are the majority of the other windows.

History

The name of the early occupier of this house cannot be ascertained, but it was most likely built by a Lucy Hodges of Aberdeen Street, who owned the property in 1907 and for some years thereafter. The number of non-resident female owners of properties in Bayswater is interesting. It is possible that some investment properties were placed in wives' names for financial reasons, but it would also seem that land speculation and building of speculative or rental houses was something in which many women of means engaged.

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This place is an example of an early building in the area and is representative of the spread of development north of the railway line within Bayswater. It is also indicative of the speculative building that occurred within Bayswater. The site has historic value for its association with Benjamin Copley, an influential member of the Bayswater community.

Physical Description

This timber frame jarrah weatherboard house has a corrugated iron gabled roof and unusual double frontage with half timbered gables. These suggest that it may have originally been two separate cottages that have been since joined together with the front door between them. The house has been substantially restored in the style of the period and currently has a separate bull nose verandah extending right across the brick paved front linking the two sections and supported on full height wooden posts. The central recessed doorway has a panelled door with top and side lights and the windows to the front are triple frame wood casements. The rear of the property slopes away steeply and the extensive views are able to be enjoyed from a raised balcony verandah at the same level as the street.

History

This property was owned by Alice Murdoch of Aberdeen Street in 1907. Her name remained recorded on the Rate Books even though Charles Forder and family were in residence. It is possible that the Forders were paying off the house under the kind of arrangement which applied widely at the time, whereby the rent paid the mortgage.

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• The place has aesthetic value for its demonstration of the form and detail of a simple Inter War commercial premises with adjoining residence. • The place has historic value for its association with the development and establishment of this portion of Bayswater in the 1920s. • The place has social value as a demonstration of the type of shopping available in the suburbs during the first half of the 20th century.

Physical Description

A single storey shop of brick construction with an adjoining house to the rear, set on a corner lot. It has a hipped and gabled corrugated metal roof that addresses the primary street frontage with a large gable. The brickwork has been painted and the shopfront has a glazed tile dado. The front entry door to the shop is recessed and located on the right with large panes of shopfront glazing immediately left of the door. The left side of the frontage is a large opening covered by a roller shutter. It has a full width quarter round convex canopy across the shopfront with the year of construction on the wall above. The building has no front set back and adjoins the footpath. The secondary street frontage has small high level windows to the shop area and larger windows at a lower height towards the rear for the house. The building has a driveway along the left boundary of the lot, a concrete verge to the primary street frontage and a lawned verge to the secondary street frontage with mature plantings along the side wall of the building.

History

The subdivision plan for this portion of Bayswater was approved by the Department of Lands and Surveys in 1899. The lots were not taken up rapidly and in the early 1920s there were few residents in Cox Street. However the growing numbers must have been sufficient to enable the construction of a small shop and premises to be built in c1929. The first occupant was Violet May Barnes who operated a store from the premises and lived at the rear of the shop. There were a series of other occupants and business managers throughout the first half of the 20th century. Aerial photographs indicate that the building originally had an awning across the elevation facing Cox Street. This was removed by the 1970s and later a bullnose awning was added. In 1981 the main portion of the building had a red Colorbond roof which was replaced in 2013. Recent renovations have included annotation across the front elevation stating c1910. The owners may therefore have additional information that indicates a construction date earlier than indicated by the Post Office Directories which may be confirmed by further research. The original lot has not been subdivided but a new building was constructed on the rear portion of the lot in c1990 facing Grafton Road. Additional roof structures have been constructed around the rear of the building since then. The form and extent of the original premises can still be determined.

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Telecom site and fmr aircraft factory

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This site has now been demolished. This record is maintained for historical information purposes only.

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The main factory buildings were of saw-toothed roof construction with corrugated iron roofing and fibre cement cladding above a low brick wall below window sill height. The casement windows in the side walls were arranged in groups of four, giving the effect of a continuous horizontal band.

History

This building is associated with Bayswater's role in the Second World War, as it was constructed by the Commonwealth Government during late 1942 to manufacture aircraft engines. Its placement between Garratt Road and Crowther Street is of interested, as the Roads Boards and local citizens strongly objected to its placement in the area that had been zoned 'Residential' under the first Town Planning Scheme of 1935. However, the Commonwealth was not bound by this local Scheme and proceeded with the venture. Complaints about the noise of aircraft engines being tested were many. After the war, various uses were proposed for the building, including a technical college, but the Commonwealth decided to convert it to a factory for the production of PMG equipment. This use continued until the 1990s when the land was subdivided into the residential lots in Wotzko Court and Milne Street.

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11710 Drake Street Precinct

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This site has now been demolished. The record is maintained for historical information purposes.

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Timber frame homestead with jarrah weatherboard dado and fibre cement sheeting above. Corrugated iron gable roof with lean-to roof over full length front verandah supported on full height timber posts. Triple wood casement windows.

History

This was the farm house on the poultry farm belonging to the Van Heythesen’s, a pioneer of Morley Park, who moved there around the time of the Great War. Mr Van Heythesen was an early member of the Morley Progress Association. The farm also has connections with the Chalkley family. Rose Chalkley was a high profile member of the Morley Progress Association during the 1950s and early 1960s.

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Pine Tree

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• The tree has aesthetic value as a landmark in the street and the wider community. • The tree has historic value for its association with the establishment of the suburb of Bayswater in the early 20th century. • The tree has historic and social value for its association with prominent local citizen John Whittaker and his family.

Physical Description

A mature pine tree (Araucaria heterophylla) which has an asymmetrical form indicating some lopping in the past. The base of the tree is approximately 1m in diameter. Adjacent to the base of the tree is a large stump from another tree which suggests there were several trees planted at the same time in this early garden.

History

This tree on the corner of Drake and Burnside Streets is understood to have been planted c1915 by John Whittaker the owner and occupant of the property between 1906 and 1927. John Whittaker, his wife Eleanor had lived at the property since at least 1910, but probably since 1908 when John Whittaker is first recorded living in the street in the Post Office Directories. John and Eleanor had five daughters, one of whom died in 1910. John Whittaker (c1855-1935) was a carpenter who worked at the Midland Railway Workshops and he served for some years on the Bayswater Road Board. Aerial photographs indicate the house on this property was large and surrounded by extensive landscaping. It was likely to have been one of the prestigious homes in the vicinity. Eleanor Rosina Whittaker (c1860-1915) died in 1915 aged 55. It may have been this event which prompted the planting of the tree, or possibly the death of their daughter, Edith Sarah Cornish aged 29, nee Whittaker only five years previously. The tree can be seen in an image from 1917. At this time the tree is small which suggests the tree had only been planted relatively recently. The tree was located some distance from the original house but since the construction of the unit development in the early 1970s and the growth of the tree it is much closer to the buildings on the site.

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• The place has aesthetic value for its demonstration of the form and detail of a simple Inter War Californian Bungalow style residence. • The place has historic value for its association with the ongoing development of this portion of Bayswater in the 1920s • The place has social value as a demonstration of the scale and form of housing in the 1920s for working families.

Physical Description

A single storey house of timber framed construction with weatherboard cladding on a corner lot. The house has a hipped and gabled corrugated metal roof, penetrated by one brick chimney with corbelling and clay pots towards the rear. The house has a central projecting bay facing the primary street frontage with a timber framed sash window in the centre and a gable above. The roof extends at a slight pitch break to create a wraparound verandah, supported on square timber posts with decorative timber brackets and a simple open timber balustrade. The right side of the verandah has been infilled and the forward facing wall of the left side of the verandah contains the front entry door with leadlight sidelights. To the secondary street frontage there is a projecting bay at the rear with a pair of timber framed sash windows and a gable above. The house is set behind a rendered pier and panel fence with timber picket infill and mature plantings.

History

The subdivision plan for this portion of Bayswater was approved by the Department of Lands and Surveys in 1903. From the available information it seems that this lot was not developed until c1924 when the first occupant was recorded living at the property. Signwriter, Alfred Henry Jefferies and his wife Margaret Alice August, nee Moate lived at the property for only a few years before the place was occupied by Stanley Walter Hicks and his wife Edith Eliza Hicks. Aerial photographs indicate that the place has not changed significantly in the original portion of the building facing Drake Street. There have been a series of additions across the rear elevation that are accommodated under the skillion roof line.

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The place has aesthetic value for its demonstration of the form and detail of a post war international style residence. The place has historic value for its association with the ongoing development of this portion of Bayswater in the 1950s. The place has social value as a demonstration of the scale and form of housing in the 1950s for working families.

Physical Description

A single storey house of timber framed construction with weatherboard cladding. To the left side of the house is a projecting wing with a set of three windows, casements to either side with a fixed pane in the centre. The house has a corrugated metal hipped roof that extends on the right side at a pitch break to create a verandah that meets the projecting wing. The verandah is supported on simple square posts and is raised a few steps from ground level. The forward facing wall under the verandah has a set of three windows in the same arrangement as those of the projecting wing, but in different proportions. The front entry door is located on the side wall of the projecting wing, under the verandah. The house is set behind low plantings with a low retaining wall on the left and a large concrete driveway on the right.

History

The subdivision plan for this portion of Bayswater was approved by the Department of Lands and Surveys in 1903. From the available information it seems that this street was still sparsely settled in the late 1920s when few houses were recorded in the street. From the readily available information this residence was built after 1953. The first owner or occupant have not been determined. Aerial photographs indicate the place has undergone additions to the rear of the property and the roof has been reclad.

Archaeology

Construction Date c1955

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