Streeter & Male Company House

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

03591

Location

Anne St Cnr Robinson St Broome

Location Details

Local Government

Broome

Region

Kimberley

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
Register of the National Estate Removed from RNE
Classified by the National Trust Classified 07 Jun 1983

Condition

Former owner reported building removed to new location. (1988)

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
8335 Historic buildings of the Kimberley region of W.A. Book 1988
9600 Broome: maps and places of heritage interest. Heritage Study {Other} 0

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Present Use COMMERCIAL Shopping Complex
Original Use COMMERCIAL Shopping Complex

Historic Themes

General Specific
OCCUPATIONS Commercial & service industries

Creation Date

13 Mar 1995

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Author

National Trust of Western Australia

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statement of Significance

Typical example of the "Pearl Masters" house and its structural form in largely original condition.

Physical Description

Single storied, timber framed structure, corrugated iron cladding on walls nd roof, latticed verandah. It is sheltered from the road by a well developed stand of trees. The surrounding garden is typical of Broome's ornamental vegetation.

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St John of God Convent (fmr), Broome

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

05307

Location

11 Barker St Broome

Location Details

was 14

Other Name(s)

Centacare

Local Government

Broome

Region

Kimberley

Construction Date

Constructed from 1926

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
Heritage List Adopted 28 Aug 2014
State Register Registered 26 Aug 2008 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 28 Aug 2014 Grading A

Associations

Name Type Year From Year To
Hori Gorokitchi Architect - -
Goro Kichihoro Architect - -

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
10017 St John of God Convent (fmr), Broome Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 2012
9462 A pearler's wife: chapter extraction from 'A pearling master's journey'. Book 2009

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use RELIGIOUS Monastery or Convent
Present Use SOCIAL\RECREATIONAL Other

Architectural Styles

Style
North-West Vernacular

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Roof METAL Corrugated Iron
Wall TIMBER Other Timber

Historic Themes

General Specific
OTHER Other Sub-Theme
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Education & science
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Religion
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Racial contact & interaction
PEOPLE Aboriginal people
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Community services & utilities

Creation Date

06 Feb 1997

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Author

Shire of Broome

Construction Date

Constructed from 1926

Demolition Year

N/A

Statement of Significance

St John of God Convent is significant for the associations with the St John of God sisters, and the continuous use as a community care facility.

Physical Description

The single storey timber framed building with perimeter verandah is located central within a flat-grassed setting. The roof is hipped and the main roof covers the verandahs.

History

The Sisters of St John of God arrived in Broome in 1908. Their first home was a tin hut where they lived by day, sleeping in the church at night. The Chinese and Japanese shopkeepers gave them bedding and crockery. The Sisters nursed in the Japanese and District hospitals. A verandah, two bedrooms, kitchen and storeroom were added to the hut in 1909. A Catholic school was built in 1911, at which they taught. In 1926, the convent was built for them by Japanese carpenter Hori Gorokitchi. Gorokitchi arrived in Western Australia in May 1891, at the age of twenty-three. He worked as a builder and contractor in Broome, employing Japanese carpenters and constructing many buildings, including the former McDaniel Residence (Ref 45). The Sisters of St John of God occupied the Convent until 1967. Two Sisters spent over 60 years at Broome. Sisters Alphonse and Ignatius celebrated their Diamond Jubilee in Broome in 1975, and for their work in the North, Sister Alphonse was awarded the OBE and Sister Ignatius the MBE. The building has served a number of community needs, and was occupied by the Binagarra Counselling Service in 1996.

Integrity/Authenticity

High degree High degree

Condition

Good

References

Ref ID No Ref Name Ref Source Ref Date
Register documentation
L Gray & I Sauman Conservation Plan 2012

Other Reference Numbers

Ref Number Description
No.5 MI Place No.

Titles and Owners

Reserve Lot/Location Plan/Diagram Vol/Folio
301

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Broome Medical Clinic (fmr)

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

16827

Location

17 Barker St Broome

Location Details

Other Name(s)

Office of Local Member of Parliament
Resindenc (former)

Local Government

Broome

Region

Kimberley

Construction Date

Constructed from 1910

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 28 Aug 2014 Grading C

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use HEALTH Other
Present Use GOVERNMENTAL Office or Administration Bldg

Architectural Styles

Style
Federation Bungalow

Historic Themes

General Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Community services & utilities

Creation Date

31 May 2004

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Author

Shire of Broome

Construction Date

Constructed from 1910

Demolition Year

N/A

Statement of Significance

Residence (former) is typical of its period, and a remaining example that is representative of development over time.

Physical Description

The single storey timber framed structure has horizontal corrugated iron wall cladding. The hipped roof clad with colorbond features a central front gablet. The shutters are fibrocement above a lattice dado.

History

Lot 120 is divided into two lots. H. D. Forbes, solicitor, and Les Dobson of Dobson's General Store were the owners and occupants of the houses on Lot 120.

Integrity/Authenticity

High degree Moderate degree

Condition

Good

References

Ref ID No Ref Name Ref Source Ref Date
Tom Chapple, Broome The Exciting Years 1912-1930

Other Reference Numbers

Ref Number Description
No.6 MI Place No.

Titles and Owners

Reserve Lot/Location Plan/Diagram Vol/Folio
214

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Common Gate

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

26422

Location

Boundary of the Broome Common or former Municipal Boundary Chinatown Broome

Location Details

Boundary of the Broome Common, or former Municipal Boundary Chinatown to the airstrip and to the meatworks.

Other Name(s)

Town Gate

Local Government

Broome

Region

Kimberley

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
Heritage List Adopted 27 Jun 2019

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 Jun 2019 Grading B

Place Type

Historic site

Historic Themes

General Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Workers {incl. Aboriginal, convict}
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Law & order
PEOPLE Aboriginal people
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Government policy
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Racial contact & interaction
TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS Road transport
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Aboriginal Occupation

Creation Date

15 May 2020

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Author

Shire of Broome

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statement of Significance

• Common Gate has historic value for its association with the period during the 20th century when the movement of Aboriginal people was strictly controlled. • The remnant elements of the Common Gate are rare physical reminders of past practices. • The place has social value for the Aboriginal people who have memories of the practices of control and division typified by the Common Gate. For those with no direct experience the stories have been passed down to younger generations. • The remnant elements of the fence and gate have historic value for their association with the Aborigines Act 1905 which had such a profound effect on the lives of the Aboriginal people of the region. • The areas adjacent to the former Common Gate have potential research value as they may contain archaeological deposits.

Physical Description

There are a series of remnant posts remaining between Paspaley Shopping Centre and the Broome Road. The timber posts which remain from the former fence line are in poor condition.

History

The Common Gate is the name used to refer to the wire fence and gates that marked the municipal boundary of the township of Broome. The fence line was initially erected to keep cattle out of the town but, following the passing of Western Australia's Aborigines Act 1905, the fence around the town was used as a physical boundary to regulate the movement of Aboriginal people. Aboriginal people who lived outside the townsite could enter Broome if they could demonstrate they had 'lawful employment'. If not they could be forcibly removed from the 'prohibited area'. The 'common gate' had a significant effect on Aboriginal people and the Broome community. Originally there were three gates across roads into Broome. The main gate was at the entrance on the Old Broome Road near the junction with Bagot and Short Streets. The second gate was at the junction of present day Barker and Herbert Streets and the third gate at the corner of Dora and Guy Streets. These entry points were locked with a large gate at 6 pm each night by police. This form of control of Aboriginal people was enforced until 1954 when the section of the Native Welfare Act repealed many of the sections of the Native Administration Act. For many decades the fence remained in situ although its condition gradually deteriorated. Large portions of the fence were removed by local men Jimmy Edgar and Jimmy Tany Wei who used a grader for the task while they were working for the State Electricity Commission. In 2007, an exhibition titled ‘Opening the Common Gate’ was put together by the Lingiari foundation and the Yawuru people to highlight how the policy of segregation operated what affect that had on individuals and the community. The use of the Common Gate as a readily identifiable symbol of segregation demonstrates how well known and significant the fence and gate were to all members of the community but particularly Aboriginal people.

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Broome Hospital

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

12038

Location

bounded by Anne, Robinson, Barker and Walcott Sts Broome

Location Details

This place does not include P5368 Community Health Services

Local Government

Broome

Region

Kimberley

Construction Date

Constructed from 1950

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 10 Dec 2004

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
(no listings)

Child Places

  • 10902 Broome Hospital Physiotherapy Building

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
9462 A pearler's wife: chapter extraction from 'A pearling master's journey'. Book 2009

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use HEALTH Hospital

Architectural Styles

Style
Vernacular

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Other CONCRETE Other Concrete
Other TIMBER Other Timber
Wall ASBESTOS Fibrous Cement, flat
Roof METAL Steel
Roof METAL Corrugated Iron
Wall CONCRETE Concrete Block
Other GLASS Glass
Wall OTHER Other Material
Roof METAL Other Metal

Historic Themes

General Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Community services & utilities
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Settlements

Creation Date

30 Nov 2004

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WW2 Crash Memorial

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

26410

Location

26 Broome - Cape Leveque Road Broome

Location Details

Reserve 22615, 26 Broome - Cape Leveque Road

Other Name(s)

Smirnoff Beach, Carnot Bay

Local Government

Broome

Region

Kimberley

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
Heritage List Adopted 27 Jun 2019

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 Jun 2019 Grading B

Place Type

Historic site

Historic Themes

General Specific
PEOPLE Aboriginal people
PEOPLE Local heroes & battlers
TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS Air transport
OUTSIDE INFLUENCES World Wars & other wars
OUTSIDE INFLUENCES Refugees
PEOPLE Famous & infamous people

Creation Date

13 May 2020

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Author

Shire of Broome

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statement of Significance

• The site has historic value as the site of the crash of Dutch Douglas DC-3 brought down by an attack by Japanese Fighter Planes on 3 March 1942. • The site has historic value for its association with the bombing of Broome on 3 March 1942 by Japanese Fighter planes during World War II which was a significant event in the history of the town. • The site has historic value for its association with the evacuation of refugees from Indonesia and demonstrates the role northern Australia played during this period of the World War II. • The site has historic value for its association with individuals who played a role in the events at this site; Captain Smirnoff the pilot, the flight crew and the rescuers from Beagle Bay Community including Warrant Officer Class 2 Frederick Clinch, Brother Richard Bessenfelder and local man Joe Bernard. • The site has social value for community as the celebrated story of the crash, the rescue and the mystery of the lost diamonds contributes to the history and identity of the region.

History

In the early morning of 3 March 1942 nine Japanese Zero Fighter planes strafed 15 flying boats in Roebuck Bay, Broome, as well as several allied planes on the Broome air strip. 26 Planes were destroyed on the strip and in the bay. Over a hundred people died in the attack, which lasted no more than 20 minutes. Among the victims were more than 60 Dutch nationals, of which 50 civilians, who were being evacuated from Indonesia in anticipation of a Japanese attack. On their way back the Zero's encountered a Dutch Douglas DC-3 named the Pelikaan, piloted by Captain Ivan Smirnoff, on its way from Indonesia to Broome transporting Dutch refugees. Just prior to take off Smirnoff was handed a package to be handed to a Commonwealth Bank representative on arrival in Australia. It contained diamonds worth approximately $20 million although Smirnoff was unaware of its contents. The plane was shot down and crash-landed in Carnot Bay, approximately 80 km north of Broome. Four of the group died as they waited to be rescued, including an 18-month-old toddler, and were buried in the wet sand flats. During the four days that the group spent on the remote Kimberley beach, desperately searching for water and help, there was at least one unsuccessful attempt to retrieve the box from the damaged aircraft. After being attacked by a passing Japanese bomber that had picked up their position via a faint SOS call from the group's ramshackle radio, the group were rescued by a search party from Beagle Bay, 60 kilometres north. This search party was led by Warrant Officer Frederick Clinch, Brother Richard Bessenfelder and local man Joe Bernard. The survivors were first taken to Beagle Bay and then on to Broome two days later. It is believed that local fisherman and beachcomber Jack Palmer visited the wreckage shortly after the rescue to salvage anything valuable. He is understood to have found either some or all of the diamonds. After a period in which Palmer was seen around Broome displaying signs of wealth, he handed over a package of diamonds to the authorities. He was charged with theft but it was never proven that he had taken all the diamonds and subsequently acquitted. Palmer was taken back to the wreckage in April 1942 as part of the investigations into the story and during that visit parts of the aircraft was salvaged. Locals recall that diamonds were sighted in a number of locations in the following years and even after the war stories would emerge of the lost diamonds. The site in Carnot Bay has been subsequently named Smirnoff Bay after Captain Smirnoff whose skill in landing the damaged plane in such difficult conditions enabled the majority of the group to survive. The remains of the Dakota remained on the beach until 1970, when the stripped fuselage was broken up by dynamite. A memorial was erected at the site in 1942 by the Australian Army, and replaced in the 1990's. A third commemorative memorial was unveiled at Smirnoff Beach on 22 June 2013 to honour those who lost their lives, the survivors and the rescuers. At the ceremony were representatives of the Dutch Embassy and relatives of the crew and passengers.

Titles and Owners

Reserve Lot/Location Plan/Diagram Vol/Folio
22615

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Cultured Pearl Memorial

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

04849

Location

8 Broome Rd Broome

Location Details

Local Government

Broome

Region

Kimberley

Construction Date

Constructed from 1977

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

Historic site

Uses

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

Historic Themes

General Specific
PEOPLE Famous & infamous people

Creation Date

08 Jan 1997

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Author

Shire of Broome

Construction Date

Constructed from 1977

Demolition Year

N/A

Titles and Owners

Reserve Lot/Location Plan/Diagram Vol/Folio
8176 Lot 1317

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Dampier Coast - Broome Sandstone Dinosaur Footprints

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

26353

Location

Broome Sandstone Broome

Location Details

Broome Sandstone

Other Name(s)

Dinosaur footprints

Local Government

Broome

Region

Kimberley

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
Heritage List Adopted 27 Jun 2019

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 Jun 2019 Grading A

Place Type

Historic site

Historic Themes

General Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Education & science
(none)
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Environmental awareness

Creation Date

21 Jan 2020

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Author

Shire of Broome

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statement of Significance

The following statements are drawn from the Australian National Heritage entry for the place prepared in 2011 with additional information published by Salisbury et al (2017). The Dampier Coast dinosaur tracks have outstanding heritage value to the nation; • as the best and most extensive evidence of dinosaurs from the western half of the continent, some of which are unknown from body fossils; • The highest diversity of dinosaur tracks anywhere in the world (21 different types); • The only definitive evidence of stegosaurs in Australia; • The first described sauropod tracks in Australia; • Some of the largest dinosaur tracks in the world; • Only evidence of dinosaurs from this time period in Australia (approximately 130 million years ago); • The tracks are linked to the Dreamtime stories of the indigenous people along the Dampier Peninsula coastline, from Bunginygun (Swan Point, Cape Leveque) to Wabana (Cape Bossut, near Bidyadanga/La Grange) which have been retold over many generations.

Physical Description

The Broome Sandstone is exposed discontinuously for over at least 100 km of coastline from Gulbunwilla on Roebuck Bay east of Broome north to Minarriny (Coloumb Point), and possibly as far north as Cape Leveque. At most places where this rock formation has been uncovered, whether by gradual erosion or the pounding of cyclonic seas, dinosaur footprints have been found. At least 21 different types of footprints are recognised, making this the most diverse collections of dinosaurian trace fossils in the world. Over 70 discrete tracksites have been identified, many of which preserve short sections of trackways (sequences of prints recording the movement of one or more animals).

History

Geologists explain the formation of the Kimberley in terms of physical forces which have shaped present landforms over thousands of millions of years: the movement of continental plates; shifts in climate and sea level; and the action of wind, water and ice on rock. Geologists situate change in geological periods, which are defined with reference to global geological and evolutionary developments. The dinosaur footprints on the Dampier Peninsula are dated to the ‘Mesozoic era’, the age of the dinosaurs approximately 252 million years ago to 66 million years ago. The Mesozoic era is divided into three periods; the Triassic, Jurassic and Creatceous. From around 200 million years ago, in the early Jurassic period, the Kimberley Plateau once again formed part of a large island landmass, separated from the Northern Australian and Pilbara cratons by an inland sea. During the Cretaceous period, many species of dinosaurs occupied the area. As dinosaurs walked over swampy ground about 130 million years ago, they left tracks, some of which are preserved as fossils in the Broome Sandstone and exposed along the west coast of Dampier Peninsula. Fossilised remains of plants and pollens are found along with the tracks, which allow geologists to estimate their age. Plant remains and depositional features of the sandstone show the range of environments that these dinosaurs inhabited, which included rich lagoonal forests, estuaries, swamps and riverine areas. Knowledge of the dinosaur tracks by the local indigenous groups saw them included into their stories of the land and its creation, particularly those involving the Emu Man, Marala, who was the Law Giver. One of the first records of non-indigenous knowledge of the tracks was made by journalist and researcher, Daisy Bates is known to have sighted and recorded tracks near Broome while she was working at the Beagle Bay Mission around 1900. Other recordings in the 1930's and 1940's demonstrate that these remote tracks were known by the local residents, one of whom Walter ‘Snowy’ Jones, informed Ludiwg Glauert, Curator of the WA Museum. From the late 1940's, knowledge and understanding of the dinosaur tracks developed with the first accurate dating of the age of the tracks by Ludwig Glauert using the evidence of plant fossils collected by the Broome family, the Bardwells in the early 20th century. The tracks have provided inspiration for many artists, including Mary Durack and Russel Drysdale. In the 1950's, the tracks were an opportunity for education and research by naturalists Vincent Serventy and Harry Butler who took indigenous school children to the site. Research on the various sites continued through the second half of the 20th century by local and international scientists and in 2011, the tracks were included in the National Heritage List for the West Kimberley. The tracks continue to be a rich source of research and analysis for scientists, a link to creation stories for the indigenous people of the Dampier Peninsula and a place of interest for the local community.

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Cable Remains

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

16870

Location

Cable Beach Broome

Location Details

Other Name(s)

Cable Keepers Cottage (fmr)

Local Government

Broome

Region

Kimberley

Construction Date

Constructed from 1889

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
Heritage List Adopted 28 Aug 2014

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 28 Aug 2014 Grading B

Place Type

Historic site

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use Transport\Communications Comms: Housing or Quarters

Historic Themes

General Specific
TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS Telecommunications

Creation Date

16 Jun 2004

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Author

Shire of Broome

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statement of Significance

Cable and building remains are a significant and relevant marker of the history of telecommunications and Broome’s pivotal role in that network.

Physical Description

The concrete foundations and housings of the cable and junction box are evident approximately half way along Cable Beach, in the sand dunes of Minyrr Park. The remains of the cable keepers cottage are also in the vicinity.

History

In 1888, the two undersea telegraph cables linking Java and Darwin were broken by volcanic activity and the Eastern Extension, Australasia and China Telegraph Company (E.E.T. Company), which operated the cable, decided to lay another cable from Java to the northwest coast. The cable was landed on the beach in February 1889 by the steamship Seine, at a place that has ever since been known as Cable Beach. A beach station was erected, completed by 3 March, and the cable was installed and tested. A section of cable was then run from the beach station across the peninsula to Broome Lot 99 where Cable House (Place no. 27)) had been erected for the staff of the E.E.T. Company. There the cable was linked to the overland telegraph line from Perth. The overland section of cable between Cable Beach and Cable House was placed inside a subterranean pipe. In 1901, the undersea cable to Broome became redundant when a new cable was laid from Durban to Adelaide. The cable to Broome carried little traffic for the next 13 years and was removed in March 1914. Broome remained linked to Perth and the rest of the world by the overland telegraph line. The beach station was still standing in the early 1920s when a police constable from Broome spent a week there to recuperate from fever.

Integrity/Authenticity

Low degree High degree

Condition

Unknown

Other Reference Numbers

Ref Number Description
No.44 MI Place No.

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Cable Beach Club

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

04846

Location

Cable Beach Rd Broome

Location Details

Other Name(s)

Shire of Bali Hai Caravan Resort

Local Government

Broome

Region

Kimberley

Construction Date

Constructed from 1985

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 28 Aug 2014 Grading C

Associations

Name Type Year From Year To
Oldham Boas Ednie-Brown Architect - -

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use COMMERCIAL Hotel, Tavern or Inn
Present Use COMMERCIAL Hotel, Tavern or Inn

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Roof METAL Corrugated Iron
Wall TIMBER Other Timber
Wall BRICK Common Brick

Historic Themes

General Specific
OUTSIDE INFLUENCES Tourism

Creation Date

08 Jan 1997

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Author

Shire of Broome

Construction Date

Constructed from 1986

Demolition Year

N/A

Statement of Significance

Cable Beach Club represents the beginning of Broome as a tourist destination of an international standard. The Bali Hai Caravan Park had a long association with tourism on the site. Cable Beach Club is of significance for its distinctive architectural concept of the time, and as a place of memories and experiences associated with a holiday in Broome.

Physical Description

Cable Beach Resort is situated within a lush tropical setting overlooking Cable Beach. Cable Beach Club has motel and bungalow style accomodation.

History

Cable Beach Club was Robert Alistair (Lord) McAlpine major toursim project in Broome. Lord McAlpine had arrived by accident in Broome in the early 1980s on a redirected flight. He liked the town so much he became a major investor and developer, restoring buildings and constructing the resort. Cable Beach Club- originally named the International Cable Beach Resort, was built to provide accommodation to high international standards to complement the motel and caravan park accommodation already available in Broome. The bungalow style rooms were designed to reflect Broome's long multicultural history.

Integrity/Authenticity

High degree High degree

Condition

Good

Associations

Name Type Year From Year To
Oldham Boas Ednie-Brown Architect - -

References

Ref ID No Ref Name Ref Source Ref Date
H. Edwards A New Broome 2008

Other Reference Numbers

Ref Number Description
No.45 MI Place No.

Titles and Owners

Reserve Lot/Location Plan/Diagram Vol/Folio
1216,1217,1005

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Anastasia's Pearl Gallery

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

15877

Location

Carnarvon St Broome

Location Details

REGISTERED AS PART OF 291

Other Name(s)

formerley part of T.B.Ellies stores

Local Government

Broome

Region

Kimberley

Construction Date

Constructed from 1922

Demolition Year

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)

Parent Place or Precinct

00291 Chinatown Conservation Area

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

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

Historic Themes

General Specific
OCCUPATIONS Commercial & service industries

Creation Date

18 Jan 2002

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Lyons Tate Office

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

16878

Location

10 Carnarvon St Broome

Location Details

REGISTERED AS PART OF 291 Two Buildings on one lot also see P15881

Other Name(s)

Akim's Bakery (fmr)

Local Government

Broome

Region

Kimberley

Construction Date

Constructed from 1990

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 23 Oct 2003 Criterion 2

Parent Place or Precinct

00291 Chinatown Conservation Area

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Present Use INDUSTRIAL\MANUFACTURING Other
Original Use INDUSTRIAL\MANUFACTURING Bakery

Historic Themes

General Specific
OCCUPATIONS Commercial & service industries

Creation Date

16 Jun 2004

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Author

Shire of Broome

Construction Date

Constructed from 1990

Demolition Year

N/A

Statement of Significance

Lyons & Tate contributes to the character and townscape of Broome’s town centre.

Physical Description

The single storey timber framed building with front verandah is zero setback to the street frontage. The building and the gable roof are clad with corrugated iron. There is a double storey adjoining building at the rear of the office facility.

History

Lyons Tate office is a recent construction built as an investment property for Broome Chinese Community (Inc), owners of Shekki Shed on the same lot. In 1935-1940 the site was occupied by Akim’s bakery.

References

Ref ID No Ref Name Ref Source Ref Date
Heritage Council of WA Assessment documentation". 2003
S Yu & C Tang Wei;"The Story of the Chinese in Broome".

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Shekki Shed Gallery

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

15881

Location

10 Carnarvon St Broome

Location Details

REGISTERED AS PART OF 291 Two Buildings on one lot also see P16878

Local Government

Broome

Region

Kimberley

Construction Date

Constructed from 1905

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
Heritage List Adopted 28 Aug 2014

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 28 Aug 2014 Grading A

Parent Place or Precinct

00291 Chinatown Conservation Area

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
8335 Historic buildings of the Kimberley region of W.A. Book 1988

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

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

Architectural Styles

Style
Vernacular

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Roof METAL Zincalume
Wall METAL Zincalume

Historic Themes

General Specific
OCCUPATIONS Hospitality industry & tourism

Creation Date

18 Jan 2002

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Author

Shire of Broome

Construction Date

Constructed from 1905

Demolition Year

N/A

Parent Place or Precinct

00291 Chinatown Conservation Area

Physical Description

The single storey timber framed building with front verandah is zero setback to the street frontage. The timber framed building is clad with horizontal corrugated iron. The gabled corrugated iron roof continues over the front verandah and has the remnants of Chinese writing still visible.

History

The Shekki Shed Gallery comprises a shop and residence. In 1911, it was owned by a group of Chinese businessmen. Tenants at that time were Sam Sue and Ah Sue. In 1912, Ah Chi applied for an eating-house licence for the premises. In the 1930s it was the Chinese Tripe Store. The Shekki Shed is owned by the Broome Chinese Community (Inc)

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Blooms Cafe Restaurant

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

16877

Location

12 Carnarvon St Broome

Location Details

REGISTERED AS PART OF 291 Two Buildings on one lot also see P15880

Other Name(s)

Ghi Twan's Boarding House (fmr)

Local Government

Broome

Region

Kimberley

Construction Date

Constructed from 1930

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
Heritage List Adopted 28 Aug 2014

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 28 Aug 2014 Grading A

Parent Place or Precinct

00291 Chinatown Conservation Area

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

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

Historic Themes

General Specific
OCCUPATIONS Commercial & service industries

Creation Date

16 Jun 2004

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Author

Shire of Broome

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Parent Place or Precinct

00291 Chinatown Conservation Area

Physical Description

The single storey timber framed building with front verandah is zero setback to the street frontage. The building and the gable roof are clad with colorbond cladding. The verandah roof is at break pitch.

History

In 1908, Ghi Twan ran a boarding house. In the 1930s tailor H. Choong also known as ‘Baldhead’ Tailor, occupied premises at the rear of the lot.

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Tack's Store (fmr)

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

15880

Location

12 Carnarvon St Broome

Location Details

REGISTERED AS PART OF 291 Two Buildings on one lot also see P16877

Other Name(s)

Terri's Travel

Local Government

Broome

Region

Kimberley

Construction Date

Constructed from 1908

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
Heritage List Adopted 28 Aug 2014

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 28 Aug 2014 Grading A

Parent Place or Precinct

00291 Chinatown Conservation Area

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
8335 Historic buildings of the Kimberley region of W.A. Book 1988

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use RESIDENTIAL Single storey residence
Original Use RESIDENTIAL Other
Original Use COMMERCIAL Office or Administration Bldg
Present Use COMMERCIAL Shop\Retail Store {single}
Original Use COMMERCIAL Shop\Retail Store {single}

Architectural Styles

Style
Vernacular

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Roof METAL Zincalume
Wall METAL Zincalume

Historic Themes

General Specific
OCCUPATIONS Commercial & service industries

Creation Date

18 Jan 2002

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Author

Shire of Broome

Construction Date

Constructed from 1908

Demolition Year

N/A

Parent Place or Precinct

00291 Chinatown Conservation Area

Physical Description

Tack's Store (former) comprises a two-storey store and residence. The double storey timber framed building with front verandah is zero setback to the symmetrical street frontage. The building and the gable roof are clad with painted corrugated iron. The upstairs verandah balustrade is infilled with lattice.

History

Originally owned by pearler Hugh Norman, in 1908, it was leased to Ghi Twan who ran a boarding house on the premises. It was leased by storekeeper San Juan in 1913. Louey Ling Tack arrived in Broome in the 1910s. He operated as a pearl dealer from a store on corner of Dampier and Napier terraces from 1919 tuntil1926 when he returned to Hong Kong. By c.1920, he had purchased the building in Carnarvon Street and after his return to Hong Kong a family member, Arthur Fong Tack Louey, came to Broome to run the general merchant store. Arthur was treasurer and secretary of the Chinese Club for many years and Chinese interpreter for the Clerk of Courts when required. He continued to run the store until his death in 1988, aged 85, and is buried in the Chinese cemetery. Pearl Chong Fong-Louey, owns the place and has leased it to various businesses in recent years.

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Ah Ming's Store & Residence (fmr)

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

15878

Location

14 Carnarvon St Broome

Location Details

REGISTERED AS PART OF 291

Other Name(s)

Dampier's Chest
Mr Kwok Cheung Yee

Local Government

Broome

Region

Kimberley

Construction Date

Constructed from 1903

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
Heritage List Adopted 28 Aug 2014

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 28 Aug 2014 Grading A

Parent Place or Precinct

00291 Chinatown Conservation Area

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
8335 Historic buildings of the Kimberley region of W.A. Book 1988

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

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

Creation Date

18 Jan 2002

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Author

Shire of Broome

Construction Date

Constructed from 1900

Demolition Year

N/A

Parent Place or Precinct

00291 Chinatown Conservation Area

Physical Description

The single storey timber framed building with front verandah is zero setback to the street frontage, and has a substantial double storey at the rear. The timber-framed building is clad with horizontal colorbond cladding, as for the gabled roof. Each of the two shop fronts is symmetrical.

History

Lot 391 was owned by pearler Frank Biddles. Storekeepers Yee Ah Chun, Jock Sign and Thom Fong leased the land from 1903 to at least 1922 and ran a store on the site. The two storey residence at the rear was used as a boarding house at various times. In the 1930s, Yu Kwok Cheung (Georgie), also known as Kwok Cheung Yee, (for his father Yu Ming Noi-also known as Ana Wei and Ah Ming) ran his Ah Ming Store in the store (north). In the 1930s the south shop was known as Kannagai’s. It originally had a separate two storey residence at the rear. The north store was being run by Fong Joe in 1948, and then by Ming Neau Lee by 1954. When Ah Ming died in 1964, the business passed to Kwok Cheung Yu, who retains ownership. Various businesses have occupied the stores in recent years.

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Old Tang Wei Cafe & Residence

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

15879

Location

16 Carnarvon St Broome

Location Details

REGISTERED AS PART OF 291

Local Government

Broome

Region

Kimberley

Construction Date

Constructed from 1903

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
Heritage List Adopted 28 Aug 2014

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 28 Aug 2014 Grading A

Parent Place or Precinct

00291 Chinatown Conservation Area

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
8335 Historic buildings of the Kimberley region of W.A. Book 1988

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

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

Creation Date

18 Jan 2002

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Author

Shire of Broome

Construction Date

Constructed from 1905

Demolition Year

N/A

Parent Place or Precinct

00291 Chinatown Conservation Area

Physical Description

The single storey timber framed building with break pitch front verandah is zero setback to the symmetrical street frontage, and has a substantial double storey at the rear. The timber framed building is clad with horizontal corrugated iron. The gabled roof is clad with corrugated iron.

History

Tang Wei was born in Kowloon in 1908. He worked on a steamer and arrived in Broome in 1928. He worked for Clarke and then Norman as a pearling crew member. During World War Two, he was ordered to stay in Broome to work in the bakery, baking bread for the servicemen. In 1946, he married Lexie d'Antoine. He worked as a diver for Alf Morgan, becoming head diver for the fleet, before retiring in 1958. He purchased the Carnarvon Street property in 1953 and opened a restaurant there, living in the residence at the rear with Lexie and their four children. Tang Wei's long soup restaurant was a Broome icon, patronised by everyone from the football crowd on Sunday evening to the Shire councillors. Pearling masters and their families came to Tang Wei's for Christmas parties and business dinners. In 1984, he closed the restaurant but continued to occupy the residence. In the 1990s, the shop was leased by Kimberley Kreations. In 1999, Tang Wei represented the Chinese community of Broome as patron of the Shinju Matsuri festival and unveiled the hard hat divers memorial on Carnarvon Street. The residence continues to be occupied by Tang & Lexie Teresa Wei while the front has been leased and occupied by various businesses in more recent years.

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Old Police Lockup & Boab Tree

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

00294

Location

22 Carnarvon St Broome

Location Details

Other Name(s)

Pilgrim Music

Local Government

Broome

Region

Kimberley

Construction Date

Constructed from 1896

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
Heritage Agreement YES 12 Aug 2003 HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument
Heritage List Adopted 28 Aug 2014
State Register Registered 12 May 2000 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
Register of the National Estate Permanent 18 Apr 1989
Classified by the National Trust Classified 07 Jun 1983
Municipal Inventory Adopted 28 Aug 2014 Grading A

Parent Place or Precinct

00291 Chinatown Conservation Area

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
9600 Broome: maps and places of heritage interest. Heritage Study {Other} 0
8335 Historic buildings of the Kimberley region of W.A. Book 1988
7323 A conservation analysis and conservation plan for the former police lockup at Broome, Western Australia. Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 1993
7995 Old Police lockup and Boab tree, Broome. Conservation management plan. Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 2006

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Other Use Transport\Communications Comms: Radio or Television Station
Present Use COMMERCIAL Shop\Retail Store {single}
Original Use GOVERNMENTAL Police Station or Quarters
Other Use EDUCATIONAL Museum

Architectural Styles

Style
North-West Vernacular

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Other TIMBER Other Timber
Wall CONCRETE Other Concrete
Roof METAL Corrugated Iron

Historic Themes

General Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Law & order

Creation Date

30 May 1989

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Author

National Trust of Western Australia

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statement of Significance

It has social and historical importance to the Town, partly from its earlier use as a historical museum.

Physical Description

A single storey formed concrete and iron cell block which used to form part of a group with the Police Station and Courthouse. Built ini 1894 it is still largely intact and is being used as a base for the community radio organisation

History

Assessment 1983

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Author

Shire of Broome

Construction Date

Constructed from 1896

Demolition Year

N/A

Parent Place or Precinct

00291 Chinatown Conservation Area

Physical Description

The single storey concrete building has a gable roof clad with corrugated iron. It is rectangular in form with four cells adjacent to a corridor along the other side.

History

Police Lockup was constructed in 1896 as part of the police station, police quarters and courthouse. The cells were used to hold prisoners awaiting trial or in police custody. Most of the early occupants were either Aboriginal, a deserter from a ship or a pearl thief. Aboriginal prisoners were chained to steel rings set in the concrete floor to prevent escape at night. In 1897, Police officer Herbert Thomas planted the Boab Tree near the corner of the police quarters he was occupying with his wife, to commemorate the birth of his son, Frederick, on 3 March. Thomas was transferred out of Broome a few years later. Frederick Thomas was killed at Pozieres on 28 July 1916, and in 1920, Herbert Thomas returned to Broome as Inspector and senior officer. He died in December that year during the race riots, after remaining on duty for three days without eating or sleeping. In 1965, a new police station was built on another site. Everything except the Lockup and the Boab tree were removed from the site. The Lockup was occupied by the Historical Society as a museum until 1981, then by a community radio station, and a blacksmith business and café, and more recently galleries.

Integrity/Authenticity

Modifications: Minimal interventions for adaptive re-use.

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Kinney's Store

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

04850

Location

25 Carnarvon St Broome

Location Details

REGISTERED AS PART OF 291

Other Name(s)

Ellie's Store

Local Government

Broome

Region

Kimberley

Construction Date

Constructed from 1900

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
Heritage List Adopted 28 Aug 2014

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 28 Aug 2014 Grading A

Parent Place or Precinct

00291 Chinatown Conservation Area

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
8335 Historic buildings of the Kimberley region of W.A. Book 1988

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use RESIDENTIAL Conjoined residence
Present Use COMMERCIAL Shop\Retail Store {single}
Original Use COMMERCIAL Shop\Retail Store {single}

Architectural Styles

Style
Vernacular

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Wall TIMBER Other Timber
Roof METAL Corrugated Iron

Historic Themes

General Specific
OCCUPATIONS Fishing & other maritime industry

Creation Date

08 Jan 1997

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01 Jan 2017

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Author

Shire of Broome

Construction Date

Constructed from 1905

Demolition Year

N/A

Parent Place or Precinct

00291 Chinatown Conservation Area

Physical Description

The double storey timber framed building with single storey front shop and verandah is zero setback to the street frontage. The timber framed building is clad with horizontal corrugated iron.

History

Kinney's Store, and the adjoining premises occupied by Bob's Shoe Store and Anastasia's Pearl Gallery, were formerly part of T. B. Ellies' store. Thomas Bastion Ellies was a jeweller and pearler, and the most famous of the Broome pearl cleaners. He took a ten-year lease on premises in Napier Terrace in 1906. In 1919, he purchased part of Lot 4, the site of Kinney's store, where a billiard saloon was operating on the corner of John Chi Lane. The billiard saloon was still operating in 1922, and Ellies purchased the adjoining portion of Lot 3 that year. The building on that site was a former residence. Ellies ran his jewellery store from these premises. When T. B. Ellies died in 1937, the premises passed to other members of the Ellies family. In 1976, Peter and Beverley Kinney and Brian County purchased the Lot 4 property.

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

31 Mar 2021

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Bob's Shoe Store

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

15876

Location

2b/30 Carnarvon St Broome

Location Details

REGISTERED AS PART OF 291

Other Name(s)

formerly part of T.B. Ellies' store

Local Government

Broome

Region

Kimberley

Construction Date

Constructed from 1922

Demolition Year

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)

Parent Place or Precinct

00291 Chinatown Conservation Area

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

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

Historic Themes

General Specific
OCCUPATIONS Commercial & service industries

Creation Date

18 Jan 2002

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

01 Jan 2017

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.