Pender Ruins

Author

Shire of Broome

Place Number

16872

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Location

Pender Bay Pender Bay

Location Details

Other Name(s)

Pender Bay Mission (fmr)
Police Station (fmr)

Local Government

Broome

Region

Kimberley

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	28 Aug 2014	Grading C	Grading C A place (including a site with no built remains) of some cultural heritage significance to Shire of Broome. No constraints. Recommend: Encourage retention of the place, or where there are ruins, archaeological findings or no built remains: Interpret the place.

Statement of Significance

The site of the Pender ruins is significant for associations with law and order, pearling industry, local Aboriginal people and the Beagle Bay Mission.

History

A police station was opened in Pender Bay on 7 November 1911. The last record for the station is December 1916. Police duties at the bay appear to have concerned the safeguarding of the Aboriginal people in the area from the crew of visiting pearl luggers. In January 1912, 12 luggers were reported anchored in Bullabullaman Creek. There was a camp at Pender Bay associated with the Beagle Bay Mission. For some time, the Aboriginal boys were looked after at Pender Bay while the girls stayed at Beagle Bay. There are several stockyards and wells, or bores, shown on maps of the 1940s. These probably relate to the Mission’s use of the place. The exact nature of the building constructed at Pender Bay is not known. The site was no longer in use by 1967.

References

Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	A history of police stations and police officers in Western Australia	1829-1945
	maps of the area	1944&1967
Pashley, A. R.	Policing Our state
	Beagle Bay Mission	1890-1990
Nailon, Brigida & Huegel, Francis (ed)	This is Your Place

Other Reference Numbers

Ref Number	Description
No.51	MI Place No.

Place Type

Other Built Type

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	GOVERNMENTAL	Police Station or Quarters
Other Use	RELIGIOUS	Church, Cathedral or Chapel

Creation Date

16 Jun 2004

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Last Update

25 Feb 2021

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