Local Government
Coolgardie
Region
Goldfields
2 McKenzie St Coolgardie
McKenzie St formerly Hunt St
Coolgardie
Goldfields
Constructed from 1895
Type | Status | Date | Documents | More information |
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State Register | Registered | 25 Jun 1993 |
Register Entry |
Heritage Council |
Type | Status | Date | Documents |
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(no listings) |
Type | Status | Date | Grading/Management | More information | |
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Category | Description | ||||
Register of the National Estate | Permanent | 21 Mar 1978 |
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Heritage Council | |
Classified by the National Trust | Classified | 27 Oct 1976 |
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Heritage Council | |
Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 27 Jul 1995 | Category 2 |
Category 2 |
This building, the only one of its type surviving in Coolgardie, is historically significant in being the former residence of the local mining warden. The house is architecturally significant for the way it reflects the purpose for which it was built and for its distinctive design features, some of which later become much more widely used.
A large single house clearly demonstrating the taste and style of an imposing residence of the 1890's. It has stone walls with brick quoins, elaborate joinery to the gables, doors and windows and an iron roof. The building responds to the hot, dry climate with generous protective verandahs on most sides, louvred timber shutters to the full height if the windows and a separate kitchen and ventilated roof lantern.
Constructed for Warden Finnerty, the first warden of Coolgardie (from 1893), who was moved from Southern Cross when the Yilgarn goldfields were superseded by those at Coolgardie.
High
Good
Name | Type | Year From | Year To |
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WA Government | Architect | - | - |
Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
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Webb, M&A "The Centennial History of Kalgoorlie-Boulder" | 1993 |
Library Id | Title | Medium | Year Of Publication |
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736 | Warden's Residency Coolgardie: conservation plan. | Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} | 1995 |
Individual Building or Group
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Present Use | EDUCATIONAL | Museum |
Other Use | INDUSTRIAL\MANUFACTURING | Housing or Quarters |
Style |
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Federation Bungalow |
Type | General | Specific |
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Roof | METAL | Corrugated Iron |
Wall | STONE | Sandstone, other |
General | Specific |
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DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Workers {incl. Aboriginal, convict} |
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