McDaniel Homestead

Author

Shire of Broome

Place Number

02910

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Location

22 Weld St Broome

Location Details

Other Name(s)

Blick House

Local Government

Broome

Region

Kimberley

Construction Date

Constructed from 1922, Constructed from 1902

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
Heritage List	Adopted	28 Aug 2014
State Register	Registered	24 Mar 2000	Register Entry Assessment Documentation	Heritage Council

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
Register of the National Estate	Permanent	18 Apr 1989			Heritage Council
Classified by the National Trust	Classified	14 Dec 1983			Heritage Council
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	28 Aug 2014	Grading A	Grading A A place of exceptional cultural heritage significance to Shire of Broome and the state of Western Australia, that is either in the Heritage Council of Western Australia’s Register of Heritage Places, or worthy of consideration for entry into the Register. A place worthy of recognition and protection through provisions of the Shire of Broome’s Town Planning Scheme. Recommend: Maximum encouragement to owners to retain and conserve the place. Full consultation with property owner prior to making the recommendation.

Statement of Significance

McDaniel Residence (former) is significant for the long association with Broome’s pioneering families, McDaniels, and Bardwell. The World War Two association is also significant. It represents an early architect designed dwelling with subsequent alterations.

Physical Description

The single storey timber framed structure has horizontal corrugated iron wall and roof cladding. The roof is hipped with separate verandah roof. c.1922 Additions: separate wing.

History

The place was built by Japanese carpenter Hori Gorokitchi for pearler Frank Biddles. Gorokitchi arrived in Broome in 1891, at the age of twenty-three. He worked as a builder and contractor, employing Japanese carpenters. Biddles retired to Fremantle c.1903, and the residence was occupied by Graham Blick, District Medical Officer for Broome (1900-1907), and Acting Resident Magistrate for part of this period. In 1922, Daniel and Phyllis (Bardwell) McDaniel acquired the property and enlarged it. The McDaniels ran a pearling fleet. From 1942-1945, the residence was occupied by the army as officers' quarters and mess. Daniel McDaniel died in 1956, and Phyllis and her sons Terence and Nolan continued to operate as pearlers into the 1960s (Terence died in 1965). Phyllis McDaniel owned a shell collection, which she displayed. It was viewed by Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh on their 1963 Western Australian visit. The place was sold after Phyllis McDaniel's death in 1979, and was subsequently been rented out.

Integrity/Authenticity

High degree
High degree

Condition

Good

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	Heritage Council:" Assessment Documentation place 2910"
	Yvonne & Kevin Coate	Lonely Graves of Western Australia	1986
OH,212	"Oral History of Phyllis Everett McDaniel".	Battye Library	1977

Other Reference Numbers

Ref Number	Description
No.40	MI Place No.

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id	Title	Medium	Year Of Publication
9600	Broome: maps and places of heritage interest.	Heritage Study {Other}	0

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
Other Style

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Roof	METAL	Corrugated Iron
Wall	TIMBER	Other Timber

Historic Themes

General	Specific
PEOPLE	Famous & infamous people
OCCUPATIONS	Fishing & other maritime industry

Creation Date

29 Apr 1992

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

20 Oct 2020

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