Lombadina Mission

Author

National Trust of Western Australia

Place Number

00690

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Location

Lombadina Dampier Peninsula

Location Details

comprises: Christ the King Church, Presbytery, fmr Convent & Cemetery

Local Government

Broome

Region

Kimberley

Construction Date

Constructed from 1932

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
Heritage List	Adopted	28 Aug 2014		Shire of Broome
State Register	Registered	15 May 1998	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	Nominated	25 Sep 1985			Heritage Council
Aboriginal Heritage Sites Register	Permanent				Heritage Council
Classified by the National Trust	Classified	01 Jun 1985			Heritage Council
Register of the National Estate	Indicative Place				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.	Shire of Broome
Classified by the National Trust	Classified	04 Jun 1985

Statement of Significance

Though of late construction, the buildings are of interest architecturally as aesthetically pleasing structures designed to suit the climate and to accommodate the dictates of the local materials and the demands of unskilled labour.

The mission plays an important part in the history of the state concerning the arrival of foreign missionaries with the aim of "saving the Aborigine and bestowing the benefits of civilisation and religion and thus to set them on their feet".

Lombadina also played a part in the treatment of Aborigines during the leprosy epidemic.

Physical Description

The buildings date from 1932. The church is built of round mangrove trunks of a variety of sizes in accordance with the function each is put to, such as slender members for rafters and heavier trunks for floor joists.

The walls are of vertical boards and the ceiling of bark. Over the bark galvanised corrugated iron is fixed. The floor is of timber and is raised on stumps a metre or so above the ground.

There are large verandah-like overhangs on each side of the building. Wide openings at intervals along the nave open onto these.

At the west end of the church the nave has been made slightly wider and the roof is pitched at a steeper pitch to form an elevated mounting for the bell.

The entrance is sheltered by a large verandah raised to main floor level and surrounded by a balustrade of mangrove trunk hand rails and criss-cross mangrove trunk infill.

The presbytery is of similar construction to that of the church, consisting of a rectangle block divided into a series of partitions with central openings after the style of a railway coach.

There are verandahs on each long side of the building.

The convent is a U-shaped conventionally built corrugated galvanised iron clad cottage-like structure.

The cemetery consists of an arrangement of simple graves marked with wooden crosses.

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id	Title	Medium	Year Of Publication
8335	Historic buildings of the Kimberley region of W.A.	Book	1988
5120	Conservation plan for Christ the King Church, Presbytery (former), St John of God Convent (former) & Cemetery, Lombadina, Western Australia / prepared by John Taylor Architect for the Bishop of Broome.	Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan}	1998
11518	Lombadina Mission : photographic archival record	Archival Record	2017
9466	Signposts: a guide for children and young people in care in WA from 1920.	Electronic	2010

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Other Use	RELIGIOUS	Housing or Quarters
Other Use	RELIGIOUS	Church, Cathedral or Chapel
Original Use	RELIGIOUS	Monastery or Convent
Present Use	SOCIAL\RECREATIONAL	Other Community Hall\Centre

Architectural Styles

Style
Inter-War California Bungalow

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Wall	STONE	Local Stone
Wall	TIMBER	Other Timber
Wall	METAL	Corrugated Iron
Roof	METAL	Corrugated Iron

Historic Themes

General	Specific
PEOPLE	Aboriginal people
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY	Racial contact & interaction
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES	Religion

Creation Date

30 May 1989

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Approved

Last Update

16 Mar 2021

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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.