Local Government
Shark Bay
Region
Gascoyne
39 Knight Tce Denham
Shark Bay
Gascoyne
Constructed from 1920
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Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 12 Dec 1997 | Category 2 |
Category 2 |
The Pearl Buyer's Cottage has historic significance for its link with the pearling industry in Shark Bay. Given that the place has not been substantially altered over the years, it is a good example of the type of construction evident in Denham in the early part of this century. Its simple style, use of construction materials and prominent location make it an important element of the built heritage of the town.
Set well back off the street, the Pearl Buyer's Cottage is a small rectangular shaped building clad with unpainted weatherboards. The place has a shallow pitched hipped corrugated iron roof which shows signs of deterioration. The building has no verandahs. The cottage has a symmetrical facade with a window either side of a central doorway. The windows, originally timber framed and double hung, are boarded up. There is a corrugated iron extension to the rear and a large separate timber framed, fibro clad building immediately to the south.
It is believed that the cottage was built in the 1920s for a pearl buyer named Fountain. (Source: Max Hipkins & Associates, "Survey of the Built Environment of Shark Bay", Department of Planning and Urban Development, 1991, p26.)
Integrity: High Degree
Poor
Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
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M Hipkins; "Survey of the Built Environment of Shark Bay". p.26 | DPUD | 1991 |
Library Id | Title | Medium | Year Of Publication |
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1946 | Survey of the built environment at Shark Bay. | Report | 1988 |
Individual Building or Group
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Original Use | RESIDENTIAL | Single storey residence |
Present Use | VACANT\UNUSED | Vacant\Unused |
Style |
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Federation Bungalow |
Type | General | Specific |
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Roof | METAL | Corrugated Iron |
Wall | METAL | Aluminium |
Wall | TIMBER | Weatherboard |
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PEOPLE | Local heroes & battlers |
OCCUPATIONS | Fishing & other maritime industry |
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Settlements |
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