The Australian Hotel (fmr)

Author

City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder

Place Number

15909

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Location

43 Burt St Boulder

Location Details

Other Name(s)

Boulder Amusements

Local Government

Kalgoorlie-Boulder

Region

Goldfields

Construction Date

Constructed from 1897

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	09 Jul 2001	Category 3	Category 3 The place is considered to have some significance to the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder: to be retained and conserved if possible, and the conservation of the significance of the place should also be encouraged. It is recommended that prior to any major changes, or demolition, that a photographic record be taken of the place.

Statement of Significance

The place is representative of the Australian Pub tradition as a hotel with a verandah that extends over the pavement and a rendered parapet as a dominant streetscape element. The building contributes to the masonry 'wall' of Burt Street.

Physical Description

A single-storey building built to the building line of Burt Street with rock-faced stone walls and rendered string courses and mouldings that highlight the heads of wall openings. The roof is concealed behind a rendered parapet. Windows are double hung sashes with elliptical arched fanlights.

A bullnosed verandah roof extends across the facade and over the footpath. The verandah roof is supported on slender posts decorated with cast-iron brackets. The roof covering is replacement fabric, and the lower walls of the facade have been rendered.

History

The Insurance Plans for Boulder c. 1900 illustrate that Lot 67 had two parts. One part had a brick building, The Australian Hotel (proprietor Jill Whipp) with an iron outbuilding. The other part had a brick building, Barcelona Cafe, with four iron outbuildings. There was also a verandah that extended across the building facades and over the pavement.

'Ned' Harrold bought the two blocks for £65 and £500 in the first land sales. He sold them, within a month, for £1,000 (Boulder's Hidden Secrets, 1993).

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: Moderate
Authenticity: Moderate to High

Condition

Fair

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	"Boulder's Hidden Secrets Golden Footsteps – Join us for a Walk through Boulder as it was at the Turn of the Century".	Kalgoorlie	1993

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	COMMERCIAL	Hotel, Tavern or Inn
Present Use	COMMERCIAL	Shop\Retail Store {single}

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Roof	METAL	Corrugated Iron
Wall	STONE	Other Stone

Historic Themes

General	Specific
OCCUPATIONS	Hospitality industry & tourism

Creation Date

25 Jan 2002

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

31 Dec 2016

Disclaimer

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