Lombadina Mission

Author

Shire of Broome

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 1920, Constructed from 1934, Constructed from 1915

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
Heritage List	Adopted	28 Aug 2014
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.
Classified by the National Trust	Classified	04 Jun 1985			National Trust of Western Australia

Statement of Significance

Lombadina Mission is of considerable significance for the associations with the local Aboriginal people and the Pallotine Brothers. The place is of aesthetic significance for the vernacular style, the use of local materials. The place is a significant place of worship and social gathering.

Physical Description

The Church and Presbytery is a bush timber framed detailed on the exterior with vertical corrugated iron cladding. The hipped roof is framed in bush timbers with corrugated iron cladding. The surrounding verandahs are roofed at break pitch. The interior ceiling lining in the church has exposed bush timber and paperbark lining. The floors are timber. The Cemetery has the remains of a low concrete block wall and evidences several graves with various markers. Mostly overgrown.

History

The Lombadina pastoral property was purchased by Catholic Bishop Matthew Gibney in 1891 to supplement the landholding the Beagle Bay Mission and help make the mission self-supporting, but the land was of poor quality and useless for the purpose. The Trappist Order (1890-1900) and then the Pallotines ran the Beagle Bay Mission. The Pallotines sold the Lombadina property to Manilaman Thomas Peutollano. He built up a herd of cattle and established a garden, supplying pearling lugger crews. In 1910, he asked former Trappist Father Nicolas Elmo to establish an outpost of the Beagle Bay mission on his property to administer to the 100 or so Bardi people who were gathered there. Father Nicolas established a church in 1912 and three Sisters of St John of God from Beagle Bay joined him in 1913. The early buildings at Lombadina Mission were of paperbark. Father Nicolas died in 1915 and the Pallotine Brothers from Beagle Bay took over management, buying back the property in 1918. A bush Church was built in 1934 by Brother Joseph Tautz and a school was added in 1937. Between 1959 and 1963, a new school, hospital, dining hall and housing facilities were added. Over the years the Mission adjusted to the changes in Government policy toward Aboriginal people until in 1984, the property was transferred to the Lombadina Aboriginal Community.

Integrity/Authenticity

High degree
High degree

Condition

Church- Fair; Presbytery- poor; Cemetery-Fair

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	HCWA assessment documentation

Other Reference Numbers

Ref Number	Description
No.52	MI Place No.

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

13 Oct 2020

Disclaimer

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.