Local Government
Manjimup
Region
South West
Brockman St, Broadway St, Karri Rise, Dean St, Kelly St, Pine St Pemberton
Includes the Pemberton Uniting Church (fmr Methodist Church)
Manjimup
South West
Constructed from 1951, Constructed from 1913
Type | Status | Date | Documents | More information |
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Heritage List | Adopted | 08 Dec 2016 | ||
State Register | Registered | 28 Nov 2003 |
Register Entry Assessment Documentation |
Heritage Council |
Type | Status | Date | Documents |
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(no listings) |
Type | Status | Date | Grading/Management | More information | |
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Category | Description | ||||
Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 10 Jul 1997 | Category A+ |
Category A+ |
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Aboriginal Heritage Sites Register | Interim |
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Heritage Council |
Aesthetic, Historic, Representativeness, Rarity and Social
• Located east and north-east of the Pemberton Mill;
• A complex of single storey timber residences (karri);
• Located in Broadway, Brockman, Dean, Pine and Kelly Streets,
and Karri Rise;
• Uniform streetscapes;
• Rear lanes;
• Uniformity of layout;
• Generous back gardens;
• Limited range of fencing types;
• Federation Bungalow style;
• Weatherboard cladding, and;
• Corrugated iron roofs.
22 cottages from earlier period
• Gabled roofs;
• Steeply pitched roofed front verandahs;
• Base four roomed construction;
• Timber framed;
• Panelled front doors;
• Back addition under a skillion roof, and;
• Brick fireplace.
20 cottages from later period
• Medium pitched gabled roofs;
• Full width front verandahs;
• Skillion roofed back section;
• Light timber construction balustrades on most verandahs;
• Front walls symmetrically composed;
• Centrally located panel and glazed front door;
• Flanked by single or casement and fixed light windows;
• Front walls clad with weatherboard with corner stops;
• Side walls gabled with one or more skillions to the rear;
• Wall vents;
• Side windows match front windows, with sunhoods;
• Aluminium framed windows on weather side, and;
• Paned casement windows.
The Pemberton Mill Workers’ Cottages Precinct is a complex of single
storey timber weatherboard residences , including related structures with
corrugated iron roofs, in the Federation Bungalow and Inter-War
Bungalow style in Pemberton, in Broadway, Brockman St, Dean St, Pine
St, Kelly St and Karri Rise. The cottages were built by the State Saw
Mills from C1913-1914-20, 1924-26 and C1951 to accommodate
workers employed at the Big Brook (Pemberton) timber mill. The mill
was erected in 1913 on Reserve 16354, held by the State Saw Mills on a
999 year lease.
In 1930 a small experimental trout hatchery was built at Pemberton. This
was later expanded into a more substantial hatchery which has created a
successful trout business for the town.
In 1932 Pemberton became the first and only town in WA to be powered
by hydro-electricity.
After 1945 a number of new houses were built to accommodate those
returning from service in the Armed Services. The design of the houses
in this era was sometimes different from those of the earlier period,
although the use of karri was consistent.
In the early 1990s a programme of upgrading the interior and exterior of
the mill worker’s houses was commenced. Efforts to use an exterior
stain were not successful, and the programme was curtailed.
By 1992 the mill cottages had become recognized as ‘an historic
precinct’. In 1995/97 the precinct was included in the Shire of Manjimup
Municipal Heritage Inventory, recommending it for entry into the State
Register of heritage Places.
In Feb 2000 Bunnings Forest Products became Sotico Pty Ltd.
In 2001 the Shire of Manjimup recognized the precinct’s historical and
townscape significance and the recreational and tourist importance of the
precinct, developing a policy to ensure that the character of the precinct
as a whole was retained and the buildings within it. Planning approval is
required for any demolition or removal of buildings, and for any
additions and works which affect the external appearance of the
buildings.
Refer to 16.6 for more historical notes
Integrity: Good
Authenticity: Good
Good
Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
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Heritage & Conservation Professionals; "Shire of Manjimup Municipal Heritage Inventory". | Shire of Manjimup | 1995 Adopted 1997. |
Library Id | Title | Medium | Year Of Publication |
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10102 | DRAFT. Conservation plan for the Pemberton Timber Mill Workers' Cottages Precinct and associated areas. | Electronic | 2012 |
9691 | A report on conservation works at a timber-mill worker's home at 24 Dean Street, Pemberton, Western Australia 6260. | Conservation works report | 2010 |
8782 | Restumping and weatherboard replacement 28 Brockman Street, Pemberton. | Report | 2007 |
11590 | 21 Brookman Street, Pemberton | Conservation works report | 2012 |
9681 | A report on conservation works at a timber mill worker's home at 7 Kelly St, Pemberton, Western Australia 6260. | Conservation works report | 2010 |
9962 | Restumping of 21 Brockman Street, Pemberton. A timber mill worker's home. | Conservation works report | 2012 |
10084 | Conservation mangement strategy for Timber Mill Worker's Cottage, 10 Kelly Street, Pemberton | Electronic | 2013 |
11594 | 12 Dean Street, Pemberton : re-roofing | Conservation works report | 2012 |
9901 | A report on conservation works at a timber-mill worker's home at 18 Karri Rise Pemberton Western Australia 6260 | Conservation works report | 2011 |
9690 | A report on conservation works at a timber-mill worker's home at 10 Karri Rise, Pemberton, Western Australia 6260. | Conservation works report | 2010 |
9753 | 8 Kelly St Pemberton. | Conservation works report | 2011 |
9710 | 12 Dean Street, Pemberton: conservation works final report, February 2011. | Conservation works report | 0 |
11591 | 10 Karri Rise, Pemberton : re-roofing | Conservation works report | 2012 |
12097 | Abstract of a report on conservation works at a timber mill worker's home home at 7, Kelly Street Pemberton Western Australia 6260 | 2010 |
Precinct or Streetscape
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Present Use | FORESTRY | Housing or Quarters |
Original Use | FORESTRY | Housing or Quarters |
Original Use | RELIGIOUS | Church, Cathedral or Chapel |
Original Use | RESIDENTIAL | Single storey residence |
Original Use | EDUCATIONAL | Housing or Quarters |
Original Use | FORESTRY | Office or Administration Bldg |
Present Use | RESIDENTIAL | Single storey residence |
Style |
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Inter-War California Bungalow |
Federation Bungalow |
Type | General | Specific |
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Roof | METAL | Corrugated Iron |
Wall | TIMBER | Weatherboard |
Roof | METAL | Zincalume |
General | Specific |
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DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Workers {incl. Aboriginal, convict} |
OCCUPATIONS | Timber industry |
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Settlements |
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