De Castilla Residence (fmr)

Author

Shire of Broome

Place Number

16832

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Location

38 Hamersley St Broome

Location Details

Cnr Guy & Robinson Sts

Local Government

Broome

Region

Kimberley

Construction Date

Constructed from 1937

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	28 Aug 2014	Grading C	Grading C A place (including a site with no built remains) of some cultural heritage significance to Shire of Broome. No constraints. Recommend: Encourage retention of the place, or where there are ruins, archaeological findings or no built remains: Interpret the place.

Statement of Significance

De Castilla residence (former) is typical of a Broome dwelling of the interwar period, with few subsequent alterations, making it a representative example of the few that remain.

Physical Description

Large site of lawns with tropical plantings and palms. Single storey timber framed structure with horizontal corrugated iron wall cladding. The hipped roof is also clad with corrugated iron. Extensive shuttered verandah under main roof.

History

Jack (Jock) de Castilla was born in 1901 in Perth. He joined the West Australian Bank and in 1919, was transferred to Broome. In the early 1920s he went to work for Captain Gregory as a shell opener, later becoming Gregory's fleet manager. In 1937, he married school teacher Pat Field. They had two daughters. Jock developed a lovely garden and vegetable patch at the family home. During World War Two, he joined the marine section of the RAAF. After the war, he purchased a dairy farm near Denmark, but sold it when offered the position of manager by the North West Pearling Company. When that Company folded a year later, he joined Streeter and Male as their fleet manager. In 1956, Jock located the site for the first pearl farm, named Kuri Bay, for the new company, Pearls Pty Ltd. Jock de Castilla was a JP, involved with the WA Pearlers' Association, on the Turf Club Committee, and a Road Board and Shire Councillor between 1949 and 1966. Jock retired in 1966 and died the following year in Perth. Pat de Castilla remained in Perth, where she died in 1997.

Integrity/Authenticity

High degree
High degree

Condition

Good

Other Reference Numbers

Ref Number	Description
No.19	MI Place No.

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Present Use	RESIDENTIAL	Single storey residence
Original Use	RESIDENTIAL	Single storey residence

Architectural Styles

Style
Other Style

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Wall	METAL	Corrugated Iron
Roof	METAL	Corrugated Iron

Historic Themes

General	Specific
OCCUPATIONS	Fishing & other maritime industry

Creation Date

31 May 2004

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

25 Feb 2021

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