Local Government
Broome
Region
Kimberley
14 Carnarvon St Broome
REGISTERED AS PART OF 291
Dampier's Chest
Mr Kwok Cheung Yee
Broome
Kimberley
Constructed from 1900
Type | Status | Date | Documents | More information |
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Heritage List | Adopted | 28 Aug 2014 |
Type | Status | Date | Documents |
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Type | Status | Date | Grading/Management | More information | |
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Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 28 Aug 2014 | Grading A |
Grading A |
The single storey timber framed building with front verandah is zero setback to the street frontage, and has a substantial double storey at the rear. The timber-framed building is clad with horizontal colorbond cladding, as for the gabled roof. Each of the two shop fronts is symmetrical.
Lot 391 was owned by pearler Frank Biddles. Storekeepers Yee Ah Chun, Jock Sign and Thom Fong leased the land from 1903 to at least 1922 and ran a store on the site. The two storey residence at the rear was used as a boarding house at various times. In the 1930s, Yu Kwok Cheung (Georgie), also known as Kwok Cheung Yee, (for his father Yu Ming Noi-also known as Ana Wei and Ah Ming) ran his Ah Ming Store in the store (north). In the 1930s the south shop was known as Kannagai’s. It originally had a separate two storey residence at the rear. The north store was being run by Fong Joe in 1948, and then by Ming Neau Lee by 1954. When Ah Ming died in 1964, the business passed to Kwok Cheung Yu, who retains ownership. Various businesses have occupied the stores in recent years.
Library Id | Title | Medium | Year Of Publication |
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8335 | Historic buildings of the Kimberley region of W.A. | Book | 1988 |
Individual Building or Group
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Original Use | COMMERCIAL | Shop\Retail Store {single} |
Present Use | RESIDENTIAL | Other |
Present Use | COMMERCIAL | Shop\Retail Store {single} |
Original Use | RESIDENTIAL | Other |
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