Hammond Park Rotunda

Author

National Trust of Western Australia

Place Number

01269

Location

Memorial Dr Kalgoorlie

Location Details

The rotunda has been relocated from the land owned by the Sisters of the Poor and moved to the Hammond park Reserve 32178 on memorial drive and has been renamed the Hammond Park Rotunda.

Other Name(s)

Victoria Park Rotunda

Local Government

Kalgoorlie-Boulder

Region

Goldfields

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
State Register Registered 07 Feb 1997 HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument, HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Municipal Inventory Adopted 09 Jul 2001 Category 1
Register of the National Estate Interim 21 Oct 1980
Classified by the National Trust Classified 06 Jun 1978
Register of the National Estate Registered 21 Oct 1980

Physical Description

A well established treed park complete with rotunda of characteristic Victorian detail - timber and CGI with cast iron ornamentation, topped with exotic roof form.

History

Assessment 1978 Construction 1903

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
5352 Rotunda : Kalgoorlie - Boulder : conservation works report. Conservation works report 2002
7391 Victoria Park Rotunda, Hammond Park, Memorial Drive, Kalgoorlie : conservation management plan. Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 2005
5381 Recording of Victoria Park and Hammond Park : report prepared for the Heritage Council of Western Australia. Report 2002

Place Type

Other Built Type

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use SOCIAL\RECREATIONAL Rotunda or Bandstand
Present Use SOCIAL\RECREATIONAL Rotunda or Bandstand

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Roof METAL Corrugated Iron
Other TIMBER Log

Historic Themes

General Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Sport, recreation & entertainment

Creation Date

30 May 1989

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

08 Jul 2024

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