Local Government
Kalamunda
Region
Metropolitan
265 Pickering Brook Rd Pickering Brook
Residence for The Chrysie Place
Kalamunda
Metropolitan
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| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 01 Aug 2013 | Category 4 | |
· The place has historic value for its association with the provision of telephone services in the small settlement at Pickering Brook
Single storey timber framed building with fibre cement sheet cladding. The dwelling is of asymmetric plan form with hipped and gable roofs clad in short sheet corrugated iron sheets and has open eaves. Timber framed openings. Small verandah with fibre cement sheeting balustrade.
Telecommunications.
Level of Integrity - Moderate; Level of Authenticity - Moderate
Poor This former residence was the location of the telephone exchange. The first manual Telephone Exchange was set up in this residence, the home of Ted Davey. It was in the front room which was also contained the local School Tuckshop. Laural Roads (now Gava) left school at 14 to work for her sister Mavis, (Mrs. Ted Davey) and operate the exchange. She did this till she turned 21 when she married Bruno Gava in the 1960s. There were about 69 subscribers and some others on party lines. Phone call costs were one penny for local calls and four pence for Trunk calls. Country calls were dearer depending upon distance.
Individual Building or Group
| Epoch | General | Specific |
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| Present Use | RESIDENTIAL | Single storey residence |
| Original Use | RESIDENTIAL | Single storey residence |
| Type | General | Specific |
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| Wall | ASBESTOS | Fibrous Cement, flat |
| Roof | METAL | Corrugated Iron |
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| TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS | Telecommunications |
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