Parkerville Children's Home & Cemetery

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

08546

Location

Cnr Roland & Beacon Rds, nr Cnr Wilson Rd Parkerville

Location Details

Inc: Padbury Centre; Workshop; Trade Workshop; St Gabriels Cottage; Chapel of St Michael & All Angels; Wearne Centre; Rosemary Cottage; Blue Cottage; George Turner Cottage; Wattle Cottage; Kindergarten; Workington Hall & Director's residence. NOT INCLUDED: Narbethong, Uralla, Waminda & Baroonga

Other Name(s)

Babies / The Waifs Home
League of Charity Home for Waifs & Stray

Local Government

Mundaring

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1903, Constructed from 1906

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
Heritage List YES 08 Mar 2016
State Register Registered 24 Nov 2000 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 22 Apr 1997 1 - Exceptional significance

Associations

Name Type Year From Year To
Ednie-Brown Architect - -
F.G.B. Hawkins Architect - -

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
7202 Echoes of the past : Sister Kate's Home revisited. Book 2002
9466 Signposts: a guide for children and young people in care in WA from 1920. Electronic 2010
4045 Parkerville Children's Home : conservation plan. Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 1999
8802 Sister Kate : a life dedicated to children in need of care. Book 1999

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Present Use RESIDENTIAL Institutional Housing
Original Use RESIDENTIAL Institutional Housing

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Wall BRICK Common Brick
Roof METAL Corrugated Iron

Historic Themes

General Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Institutions

Creation Date

18 Jun 1997

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

01 Jan 2017

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