House

Statement of Significance

House, 20 Simmonds Street, Cardiff, a simple cottage constructed of weatherboard and corrugated iron, has cultural heritage significance for its aesthetic contribution to the Cardiff streetscape.

Physical Description

20 Simmonds Street, Collie-Cardiff is a simple, modified worker’s cottage. The roof is hipped and tiled, with a separate verandah to the front and sections of skillions to the rear. The front verandah has been enclosed with weatherboard and fibrous sheeting, creating a porch entry to the front door. There are aluminium windows in the enclosed portions. There is a steel carport attached to the side of the house, and a white picket fence to the boundary.

History

Mining leases were being taken up in the Collie Cardiff area from January 1900. In October 1900, The Inquirer and Commercial News described Collie Cardiff as having an area of 6,000 acres and that ‘over 1,000 ft of boring has been done upon it and some good seams of coal have been struck, but it has not yet reached the producing stage”. The need for a townsite was clear by 1902 and a town named Collieburn (sometimes Collie-Burn), mid way between the Collie Burn and Collie Cardiff coal mines was gazetted in 1907. By 1915, the need for land was closer to Collie Cardiff and the Cardiff Progress Association sought to change the name to Cardiff which was approved only for the southern portion of the town which became Collie-Cardiff. The northern portion continued to be known as Collie-Burn. In 1944 the names were changed to Collie Cardiff and Collie Burn. Lots 30 and 31 are shown on an unnamed street on one of two 1916 plans of the Collie-Burn and Collie-Cardiff townsites. Collie-Cardiff appears in the Wise Post Office Directories from 1908, appearing later as Collie Cardiff. Street names are not provided.

Integrity/Authenticity

High/ Medium

Condition

Fair

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