Shiba Lane (site)

Author

Shire of Broome

Place Number

16849

Location

Napier Tce Broome

Location Details

Other Name(s)

Boarding House (fmr)
Sheba Lane Cafe

Local Government

Broome

Region

Kimberley

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents
Heritage List	Adopted	23 Oct 2003

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management
Type	Status	Date	Category
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	23 Oct 2003	Criterion 4

Statement of Significance

Shiba Lane site is a significant association with the early pearling industry, the social and commercial centre of Broome in the early days.

Physical Description

No original buildings remain in what was Shiba Lane. Kennedy’s buildings have recently extended over the Napier Terrace sector.

History

Shiba (or Sheba) Lane was named for Kamematsu Shiba who ran a Japanese boarding house in the area between 1901 and 1905. Shiba Lane provided access to the buildings at the rear of the lots off Napier Terrace. It ran south from between Kennedy's Store and what is now the Sheba Lane Café. Along the Lane in the 1920s were Yamamoto, builder and coffin maker; J. Ihota, tombstone carver; a two-storey Japanese boarding house; T. Ishi's store and cool drink shop; a Japanese residence, Hashimoto's Japanese store; another boarding house; a Chinese residence, and the Star Hotel and Hyland’s Circus at the far end. A similar lane ran between Carnarvon Street and Dampier Terrace, known as Johnny Chi Lane.

Integrity/Authenticity

Modifications: Extensive and Irreplaceable

Condition

Site Only

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	T Chapple;"Broome, The Exciting Years 1912-1930".

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id	Title	Medium	Year Of Publication
8335	Historic buildings of the Kimberley region of W.A.	Book	1988

Place Type

zUNKNOWN ZERO CODE

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	OTHER	Other
Present Use	COMMERCIAL	Restaurant

Creation Date

08 Jun 2004

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

22 Oct 2020

Disclaimer

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