Chinatown Conservation Area

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

00291

Location

Frederick/Chapple/Short Sts Broome

Location Details

Extending from Frederick St to the end of Chapple St and from the end of Short Street to the rear of properties on the eastern side of Dampier Terrace Carnarvon St, Napier Tce, Dampier Tce, Short Street, Frederick, Gray, Hamersley, Stewart & Weld Sts

Other Name(s)

Includes Aboriginal Site - Undanda

Local Government

Broome

Region

Kimberley

Construction Date

Constructed from 1880 to 1920

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
Heritage List Adopted 28 Aug 2014
State Register Registered 20 Apr 2004 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
Aboriginal Heritage Sites Register Permanent
Aboriginal Heritage Sites Register Interim
Register of the National Estate Registered 18 Apr 1989
Other Legal Agreement YES 18 Aug 2005
Classified by the National Trust Adopted 07 Jun 1983
Municipal Inventory Adopted 28 Aug 2014 Grading A

Child Places

  • 04848 Cottage
  • 15880 Tack's Store (fmr)
  • 04854 House, 57 Dampier Terrace
  • 15882 Offices
  • 15878 Ah Ming's Store & Residence (fmr)
  • 02668 Hanoe's Cottage
  • 14007 Napier Terrace Cottages
  • 23977 Sheba Lane Cafe
  • 08782 Male Sheds and Jetty
  • 02668 Hanoe's Cottage
  • 16878 Lyons Tate Office
  • 00295 Roebuck Bay Hotel
  • 16828 Offices
  • 16849 Shiba Lane (site)
  • 00304 Streeter & Male Group of Stores
  • 00294 Old Police Lockup & Boab Tree
  • 00293 Sun Picture Gardens
  • 15881 Shekki Shed Gallery
  • 04853 Broome Pearls, Pearl Shop and Warehouse
  • 00295 Roebuck Bay Hotel
  • 04553 Streeter's Jetty
  • 04553 Streeter's Jetty
  • 16848 Commemoratives
  • 16877 Blooms Cafe Restaurant
  • 15876 Bob's Shoe Store
  • 04850 Kinney's Store
  • 15877 Anastasia's Pearl Gallery
  • 04850 Kinney's Store
  • 23977 Sheba Lane Cafe
  • 15879 Old Tang Wei Cafe & Residence
  • 15881 Shekki Shed Gallery
  • 15878 Ah Ming's Store & Residence (fmr)
  • 04851 Morgan's Camp
  • 15880 Tack's Store (fmr)
  • 04851 Morgan's Camp
  • 08782 Male Sheds and Jetty
  • 00304 Streeter & Male Group of Stores
  • 14007 Napier Terrace Cottages
  • 00294 Old Police Lockup & Boab Tree
  • 15879 Old Tang Wei Cafe & Residence
  • 16877 Blooms Cafe Restaurant
  • 04854 House, 57 Dampier Terrace
  • 00293 Sun Picture Gardens
  • 16848 Commemoratives
  • 00300 Kennedy's Store

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
8335 Historic buildings of the Kimberley region of W.A. Book 1988
9600 Broome: maps and places of heritage interest. Heritage Study {Other} 0
6781 Chinatown development strategy (July 2002). Report 2002
9461 Documentation of places for entry in the Register of Heritage Places: Chinatown conservation area, Broome. Heritage Study {Other} 2001
7401 Chinatown development strategy (February 2003). Heritage Study {Other} 2003
12331 Chinatown conservation area Broome: Heritage Analysis Heritage Study {Other} 2023
1131 Chinatown development strategy. Heritage Study {Other} 1995
8391 Streeter & Male staff quarters (fmr). Short Street (rear,) Chinatown, Broome. Archival record. Archival Record 2007

Place Type

Precinct or Streetscape

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Present Use COMMERCIAL Restaurant
Original Use INDUSTRIAL\MANUFACTURING Other
Original Use SOCIAL\RECREATIONAL Theatre or Cinema
Present Use COMMERCIAL Shop\Retail Store {single}
Present Use SOCIAL\RECREATIONAL Theatre or Cinema

Architectural Styles

Style
Vernacular

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Roof METAL Corrugated Iron
Wall TIMBER Other Timber
Wall METAL Corrugated Iron
Wall CONCRETE Other Concrete

Historic Themes

General Specific
OCCUPATIONS Fishing & other maritime industry
OCCUPATIONS Commercial & service industries
OUTSIDE INFLUENCES Depression & boom
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Racial contact & interaction
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Immigration, emigration & refugees
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Land allocation & subdivision

Creation Date

30 May 1989

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

31 Dec 2016

Disclaimer

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