House

Statement of Significance

Lot 26 Simmonds Street, a simple cottage constructed of weatherboard and corrugated iron, has cultural heritage significance for its aesthetic contribution to the Cardiff streetscape.

Physical Description

30 Simmonds Street, Collie-Cardiff is a simple worker’s cottage. The roof is hipped corrugated iron with a bull nose front verandah. Walls are painted weatherboard to the front, and unpainted at the side. The verandah is supported by square timber posts, and enclosed at each end with fibrous cement sheeting. The façade is symmetrical with a central front door, and windows to each side. A water tank is adjacent to the house at one side. The verandah is low off the ground, with no steps.

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. Lot 26 is 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/ High

Condition

Poor

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