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The four workers houses at No. 31-37 Wade Street are an early group of handed Federation Bungalows which are similar in style, character and accommodation, that were consciously designed as a townscape group.

Physical Description

Modest single storey dwellings, No 31 mirrors its neighbour at No. 33 Wade Street and, similarly, No 35 mirrors its neighbour at No. 37. All four dwellings have hipped roofs with a feature gable over the projecting front room and a verandah across the rest of the frontage. Each projecting front room has an awning over the window. The walls are tuckpointed and have two heavy stucco bands at window sill and door head height. The chimneys are corbelled. For the pair at No. 31-33, the gable is half-timbered with a rising sun motif, contrasted on 31 and painted out on No. 33. Both 31 and 33 have separate skillion verandahs. The verandah is supported by turned timber posts, which is detailed with a lattice valance at No. 31. For the pair at No. 35 & 37, the gable of No. 35 is treated as a shallow arched bottom chord, linking return eaves, and prominent gable finial. No. 37 is decorated with a circular air vent set high in the gable. No. 35 has a separate bullnose verandah, supported by turned timber posts, and originally had a cast-iron frieze. No. 35 has a separate skillion verandah. All four houses have a small front garden. Along the front boundary at No. 31 & 33 is a low timber framed cyclone fence, while No 35 has a low brick fence, and No 37 a high brick fence. None apparent

History

The four dwellings at No. 31-37 Wade Street were built in 1899 and appear on the 1900 PWD sewerage plans. The first residential listings for the properties appear in the Wise's Post Office Directories in 1909 for Nos. 29 and 33 and in 1910 Nos. 35 and 37 appear. The four dwellings are situated on the west side of Wade Street, in the space created by the bend in William Street (formerly Clifton Street) where, after traversing the reclaimed area of Lake Thomson, it was redirected to join Clifton Street on the east side of Hyde Park. Wade and Lane Streets developed as workers housing on the western side of Lake Poullet (later known as Birdswood Square). In 1920, Chinese market gardens were still being worked on the lake bed at the corner of Beaufort and Bulwer Streets. In the 1920s, the lake area was developed as Birdswood Square with adjoining residential subdivision on Baker Avenue. The large blocks on Baker Avenue resulted in larger homes overlooking the Square, in contrast to the smaller lots and modest houses on Lane and Wade Streets. The Wise's Post Office Directories list the occupants in these four dwellings over the years, including Walter E. McDiarmid, William J. Hocking and James Quan-Han at Nos. 29-31; Edward J. Fox, Hugh J. A. Fox, Allen Abbott, Danile E. Bevis, Mrs Francis and Stanley M. Lake at No. 33; Reuben Johnston, John Burns, William Hancock, Mrs Anne Burns, Mrs Minnie Tate, Richard Reed, George H. Bullard, Mrs Lillian Davey and Frank Cullen at No. 35 and Samuel H. Sommers, H. W. Blackburn, Mrs A. Burns, Lieb Sainken, Mrs Ethel M. Warner and Mrs McKendry at No. 37. Grace Emma Fox was shown as the owner of No. 33 in 1951 on a Certificate of Title. The frequently changes of the residency indicate that the dwellings were believed to be tenanted.

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New Beaufort Hotel

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15858 Northbridge Precinct

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The commercial building at 323 William Street is a notable example of the Interwar Art Deco style. It is one of a small number of Art Deco corner landmarks in Perth. It is historically significant for associations with the Midland Bus Company and use as a bus depot.

Physical Description

The two storey Art Deco building is central about a truncated street corner. The corner features a cylindrical tower with a clock and flag pole. The walls of the building are rendered with horizontal lines. The suspended awning incorporates horizontal detailing and is stepped up on the corner. The metal framed windows have horizontal lights corresponding with the stripes on the building wall.

History

The bed of Lake Thomson was used for farming and market gardening until the 1880s, at which time parcels of the land were sold off. William Street, which initially only ended at Newcastle Street, was extended northward across the reclaimed lake bed. The site on the northwest corner of Newcastle and William streets was occupied with residences on the immediate corner, while Chinese market gardens continued to operate behind, bounded at the rear by Forbes Lane. Circa 1935, the corner residences were demolished and replaced with a two-storey commercial building, with shops on the ground floor. The large area surrounding the building remained undeveloped. By 1951, the building and the site were occupied by the Midland Bus Company as a depot. The Midland Bus Company was a private company providing public transport, and was created in 1946 to provide passenger transport when the Midland Railway Company cut back on its passenger rail services. Various corrugated iron structures were established on the open section of the site for housing the buses, and a brick motor works building with an open shed at the rear was constructed on the William Street frontage, on the corner of Forbes Lane. The building is currently occupied with retail premises and offices.

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Mostly intact The ground level shopfronts have undergone considerable changes over time.

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The duplex at No. 395 William Street is a comparatively rare example of the Federation Georgian style and of a development model more typical of the gold rush periods of the eastern states, than of the Gold Boom period in Perth. Its unusualness contributes to the immediate streetscape character.

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The two storey painted brick building has a symmetrical frontage. Its development model is more typical of the eastern goldfields than development models from the Gold Boom period in Perth. It was originally constructed as a residential duplex. One of the original entrances has been removed and the entry blocked up in the 1960s. The roof is a U configuration with a hipped presentation to the street. Central on the frontage is a low pitched gable portico supported by square painted brick piers. This portico has been added sometime after the 1960s. The windows on the frontage are typically in separated pairs of narrow double hung sashes. They are located towards the outer sides of the front façade, in vertical alignment on both floor levels. Evidence on the upper storey shows where original openings between the two sets of paired windows lead onto the first floor verandah, and which have been bricked up. Low brick and palisade fence garden and paving in small setback area Painted face brick work, removal of verandah, new portico entry, brick-up first floor entries onto former verandah, alterations to the ground floor fenestration.

History

The bed of Lake Thomson was used for farming and market gardening until the 1880s, when parcels of the land were sold off. One section of the land was subdivided by B.H (Harry) Anstey in 1892, whereby seven separate parcels of land were amalgamated and then developed as a 9.1 hectare residential subdivision. William (Hutt) Street was continued through the subdivision north of Newcastle Street. The semi-detached pair at Nos. 395-397 William Street is part of the development on the reclaimed bed of Lake Thomson. They appear on the 1900 PWD Sewerage Plan but not the 1897 series. The 1900 plans show a verandah extending across the front of the dwellings. One of the subject dwellings is first listed as No. 459 in the Wise's Post Office Directories in 1905 which was occupied by Victoria Trelour, hairdresser. This section of William Street was numbered south-north from No. 443 to No. 485 before 1909 and the numbers were re-allocated since then. The subject dwelling at No. 459 is renumbered as No. 395 in 1909, with the occupant Mrs. Annie Wilson. No. 397 first appeared in 1910 with Thomas A. Kerr as the resident. In 1915, No.395 was occupied by William Thomas. There was no entry for No.397 at this year. A Sewerage Plan dated 1951 shows that the pair of subject dwellings has an identical configuration, both feature a verandah ran the full width of the street frontage and a sink located at the rear of the dwelling. In the 1961, a Building Licence application was submitted to the Perth City Council for conversion from "existing dwelling into dry cleaning", comprising both shop and office space. The licence was issued to '˜Parrants & Industrial Dry Cleaners'. The conversion proposed removal of the existing verandah, and the ground-floor windows to the facade, replacing them large glass sliding doors. Upstairs, new openings were proposed along the central common wall and both doors to the upper floor leading onto the verandah were bricked up, as well as the southern ground-floor entry. There is a record for an earlier Building Licence 506/26 issued in 1926 to '˜Parrants Ltd' suggesting that this business might have used or owned the building from the 1920s through to the 1960s. In the early 2000s, until about 2005, the place operated as a brothel.

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Perth Mosque

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The place has aesthetic value as an example of Islamic architecture, including the earliest example of this style of architecture in the state.

The place was the first Mosque constructed in the state and has functioned continuously for this purpose up to 2003. The place remained the only Mosque in the state until after the Post World War Two immigration brought increasing numbers of Muslim people to WA.

The place has associations with the migration of Muslim people to WA in the 1890s, largely due to the associated importation of camels for the transport of goods to inland regions of WA.

Physical Description

The Mosque is set behind walls with a prominent columned entrance way. The original Mosque forms the northern wing of the complex, set behind a courtyard. The principal façade has a high tripartite parapeter, topped with a cornice of small domes, set between domed tourelles. The upper parapet appears to have functioned as a tower, en lieu of a minaret, for the call to prayer. A tiled verandah effects the transition between the prayer hall and the courtyard. The southern wing is a recent extension. It consists of a rectangular columned prayer hall with an arched loggia between the hall and the courtyard, set under a rectangular parapet wall with upstanding columns. A squat tower, matching the original parapet height, in located over the mihrab and minbar. The entry portal leads to an arcade between the two buildings to the associated accommodation and service areas at the rear.

History

It was as a result of the discovery of gold in the Kimberley, Goldfields and Murchison regions that brought Muslim migrants to the state in significant numbers. The main reason for this was the importation of camels, and with them their handlers, as a means of transporting goods throughout the mining regions. The first teams of camels and their Afghan handlers arrived in Fremantle in c. 1890. By 1904, the Muslim population in WA was approximately 400. Although this community was widely scattered as well as being from different countries, the commitment to their faith resulted in a desire to build a mosque in Perth and a committee was formed for this purpose. Jemadar Faiz Mohamet, a Muslim from India, was heavily involved in the committee and travelled throughout the state raising funds towards its construction. The committee purchased four lots of land on the corner of William and Robinson Streets in North Perth in 1904/1905. The foundation stone for the place was laid on 13 November 1905 (the 15th day of Ramadhan 1323) by Jemadar Faiz Mohamet. In 1906 it was announced that the major part of the building had been completed at a cost of £1,850. The Mosque was built on Lot 16 and a 3 roomed brick cottage and kitchen with an open meeting hall on Lot 17. Work still had to be completed on various elements such as the exterior, the fountain cistern (for ablutions) as well as the proposed eastern wing of the building, which was to include the committee rooms, library and reading rooms. (The former was never built due, it is thought, to lack of funds.) In 2003 the place is still used as a Mosque.

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Perth Mosque is a notable and unique place within Northbridge in the Federation and Late 20th Century Immigrant Nostalic style. It has close associations with the earliest Afghans in Western Australia, the cameleers, who facilitated much of the State’s exploration. It is highly valued by the growing and diverse Muslim community and is a highly tangible demonstration of multi-culturalism.

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The Mosque is set behind walls with a prominent columned entrance way. The Mosque has had several campaigns of development, however, there are two basic campaigns. The original mosque forms the northern wing of the mosque complex, set behind a courtyard. The principal façade of the prayer space is set behind an extended vernadah and has a high tripartite parapet, topped with a cornice of small domes, set between domed tourelles. The upper parapet appears to have functioned as a tower, en lieu of a minaret. The tiled verandah forms the transition between the prayer hall and the courtyard. The major extension of recent times forms the southern wing consisting of accommodation for associated activites of the mosque, such as meeting rooms and residential accommodation. It consists of a rectangular structure with a two storeyed arched loggia between the accommodation and the courtyard, set under a rectangular parapet wall with upstand columns. A squat tower, matching the original parapet height, is located to the rear of the structure. Between the two wings, aligned with the entry portal, is an arcaded connection between the two structures which leads to the rear of the mosque. Setback behind high rendered walls with a central framed portico. The Mosque has grown incrementally with considerable change from the original structure, however, the modifications have been for the purposes of accommodating growth in the Mosque's activites.

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The Perth Mosque was built in 1906, with money raised largely by Afghan camel men, as the second purpose built mosque constructed in any Australian capital city. Afghans had been in Western Australia since the 1860s, sometimes accompanying exploratory expeditions and playing a particularly important part in the development of the goldfields in the 1890s, when their camel trains were often the only mode of freight transport that could cope with the sand and arid conditions. In 1904, an agreement to build a Mosque was arranged between the various Muslim Communities in WA, namely, Afghans, Indian, Syeds, Baloochies and Arabs and others. Donations were obtained, many collected by Jemadar Faiz Mahomet, who was retired from his camel business and spent much time travelling around the State for the project. Din Mohammed, an Indian gentleman, drew plans and prepared specifications for the Perth Mosque, which were approved by Perth City Council in 1905. John Eliot was the supervising architect of the building, and the foreman was Fred Croft. In 1905, Jemadar Faiz Mahomet and Hoffiz Mohammed Hayat, merchant, were registered as the proprietors and joint tenants for the subject lots. They laid the foundation stone for the Mosque on 13 November 1905. In 1907, the Wise's Post Office Directories first lists the Mosque as a 'Mohammedan Mosque'. Although the Mosque was ready for use in 1906, it was not complete due to lack of funds. During construction, Jamadar Faiz Mahomet had to travel to India on urgent business and the fundraising had fallen off dramatically in his absence. The Afghan and Indian Muslims were involved in continuing disputes over the management of the Mosque and the financial crisis. Walter Hartwell James (later Sir Walter), Member of Parliament and Premier and Attorney General of Western Australia, came to the assistance of the Mosque with a loan. The present day Muslim community continues to be grateful to Sir Walter James. In the early 1900s, the subject place comprised the Mosque, on Lot 16, and a brick cottage of three rooms and kitchen with an open meeting hall on Lot 17. Lots 18 & 19 had also been purchased with the intention of adding a school or Public Hall at a later date. The cottage was for the use of Muslims who came to Perth occasionally and could not find other accommodation. In the inter-war period, most of the founders of the Mosque had died or departed from Western Australia, and the number of people regularly attending the Mosque was very small. A Sewerage Plan in 1951 shows Perth Mosque enclosed by a brick wall. The fountain is in front of the Mosque, with steps leading from the small verandah to the forecourt. In 1979, 1984 and 1997 respectively, development approvals were granted to the Mosque for additions, alterations and renovations. In 2009, the Perth Mosque remains in use as Western Australia's principal mosque. It is on the Heritage Council of Western Australia's Assessment Program.

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Shops, 452-460 William Street

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The shop/houses at 452-460 William Street, are a rare and fine example of the Federation Art Nouveau style. They are a landmark at the corner of a busy and prominent intersection which marks the entry into Northbridge. Changes to the retail and accommodation activities of the place inform of changes in the district’s changing demographics and economic fortunes.

Physical Description

The two storey corner building with principal facades to both William and Brisbane Streets, with ground floor shops and upper level residences, is a landmark structure on a prominent location. The ground floor shop fronts are shaded by a cantilevered awing, while the upper level vigorously modelled brick and stucco façade has a high parapet and ornate stucco decoration. The parapet steps down along William Street, and features circular and hanging festoons in the alternate triangular and curved pediments and ball finials. The corner facade has three rows of heavy stucco bands. The windows also have stucco bands. The shopfronts and cantilever canopies also step down along William Street from Brisbane Street. Nil setbacks to both streets Replacement cantilivered awningShopfronts, possibly interiors

History

The two-storey building at 452-460 William Street was built in 1915 on part of Lot Y104. The building had shops on the ground floor with residences above for the shop tenants and their families. The place was built for Mary Kenny. The five shops were first occupied by Jack Pope, hairdresser and tobacconist (No 450), Mrs J. L. Pitt, draper (No 452), Champion Boot & Shoe Manufacturing Co, managed by Sam Lechovsky (No 454), Joshua Loong Choong, fruiterer (No 456), and, Lance & Co, chemist, proprietor F. W. Chegwidden (No 458).

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Hyde Park Flats

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Hyde Park Flats are a good example of the Interwar Contemporary style, designed by notable flat designer Harold Krantz, based on the straightforward model of a symmetrical block of two storey walkup flats with a central entrance. Close to facilities and the tram route to central Perth, the northern end of William Street was a popular location for the development of flats during the Interwar period.

Physical Description

A symmetrical two storey face brick structure with a tiled hipped roof clad. Its central entry porch, delineated by a thin concrete frame shows Moderne influences. It is similar in form and style to the nearby Roschanmaure flats at No 545 William Street, and its front façade is similarly obscured by trees. Trimmed hedge, mature plantings None apparent

History

In 1933, it was reported that '˜flat life' was becoming more popular in Perth and suburbs, as evidenced by the construction of several blocks in and around the city. Flat conversion was also seen as a way of dealing with old-fashioned residences at this time, with a number undergoing extensive refurbishment and renovation, which often included a new façade. Other of the older homes were removed to make way for the new flat developments. Lot 1 of Town Lot N111 was vacant ground owned by Septimus Sydney Smith to 1939. In that year the land was transferred to Sonia Grodeck and the block of flats was under construction. A Building Licence Plan dated 1938 shows that the two-storey block of eight flats were constructed for L. Grodeck Esq. Each flat accommodated a living room, bedroom, bathroom, kitchen and verandah. At the rear of the flats, the common areas accommodated garages, a laundry and clothes lines for public usage. The Wise's Post Office Directories first list the subject place in 1939 with three early residents, namely Ernest O. Bate, Keith Earl and L. R. Ponton. The number of residents grew gradually. In 1944, eight flats were fully occupied by Mrs. Alma Edmunds, Mrs. Lily Morgan, James L. Healy, Miss Videl M. Wilkins, Robert Meek, William J. Lynas, Norm Eastough and Chu Wan Tong. Since then, the occupancy of the flats changed frequently over the years. A Sewerage Plan dated 1953 illustrates that the original configuration of the subject place remained insitu in that year. In 2004, the application for demolition of existing outbuilding and construction of car parking area to existing eight multiple dwellings was granted conditional approval by the Town of Vincent.

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Silver Chain Nursing Association

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The place in an example of a single storey residence constructed in the Federation Queen Anne style.

The place is rare for its associations with the Silver Chain Nursing League.

The place demonstrates the rise and growth of the Silver Chain Nursing League in Highgate, and its history from the early twentieth century until the mid 1980s.

Physical Description

The single storey red and white brick building, is topped with a large central gable and terracotta tiled roof, and the sign ‘Silver Chain Nursing Leagues’ written across the street front. A timber verandah shades the front entrance. Additions to the original c.1920 structure have been made to the rear and the north, making the building ‘T’ shaped in plan. The building sits to the north east of a larger medical facility. It is hard to distinguish the construction date and location of the other buildings on site, as the street view is obscured with trees and shrubbery. To the direct south of the c.1920 building is a car park.

History

In 1916 this property was leased by the Silver Chain Nursing League, which was used as a low care residential facility for the frail aged or those who could no longer live independently. The Silver Chain (the predecessor to Silver Chain Nursing League) was founded in 1905, initially as a club to support Perth’s sick and poor children, by donating money. As Silver Chain grew, its nurses treated patients across the metropolitan area from 1907, as well as providing nursing services in large and small towns across the state, through the Bush Nursing Society, from 1921. Silver Chain expanded considerably in the post war period, opening hospitals in Claremont and Hilton, and providing teaching courses for nurses from the 1970s. Silver Chain still operates today, providing home care and medical facilities in across the state, from Carnarvon to Walpole to Eucla. Silver Chain employed it’s first district nurse from 1907, who treated patients across the city for illnesses such as typhoid, pneumonia, cancer and whooping cough, and in 1910 the first maternity nurse was employed. From 1916 Silver Chain provided accommodation and facilities for aged care from a leased residence in Highgate In 1916 Silver Chain rented a property at 19 Wright Street, and was able to provide accommodation and facilities for aged care.

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The Silver Chain Nursing Association is a fine example of the Federation Queen Anne bungalow style. The Association grew from community concern for poor children into a popular movement encompassing all levels of Perth society. This movement led to the establishment of the Infant Health Association and infant health centres, then diversified into aged care when the house was opened as a hostel in 1916, with purpose built cottages from 1920. The organisation grew, under Vice Regal patronage, through various nomenclatures, until 1963 when it became known as the Silver Chain Nursing organisation.

Physical Description

The one storey building has a symmetrical front and gable roof of terracotta tile, with a large central gable with the words 'Silver Chain Nursing League' embossed either side of a central decorative vent. The building façade is symmetrical, with a pair of narrow double hung windows in a bay either side of the central front door. The timber verandah runs along the front of the building and features timber supports, simple curved valances and a timber balustrade either side of the wide entrance. The window sashes each consist of 6 square panes, and the red brick walls have horizontal rendered stripes. There is a finial atop the gable, and the pair of chimneys on either side have heavy vertical stucco decoration. Setback from the road with an open garden setting. None apparent

History

In 1904, Western Australia did not have a children's hospital and it had the highest infant mortality rate in Australia. At that time, the weekly newspaper '˜Western Mail' ran a Children's Column by '˜Aunt Mary', Muriel Chase. A letter from a reader Arthur Grundy prompted Aunt Mary to suggest the establishment of a society '˜for mutual helpfulness', known as the Silver Chain with members as Silver Links who paid a one shilling membership each year. The motto of the organisation would be '˜Little but Great'. The idea was to help poor children. The Silver Chain officially commenced on 3 June 1905. The next suggestion was that money raised could pay for a district nurse, who would go from house to house to help care for little sick children who were not sent to hospital. In 1907, the first Silver Chain nurse Sister S. L. Copley, was appointed. Adults began to get involved in the society with gifts in cash and nursing requisites. By Feb 1908, there were 1,500 children enrolled as Silver Links and Nurse Copley was writing regular letters to the Children's Corner. Prominent citizens such as Dr Winthrop Hackett, Lady Bedford, wife of the Governor, and Bishop Riley, as well as many daughters of prominent families became involved in the fundraising. In 1922, the Leederville area got its first district Silver Chain Nurse, Nurse Talbot. Ten years after the Silver Chain Nursing League had been established, it was decided to establish cottage homes for the aged. In 1916, a small cottage was rented in Wright Street as the first Silver Chain Cottage Home. The Wise's Post Office Directories indicate that this cottage was located at No. 49 Wright Street between Lincoln and Broom Streets, with Mrs. M. Slater, a nurse, as a proprietor in that year. This cottage, which was located to the north of the subject place, is listed as Silver Chain Cottage Home (Mrs. A. Morgan, Matron) between 1917-1920. On 3 October 1920, the first purpose built cottage homes were opened on the subject site at Wright Street. They were built by J. Todd and opened by the Governor Sir Francis Newdegate in the presence of about 200 people in the official opening. Part of the building was named Dr. Gertrude Mead Cottage and a second part was named the Leederville Cottage because it had been financed by the Leederville committee. The Wise's Post Office Directories illustrate that the subject place was named Silver Chain Nursing League and numbered 21 at this time, with Mrs. A. J. Morgan as the Matron. In 1924, 18 residents from 60-92 years of age were in occupation. On 5 July 1926, two new wings of additional cottages were opened by Governor Sir William Campion and Lady Campion, and the foundation stone for further extensions was laid by Bishop Riley. Nurse Cherry was appointed resident nurse of the Cottage Homes in 1929. The Muriel Chase Memorial Cottage was opened in November 1937 with Boas Oldham and Ednie-Brown as the Architects. A new section with four bedrooms was constructed and the kitchen and bathroom area was renovated in the same year. Alterations and additions were undertaken in 1954 and 1956 with more rooms and offices constructed. In 1955, the Myola Cottage was erected as a gift from the Myola Club. A Metropolitan Water Supply Sewerage & Drainage Department (MWSSD) Plan dated 1955 shows that there were a row of identical brick cottages, each with a front verandah, ran around the north east corner of Wright and Lincoln Streets. A spacious lawn was located behind the cottages, with other few brick buildings sat next to it. There were a number of ramps appear on the map which indicate that the subject place was operated as an aged homes. In 1956, the Silver Chain Nursing Association moved its administration offices to the Wright Street premises, after occupying space in The '˜West Australian' Chambers free of charge for many years. A further wing of cottage homes was opened in May 1957 which provided 11 single rooms, one double room, a new lounge and ablution block. In 1963, a new office building was constructed to the south of the existing buildings. A first floor addition was extended in 1974. In 1980-81, a major renovation was undertaken at the subject place which included the demolition of most of the Cottage Homes, except for Myola Cottage and Mead Cottage and the construction of a new aged hostel to replace the Cottage Homes. The hostel had a communal building connected by covered walkways to three single-storey residential buildings. In 1996, a planning application for additions to an existing hostel at No. 21 Wright Street was granted conditional approval by the Town of Vincent. The application proposed to construct a new single storey building to the rear of the existing cottage (known as '˜Mead House'), which contained 14 single bedrooms. Currently, the subject place is numbered No. 19 Wright Street which is served as Silver Chain's Central Service Centre within the Perth metropolitan area, whilst the Cottage Homes is still operating as its original purpose. The organisation has been known as the Silver Chain Nursing Association, Inc. since 1963. Previous names have been: Silver Chain Nursing League, Silver Chain District Nursing Association and Silver Chain District & Bush Nursing Association (after amalgamation with the Bush Nursing Society).

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Northbridge East Precinct

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• 01966 Court Hotel
• 01943 St John's Lutheran Church
• 16746 Two Residences

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Swan and Canning Rivers

Child Places

• 04799 Mill Point Reserve
• 11960 Landing Reserve
• 26082 Canning River Regional Park
• 11960 Landing Reserve
• 04839 Milyu Nature Reserve and Marine Park
• 13808 Yule's Rapids
• 11691 Mosman Bay Foreshore
• 18688 Matilda Bay Reserve
• 09295 Mosman Bay Junior Sailing Club
• 11667 Mead's Fish Gallery

Values

The place is one of the most prominent landmark in the State of Western Australia

The place has an exceptional level of aesthetic value

The place is highly significant as the primary water way through the Perth metropolitan area and, being the focus of the earliest settlements in the State, still retains numerous sites and places that provide evidence for this story

The place is highly significant to the Western Australian Noongar population as a focus point for ceremony, spiritual life and subsistence during both prehistory through to the present day

The place has long been the focus of recreation and community life in the metropolitan area and has iconic values as the centrepiece of the State

Statement of Significance

The Swan Canning Riverpark covers 72.1 square kilometres of river reserve and adjoining public lands. The Swan Canning Riverpark supports a diverse array of plant and animal life, some endemic to the region. The Swan and Canning rivers, which stretch and snake their way for 280 kilometres from Wickepin to the deep blue of the Indian Ocean in Fremantle, represent an important slice of West Australian history, as well as holding significant cultural values for Perth, serving as an important feature of the city’s landscape.

Physical Description

The Swan River runs through the Perth metropolitan area from its mouth at Fremantle to Walyunga National Park in the northeast. The Canning River, diverting from the Swan at Canning Bridge, continues to Araluen in the southeast.

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The Indigenous population of Western Australia, in the metropolitan area comprising the Noongar language group, utilised the resources of the Swan River for thousands of years prior to European settlement. Although the resources it contained were integral to this focus, the rivers were also significant components in Noongar spiritual and ceremonial life. This focus, and the spiritual links, continues to the present day. Although explored by the French and Dutch during the seventeenth, and early nineteenth centuries, the first British expedition to explore this part of Western Australia did not take place until 1827. Captain James Stirling arrived on the western side of the continent in the H.M.S Success in March and his reports of the region were favourable. The Canning River was also explored during this expedition with Stirling naming it after George Canning, a British Statesman and Prime Minister of Great Britain. Stirling’s favourable reports encouraged the establishment of the Swan River Colony in February 1829. European settlement initially centred around the mouth of the Swan at Fremantle and spread out towards Perth and Guildford. Long thin ribbon grants were allotted to early settlers in the Swan District to give them equal river frontage but poor soils and a noxious weed resulted in movement further east into the Swan Valley. With the introduction of convicts to the Swan River Colony in the 1850s infrastructure building and the availability of a labour force allowed the river valleys to be fully exploited for agriculture. With the commencement of Western Australia’s gold rush in the 1890s the population increased, as did the settlement focus on the Swan and Canning Rivers. This continued throughout the early twentieth century with the majority of the population living in and around the river park and along the coastal areas of the State. The intensive infrastructure building seen during this period saw the construction of a safe harbour at the mouth of the Swan in Fremantle and, during the early twentieth century, large sections of the river along the Perth foreshore were subject to reclamation. The Swan and Canning Rivers have, from the earliest period of settlement, been a focus of Western Australian life. This continues to the present and will continue far into the foreseeable future.

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Nanson St

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SHC Elderly Couples Flats, 397-399 Vincent St, West Leederville

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• The place is an early example of residential housing constructed for elderly persons in the mid-twentieth century.
• The place was specially designed to suit the land parcel on which it sits and is thus a relatively unusual example compared with later places which used a standard plan.

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The property is three grouped dwellings on a 680.5sqm lot. Each unit has one bedroom, a kitchen, a combined bathroom and water closet and lounde room. A separate combined laundry is located at the rear of the site. There is a covered verandah at the front of the dwelling facing Vincent St W, which is under one roof, separated by internal walls for each of the units and access is provided by steps. The place, situated 400 metres from the south eastern corner of Lake Monger, comprises a brick and tiled triplex, each with one bedroom, a kitchen, a lounge and a combined bathroom and toilet. Walls and ceilings are plastered throughout and window and door frames are timber. Flooring is timber floorboards which are exposed in the hallways and in the lounge rooms, whilst the bedrooms are covered in vinyl. The bathrooms and toilets are tiled. There is a brick fireplace in each unit with a wooden mantelpiece. There is a separate combined laundry at the rear of the site. Each dwelling has a small covered verandah.

History

Prior to European settlement Lake Monger, or Lake Galup as it was then known, was a camping and hunting ground for the Noongar people. It is said that the Waugal formed the Lake by rising from the ground at that point. The area was valued for its food resources, and Aboriginal camps were recorded to the south and west of the lake in the 1860s. This way of life began to be disrupted with European settlement. The lake was named Monger’s Lake in 1831, after John Henry Monger who received a grant along its shores, and in 1932 it was renamed Lake Monger. The area around Lake Monger saw occupation from this earliest period. However, it was not until 1902 that the suburb of Leederville was becoming established. Issues with the Lake’s swampy margins caused it to become a breeding ground for mosquitoes, and the dumping of refuse, a common method of reclamation at that time, caused further offensive odours. In the 1950s and 60s large areas of the lake were reclaimed with sand removed from areas such as Floreat where housing estates were being established, used in the reclamation work. The Workers’ Homes Board began construction of homes c.1913, and the McNess Housing Trust scheme of the 1930s provided some government-assisted housing for the elderly. However, non-institutional housing for the elderly, provided by the government, did not officially commence until the 1950s.

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Mick Michael Reserve

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Mick Michael Reserve commemorates the achievements of one of the district’s best known immigrants, who became Lord Mayor of Perth in the mid 1980s. The Royal Park Bowling Club was a notable social institution in the district for several generations. Its fine Post War Functionalist building has been sympathetically adapted for community purposes, complemented by the conversion of the bowling greens into a community park.

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The former bowling club is a part single and part double storey building with a low pitched gable roof above highlight windows. Sets of French doors open onto the verandahs along both long sides of the building. The former bowling club has recently been sympathetically and handsomely adapted for use as a community facility. The former grounds of the bowling club have been converted into an attractive park with extensive lawns and semi mature trees, together with paths and cycleways which link the resurgent residential area to the east and south of the Reserve to the facilities of Beatty Park and Charles Veryard Reserve. Flat manicured lawns and semi mature tree plantings Various internal

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The building is the former home of the Royal Park Bowling Club, which was an important social institution in the West Perth area. The land which was developed as a club house and bowling greens in 1965, was known as Royal Park until the club closed on 30 June 1997. It was proposed in 2000 that Royal Park became part of the Vincent Greenway. This was a 2 - 5 kilometre green partkway linking seven parks in the Town of Vincent, which follow a valley formally occupied by lakes in the Claisebrook Catchment area. The lakes were gradually altered, commencing with the drainage of Lake Henderson (Roberston Park) in 1873 through to the 1970's draining of Smith's Lake. The closure of the bowling club made it possible to link the adjacent Mick Michael Park with Beatty Park. Mick Michael is a well known businessman and a prominent member of the local Greek community, whose family resided in the area. Like many of the area's residents, Mr Michael was of Greek origin from the island of Kastelorizo (Megisti), Greece. He was Lord Mayor of the City of Perth from 1982 to 1988 and this brother, Dr Ken Michael AC, is the current Governor of Western Australia (2007).

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Mayfair Flats

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The place is an unusual Inter-War Functionalist residence with Inter-War Art Deco elements.

The place is representative of the type of flats and apartments that were built in Perth, and its immediate suburbs from the 1930s in order to accommodate the growing population.

The place is an examples of William G Bennett’s residential architecture.

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The two storey residential complex is a rendered and face brick building with a hipped tile roof. The front elevation is symmetrical, with a central entry, and ground floor and first floor windows and balconies mirrored on each side. Both floors have six bands of narrow horizontal bands of brickwork on their front face, and the upper floor balconies have curved corners. The name “MAYFAIR” heads the top of the central parapet. The complex consists of four two-bedroom flats.

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After the Swan River Colony was established in 1829, settlement by the colonists began in and around the Perth area. The area to the north of the Perth was part wetlands stretching 50 or 60 miles northwards, and was not considered an ideal site for settlement. However, despite the swampy conditions, by the early 1830s land to the north of Perth was beginning to be being settled, and land had been granted to individuals such as John H. Monger, William Leeder, Thomas Mews. Drainage of the lakes close to the city begun in the 1840s freeing up additional land for settlement. With the arrival of convicts from the 1850s, infrastructure and public works increased and improved. Some basic roads were constructed with convict labour, but the area now known at the Town of Vincent was mainly occupied by dairy farmers, markets and gardens and the roadways were left as gravel. During the latter part of the nineteenth century, the Town of Vincent area was subdivided and slowly populated with residences, workers cottages, hotels, and churches. By the turn of the century, the area to the north of Perth began developing rapidly, particularly in Leederville and North Perth. Leederville became a municipality in 1896 and in 1899 the suburb of North Pert was declared. Post Offices and Police Stations were established in central areas, as well as town halls and religious meeting places, to meet the needs of the rapidly expanding population. By the 1930s the construction of residential complexes began, as boarding houses were being converted into self-contained flats. Many applications for the construction of flats were submitted, but refused as the land was too small for development. This led to specific areas being zones for flats. Mayfair Flats were built in c.1937 as a consequence of the growing fashionability of the flat lifestyle, and the densification of the area’s population. William G Bennet was contracted to design the complex, which reflects his style of architecture which can be seen in his other buildings located around Perth and the state. The first Fair Rent case to be heard in the Metropolitan Fair Rents Court was in regard to the Mayfair Flats in October 1954.

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Mayfair Flats are an exemplar of the Interwar Moderne style. This fine block is one of the most notable of the Interwar designs of the Architect W G Bennett, a leading modernist of the period and also responsible for the Regal Theatre, Subiaco and Plaza Arcade, Perth. It is a notable building within Carr Street and would have brought the shock of the new into the area when it was constructed.

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The double storey rendered and face brick building has a hipped tile roof. The front façade is symmetrical about a central entry and staircase, expressed as a vertical bay that rises to a square parapet and has a recessed window openings, interrupted by an facetted face brick balcony dado. The opening is framed in face brick detailing. The name of the flats is on the top of the parapet, in stylised lettering. There is one room at each level, flanking the centre element. On the both floors there are six narrow horizontal bands of brickwork across the façade, within the height of the window openings. On the ground floor the windows are sets of three with a wider fixed central window flanked by casements each side. Each casement has a configuration of 6 horizontal panes of glass in a vertical format. On the upper floor level the three configuration is a central door with four paned windows each side. The upper floor doors open onto a concrete curved corner balcony with horizontal flat steel railings. The balcony forms the roof to the porch below that is supported by slender circular columns on a curved brick dado wall. Low face brick wall with central entry. Plantings in the setback include some small conifers. None apparent

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In 1933, it was reported that 'flat life' was becoming more popular in Perth and suburbs, as evidenced by the construction of several blocks in and around the city. Flat conversion was also seen as a way of dealing with old-fashioned residences at this time, with a number undergoing extensive refurbishment and renovation, which often included a new façade. Other older homes were removed to make way for the new flat developments. No 83 Carr Street is a block of four two-bedroom flats designed by architect William G. Bennett and erected around 1936. They were listed in the Post Office Directories in 1937 for the first time but all were empty at that time. The following year Nos. 2, 3 and 4 had tenants being Mrs E Brown, Morgan Abrahams and Stan Hogg. No. 1 was leased the following year to Amedeo Re. At that time the other tenants were Mrs Stokes, Mrs Nancy A . Harper and C.A Gardiner. Mr Re was born in Fremantle in 1910 but let for Italy (the birth place of his parents) as a young child. He returned to Western Australia in 1932. Following his marriage, he and his Italian-born wife and children lived in flat number 1 until they left for America during World War 11. Mr Re said in an interview 'They were nice apartments, only four. We had the one downstairs, the right one and we were very happy there. We had a nice garden. We could move around and there was a garden at the front of the house. So the kids could play. Wehen they were too small I used to take them over to Grandma, to play tehre because they had pets. We did not have any pets because where we were living we were not allowed to have them but my parents were living there in Aberdeen Street and they still had pets. My borthers were there and the children liked to stay there with them and the uncles'. In 1949 the residents listed in the Wise's Post Office Directory were F.W

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Charles St Methodist Mission Chapel & Methodist Church

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The history of the Charles Street Methodist Mission Chapel and Methodist Church demonstrates the growth and subsequent decline of the church population in the vicinity. The Chapel is a notable, and comparatively rare, example of the Late Colonial Carpenter style, built in timber. The Chapel is a fine example of the Federation Free Gothic style, built in limestone shortly after the Chapel. The Chapel and the Church are a cultural pair, both fronting Charles Street and being a combined landmark with their distinctive combination of weatherboard, stone and brick. The Chapel and the Church have associations with the Methodist Church, now Uniting Church, YWCA, YMCA, other youth groups, and subsequently the Technical Education Department (TAFE).

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The chapel is a timber framed, weatherboard and iron roofed chapel. The chapel has a single entrance under a simple gabled porch, matching the roof pitch. The main façade has narrow lancet windows symmetrically placed either side of the entry porch. It has a timber bellcote on the roof and a diamond shaped vent set into the apex of the gable. The neighbouring church is of limestone with brick buttresses and window quoins. The zincalume roof carries 7 triangular ventilators either side of the ridge. The church has entries in the outer bays of the front façade, either side of a central stained glass window featuring gothic tracery. This tracery is unusual in that it is constructed from turned timber rather than the traditional stone or metal frame. The original open grassed site has developed into a cluttered, hard landscaped area. Various small and large alterations have been made over many years, some sympathetic and others intrusive: the nave of the Church was divided into two thirds Church, one third Church hall (1926); a brick vestry replaced the original timber structure; and

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Anglican minister John Wesley (1703) - 1791) was an early leader of the Methodist movement which began at Oxford University with the foundation of the Holy Club. The first Methodist or Wesleyan Methodist services in Western Australia were held by Joseph Hardey under a large jarrah tree in what is now central Hay Street, Perth. Hardey was one group of Methodists who had arrived in Western Australia onboard the 'Tranby' in 1930. Their first church building was erected on a block of land donated by J. Inkpen on the corner of William and Murray Streets in Perth. The Charles Street Methodist Mission Chapel and Methodist Church are situated on land which was first reserved in 1873 for a Wesleyan Church and Glebe. The first church on the site was a weatherboard Methodist Mission Chapel, built in 1890. This section of West Perth was a suburban fringe area, but rapidly growing. Following an increase in congregation numbers in 1896, the limestone Methodist Church was built. The foundation stone for the Church was laid on 27 October 1896, by Sir George Shenton, Mr Walter Simpson and Mrs H. Cowell Ashton, wife of the architect-builder. The first service was held on 7 February 1897. The chapel was used for Sunday School and rented for public use. From the 1930's - 1960's it was used as a youth club by the YWCA and YMCA, while services continued to be held in the Church. In the 1970s, when the congregation grew smaller, services moved back to the chapel, and the Church was used by the youth groups. In 1983, all the buildings except the Chapel were leased by the State for the use of the Technical Education Department (TAFE). In 1986, the Uniting Church reluctantly accepted an offer by the State to purchase the site and it is understood that many who used the buildings for religious and social activities remain bitter about its resumption by the government. The last service was held in the Chapel on 15 February 1986. The buildings were used by the TAFE External Studies College Campus for some years, before falling into disuse. The chapel and church are associated with the original Manse, built at No. 482 Newcastle Street which currently operates as a physiotherapy.

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