Leederville Police Station & Quarters

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Soldiers Memorial Hall

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St Mary's Hall

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08709 Aranmore Catholic College Group

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Oxford Hotel

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Oxford Hotel is a long surviving landmark on a prominent location on Oxford Street. It is the first hotel in Leederville and is representative of the manner in which suburban hotels were consistently modified and adpated by well known architects to suit the changing needs of the hotel trade. It has been a social meeting place on Oxford Street for most of the past century.

Physical Description

The two storey hotel has an upper level balcony that returns around the corner of Oxford Street and Anzac Road. The balcony under the main roof features column supports and a solid baluster. The building reduces to one storey along the Anzac Street frontage as it goes up hill from Oxford Street. A gable ended bay terminates the building elevation on the southern end facing Oxford Street. Recent renovations have taken place. Zero street setbacks. Considerable internal and external modifications.

History

The Oxford Hotel, on the corner of Oxford Street and Anzac Road, is not shown on the 1900 PWD sewerage plans. It was constructed between 1900 and 1904. The building was listed in Wise's Post Office Directories, or the first time in 1904 when J. Quigley was listed as the licensee. The following year it was Mrs Anne McDonald. In 1910 it was Donald L. Mc Nicol and Horace L. Giles in 1912. In 1925 the licensee was Ernest J. Holland, in 1935 R.S.R. Plumb and in 1949, the last year of the Directories, it was J. Downie. A number of these licensees lived with their families in the upstairs section and Aileen O'Dea, daughter of Mr Prendergast (a licensee in the 1930s), recalled how lovely it was sleeping on the open verandah in summer. The building has been renovated several times, possibly accounting for its rather electric architectural appearance. Records show that alterations to the bars took place in 1931. These were designed by architects Oldham Boas & Ednie-Brown, and carried out by J. Hawkins and Sons. In 1939, minor renovations were designed by architect William G. Bennett. The contractor at this time was I.G. Gibson. The work carried out in the 1930s was part of the modernization process which existing hotels were undertaking at this time. Ron McGrath, who lived next door to the hotel in the 1930s recalled that, 'By the hotel, on the footpath, were two wooden doors that would open up and down into the cellar were lowered the kegs from the brewery trucks, on a sliding ladder. The kegs would hit onto tyres down below and then they were stacked in the cellar. The toilet was right next to the lane near our place. They had to come outside and walk up the road and into the toilet. That was quite private and away from the hotel.' In the 1950s and 1960s changes were made to the exterior and the arched windows were bricked and made square with the idea of making it conform with the style of that period. A licence was issued to E.J. Holland in 1952 and owner G. Tighe was also issued with a licence to build a store room and garage in 1965. The place offered cheap accommodation for single men into the late 1980s. Peter Hayes took over the leasehold of the hotel in August 1999. It was closed for 17 months from 13 September that year and Peter and his son renovated the ground floor section and the cellar under the direction of architectural designer Anthony Cassella. It re-opened on 14 February 2001. The upstairs section, which is now function rooms with a bar/lounge area, was subsequently renovated and that opened in December 2004. When Peter took over the leasehold of the hotel, Lot 8 (next door on Oxford Street) '˜was like a rubbish tip'¦with old car bodies and all sorts of stuff. Old horse bones'¦' He gained approval to develop it as a beer garden and in 2008 it was in use for eating, drinking and for live performances.

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Central TAFE, Leederville Campus

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The place was the first purpose built suburban technical school to be built.

The place demonstrates the increased demand in the post-Second World War period for trade skills and qualifications.

Physical Description

The Central TAFE, Leederville Campus consists of one, two, three and four-storey buildings that face onto both Richmond Street and Oxford Street, near the commercial centre of Leederville. The one and two-storey buildings facing Richmond street are the original buildings, constructed in cream face brick with parapeted walls and horizontal bands of windows. Other one-storey buildings on site are gable roofed brick dado and render pavilions. Free standing one and two-storey buildings in a more industrial style have been added to the campus through acquisition and purpose built facilities. Three and four-storey buildings were later constructed facing Oxford Street, which accommodated the support facilities, including the library, lecturing hall, tutorial space, and canteen.

History

The Central TAFE, Leederville Campus buildings were constructed in 1948 in response to the increasing demand for a larger technical trade school in the metropolitan area, to sister the Perth Technical College in Perth. Prior to 1900 there was no regular courses available for technical trades in Western Australia, and apprentices only received on-the-job instruction. However in 1899 a Director of Technical Education was appointed, and the Old Perth Boys School (RHP 2117) on St Georges Terrace was renovated and reopened as Perth Technical School in 1900. The school was later enlarged and renamed Perth Technical College in 1929. During the Second World War, specialist tradesmen were trained at the college as part of Army and Air Force schemes. More classrooms and education space was needed, and as the Perth Technical College occupied a restricted site, it was decided to construct a new Technical College at a site in the suburb of Leederville adjacent to Leederville Primary School (fmr) (RHP 3375) on Oxford Street. The Leederville Technical College, was the first purpose built suburban technical school in Western Australia. Commonwealth funds were allocated for the construction of new workshops for carpentry. The facility was opened in 1948, and specialised in trade courses, while the Technical College continued to teach Associate Diploma courses. Other suburban technical college campuses were built in Bentley in 1965 (later the WA Institute of Technology, now Curtin University) and other technical schools were established in Mount Lawley and Wembley. Another technical college was constructed on Aberdeen Street in Northbridge in the mid 1970s, which became the Central Campus of Technical and Further Education. Each campus specialised in a number of subjects to avoid overlapping of courses.

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Central TAFE, Leederville Campus site has social significance for the delivery of education since the Interwar period. Leederville Campus has been synonymous with technical education in this state for the whole of the period since World War Two and is now one of the principal campuses of Central Metropolitan College of TAFE. It is an important institution at the heart of the district, with an ongoing role as a landmark educational activity within a state perspective.

Physical Description

A group of one, two, thee and four storey buildings that present an imposing presence to both Oxford and Richmond Streets. The Richmond street one and two storey buildings are the original buildings in cream face brick with parapeted walls, horizontal bands of windows and concrete eyebrow across the windows. Other one storey buildings on site are gable roofed brick dado and render pavilions for trade instruction. Free standing one and two storey buildings in more industrial style have been added to the campus through acquisiton and purpose built facilities. At the Oxford end of the site the later three and four storey facilities provide library, lecturing, tutorial, canteen and support facilities for the campus. The campus is one of the three principal campuses of the Central Metropolitan College of TAFE, is long associated with trade courses and has high levels of access and facilities because of its location close to the Town Centre, railway station and major traffic routes. Setback from road- part parkland grass and gardens, part service and parking areas. Relatively continuous throughout the life of the buildings consistent with the changing roles and needs of education delivery.

History

Prior to 1900, apprentices received only on-the-job instruction and, although the Swan River Mechanics Institute offered courses of lectures from time-to-time, no regular courses were available. In 1899, a Director of Technical Education was appointed. The old Perth Boys' School in St George's Terrace was renovated and, with the addition of various corrugated iron buildings, opened as Perth Technical School in May 1900. The school was enlarged with various new buildings over the years and in 1929 was renamed Perth Technical College. During World War II, hundreds of specialist tradesmen were trained at the college as part of various Army and Air Force schemes. More classrooms were needed and in 1942, part of the Leederville School's grounds, fronting Richmond Street, was declared the site for a Technical School. Commonwealth funds were provided for the construction of workshops for carpentry on the site. Leederville Public School had opened in 1894 and the main buildings were erected between 1896 and 1901. Many of its past students and other young people from the area and further afield were educated in the commercial classes held at the Technical College and others returned for several hours each week as part of the requirements for their trade apprenticeships. In 1940 No. 43 Richmond Street was listed in Wise's Post Office Directories as part of 'Leederville Park'. No directory was published in 1943 but in 1944 Leederville Technical School was listed as well as the park. Later on Margaret Kindergarten - further east on Richmond Street - and the car park for the Loftus Centre and Vincent Library were constructed. It was still listed as 'Leederville Park' in 1949 the last year of the Directories. After the War, the Reconstruction Training Scheme was established and Associate Diploma courses were developed. Suburban technical schools specially designed for trade courses were established, with the Technical College on St George's Terrace continuing to handle the Associate Diploma courses. Leederville Technical School was the first built for this purpose. It adjoined the existing workshops on Richmond Street. Other technical schools were established at Mount Lawley and Wembley and a new campus for Perth Technical College was built at Bentley, which opened in 1965. In 1967, it became the WA Institute of Technology (WAIT, now Curtin University) as the venue for higher technical education studies. A new Technical College building was developed in Aberdeen Street and in the mid 1970s, this became the Central Campus of Technical and Further Education (TAFE). The Technical Schools throughout the metropolitan area, including Leederville, became branch campuses of TAFE. Each campus specialises in a number of subject areas to avoid undue duplication of courses.

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Weatherboard Houses

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The house, at 64 Richmond Street is an examplar of a rare and intact weatherboard Federation Bungalow, which clearly demonstrates the stylistic differences from the neighbouring Colonial Georgian cottage.

Physical Description

The single storey cottage has a symmetrical frontage with a central front door flanked by double hung sash windows, with gablets above. The place is timber framed and clad with weatherboard.. The hipped gambrel roof is clad with corrugated iron and has two feature gablets, with fretwork detail, and a separate bull nose verandah. The verandah roof is elegantly supported by turned posts, curved bracket and fretwork valence. Garden and shrub setback- obscures views None apparent

History

The MWSS & DD sewerage plan of the 1950s shows a small weatherboard house at No. 64 on the corner of Fleet Street. The residence was not shown on the 1900 PWD sewerage plans. It was built circa 1905 as John C. Coombs was first listed in Wise's Post Office Directories as occupying the subject place on the corner of Fleet Street in 1906 (although not street numbers were given). No numbers were allocated until 1910. At that time there were just two residents between Fleet and Scott streets and there were 32 residents in the Leederville section of the street. At that time Coombs was listed as occupying a house near the corner of Fleet Street, then numbered 26 Richmond Street. The numbering was changed to 64 in 1917. In 1937, John C. Coombs was still listed in the City of Perth rate books as the owner and occupier of No. 64 Richmond Street on Lot 16 and according to the Directories the family remained in residence until 1946. They were followed by Edmund C. McGregor in 1947 who was still there in 1949, the last year of the Directories. In 1984 then owner Moran built a workshop/garage on the property and then in 1989 he built a brick and iron two-storey second group dwelling at the rear. In more recent times the block was subdivided and sold and in 1991, new owner Millar built another brick and metal grouped dwelling on the site facing Fleet Street.

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Glick House

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Glick House at 18 Tennyson Street is an award winning and striking example of Late Twentieth Century Functionalist style applied to an infill development of residence and studio for a notable local artist.

Physical Description

The double storey box like structure has a roof deck behind a horizontal clad corrugated iron parapet. The walls are prefabricated panels set within an exposed steel structure. There are no windows at ground floor level on the street frontage, rectangular aluminum framed windows at first floor level below a continuous horizontal band of windows set below the projecting parapet. The façade to the side yard comprises steel decks at three levels with return steel staircases accessing all levels. Balustrades are pipe rails. Minimal setback None

History

Tennyson Street was named after Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892), 1st Baron Tennyson and English poet laureate. It is adjacent to Shakespeare Street, which was named after the famous English playwright. It was part of the third Leeder Estate subdivision which was carried out after stages one and two, which began in 1891. In May 1895 this area became part of the Leederville Road District and the following year it became a municipality. The latter change came about as the area was deemed to have sufficient properties to enable the payment of ₤300 in annual rates. It was divided into three wards: North, South and Central and its first mayor was James Stewart Bennett. In 1914 the municipality joined with Perth, North Perth and other areas to form 'Greater Perth'. By 1900 the area was serviced by electric trams which ran from Perth and along Oxford (from Newcastle) as far as Anzac Road. This proved to be a strong attraction for settlers after that time. In the 1950s the trams were replaced by buses. Tennyson Street was originally comprised on the south side of the back yards of lots facing Galwey Street (previously Schafer Street), and on the north side by the side boundaries of the lots facing the cross streets. On the north side of the street a little brick workshop had at some time been established on a small piece of land taken from the rear of two lots facing Shakespeare Street. The workshop was in later years used for an upholstery business. As part of the ongoing subdivision and infill that has occurred in recent years in inner city areas, Tennyson Street has developed as a streetscape of modern residences as the lots facing Galwey Street have been subdivided. No. 18 is the only one in the street block on the northern side between Rae and Shakespeare Streets. In 1998, the workshop was demolished and a modern house, known as Glick house for its artist owner, Rodney Glick, was completed was completed in February-March 1999. Architects for the place were Geoff Warn and Jane Wetherall and the builder was Graham Glick and Magnum Builders. The place was both a residence and place of work for its owner, an artist who designs 'purpose-built art, public art, architecture, video, design, furniture' (www.glickinternational.com). He has also '˜created a number of fictional worlds, often co-scripted by David Solomon '“ The Glick International Collection, and the invention of Klusian Philosophy 1989 was quickly followed by The Alice Black Theory of Emerging Art'. (www.superfictions.com/encyc/entries/glick.html) At the time of his application for a building licence for the subject place he was also Coordinator of Graduate Studies in the School of Art at Curtin University. The 1999 Winter Edition of 'The Architect' described this house as 'an engineered aesthetic' and an 'ambiguous and confronting house'. In 2003 the premises were advertised for sale with offers above $585,000 only to be considered.

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Olive Trees

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The Olive Trees have some historic significance being planted by the Panegyres family circa 1927, a Greek family who have made a significant contribution to the development of the Town of Vincent community. The Olive Trees have some social significance being valued by the community through its historic and social associations with the Panegyres family and the Greek community in Leederville more generally. The Olive Trees have some aesthetic value as it forms a significant element in the historic streetscape of Leederville.

Physical Description

The subject Olive Trees are the common black olive 'Olea europea' which are believed to be planted circa 1927 for a domestic garden. The tree to the southwest has a multi stemmed trunk, with the smaller tree having a single stemmed trunk. In July 2008 both trees have spreading canopies each estimated to be six metres in width. The trees trunks are gnarled and twisted. The Olive Trees are short and squat, measuring about 12 metres in height, typical of this variety of Olive Tree. The silvery green leaves are oblong in shape, measuring 4–10 cm long and 1–3 cm wide. There is suckering basal growth evident under the Olive Trees. To remove this growth would reveal the true structural shape and form of the two trees. This variety of Olive tree features small white flowers, with four-cleft calyx and corolla, two stamens and bifid stigma, which are borne generally on the last year's wood, in racemes springing from the axils of the leaves. Typically the fruit appears as a small drupe between 1 - 1.25 meters long. The Olive Trees are located at the southwest corner of No. 1 The Avenue, at the verge of Leederville Parade, Leederville. Their originally setting in a domestic garden has been completely lost with the advent of the construction of the Mitchell Freeway.

History

The Olive Trees are believed to have been planted by the Panegyres family, a well-known family in Leederville that migrated to Perth from Kastellorizon, a small island in Greece, in the 1910s.The Panegyres established the Leederville Fish Supply at Oxford Street in the 1920s. The Olive Trees were planted in the backyard of the family home at No. 2 (Lot 7) Woolwich Street, Leederville circa 1927. From a historical perspective, the Greeks regard the olive tree as a symbol of victory and honour. Many of the Panegyres family and social gatherings were held under the olive trees, such as Greek Name Days and pre-wedding activities. In the 1960s No. 2 Woolwich Street, with the Olive Trees in the backyard, fell within the boundary of the land resumption area under the Mitchell Freeway project. Following the construction of the Freeway, it eventuated that although the dwelling itself was demolished to allow for the construction of Leederville Parade, the rear of the block where the olive trees were located was spared. These two Olive Trees now form part of the Avenue Car Park.

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Horry's Tree

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Horry’s Tree (Moreton Bay Fig tree) has moderate historic significance being planted by Horace (Horry) Thompson, a dairyman and resident within the Leederville area who fought for Australia and lost his life at the Battle of Passchendaele in the First World War. Horry was the son of Harry Thompson who served as a Leederville Councillor in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Horry’s Tree was the only domestic tree at this particular location that was not demolished within the land resumption area designated by the Main Roads Department for the construction of the Mitchell Freeway in the 1970s. Horry’s Tree has moderate aesthetic significance as a mature and healthy specimen of its kind, which is of considerable height that is clearly visible from the dual use path along the Mitchell Freeway adjacent to the Vincent Street off ramp and is accessible to the public. Horry’s Tree has some social significance being valued by the community through its historic and social associations with the Thompson Family and the community in Leederville more generally. The tree serves to contribute to the community’s sense of place.

Physical Description

An inspection of Horry’s Tree was undertaken in October 2014 for the purpose of this assessment. Horry’s Tree has a moderate level of aesthetic value and is a mature and healthy specimen of considerable height. It is clearly visible from the dual use path along the Mitchell Freeway adjacent to the Vincent Street off ramp and is accessible to the public.

History

Horry’s Tree (Moreton Bay Fig tree) has moderate historic significance being planted by Horace (Horry) Thompson, a dairyman and resident within the Leederville area who fought for Australia and lost his life at the Battle of Passchendaele in the First World War. Horry was the son of Harry Thompson who served as a Leederville Councillor in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Horry’s Tree was the only domestic tree at this particular location that was conserved from demolition within the land resumption area designated by the Main Roads Department for the building of Mitchell Freeway in the 1970s.

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City of Vincent Administration Building

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The Town of Vincent Administration Building marks the establishment of the Town of Vincent as a new local authority, following the breakup of the greater City of Perth. The Administration Building is a fine example of Late 20th Century International style, by well known Perth architect Peter Hunt, and was the recipient of a Civic Design Commendation from the WA Chapter of the RAIA.

Physical Description

Two storey office structure set above a basement undercroft. Its entry façade is predominantly steel and glass, contrasting with the stone cladding to the rest of the facades. It is set in an elevated position on a paved platform, reached by a flight of steps from the car park, to give it greater prominence. It is located adjacent to the extensive community facilities of the Loftus Centre. It has a landmark presence in its parkland setting at the corner of Loftus and Vincent Streets, which retains some remnant bush trees. Parkland None

History

The site where the Town of Vincent Administration Building is currently located belonged to a Government reserve (Reserve 884) which was under the control of the Perth Board of Health in the 1890s. Reserve 884 covered the north side of Vincent Street and stretched from Charles to Oxford Streets. The area east of Loftus Street was used as a rubbish tip for some years in the 1890s, while the area along Oxford Street was parceled off as sites for public buildings such as post office, municipal offices, primary school and police station. The Wise's Post Office Directories indicate that the subject site was a 'Recreation Reserve' at least until 1949 when the publication of the Directories ceased. In the mid 1990s, Perth City Council was divided into four smaller local government areas, creating Perth City and the towns of Victoria Park, Vincent and Cambridge. This was a reversal of the amalgamation that had taken place in 1914 and 1917, when the Greater Perth area had been created, and was brought about by the growth of the affected suburbs into a size considered unmanageable by one council body. In November 1994, the site at the corner of Vincent and Loftus Streets was approved to be the location of the new Administrative Centre as it had a number of advantages: the land was Reserve land and was unencumbered, thus construction could commence without negotiating leases; the new Administrative Centre would complement other existing facilities which were already on the site including Council Library, Council Child Health Centre and Leederville Community Centre. The building was designed by architect Peter Hunt, and built by Consolidated Construction Pty Ltd, at a cost of $5.65 million. Construction began on 4 April 1995 and the building was completed on 22 March 1996. Prior to its completion, the Town's offices were temporarily located in a grandstand at Leederville Oval from February 1995 to March 1996.

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Weatherboard Cottage

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The place is an example of a single-storey Federation Bungalow style residence.

The place is associated with Albert George Bourne, who constructed the residence in 1915 and stables to the rear of the property.

If extant, the stables are a rare example of an inner metropolitan located stables which represents the period when horse power and horse-drawn vehicles were used to deliver goods, prior to the ascension of the motorcar.

Physical Description

The single storey residence is rectangular in plan with four basic room arranged around a central passage. The front façade has a central door with symmetrical windows either side, and is covered with a bullnosed verandah which does not extend to either side. It is unclear whether the building to the rear of the property is the original stables.

History

The property was constructed was constructed in 1915 by Albert George Bourne, who came into ownership of the land in the same year. The house was constructed with two bedrooms, a lounge kitchen and back verandah. Bourne was a carrier (traditionally a driver of a horse-drawn vehicle used for transporting goods), and kept two horses in stables to the rear of the property. The property remained in the Bourne family until 1973, when the residence was purchased by the City of Perth after the widening of Loftus Street had created cracks in the house. In 1995 the ownership of the property was transferred to the Town (now City) of Vincent. It is unclear what function the building took on between 1974-2000 under the ownership of the Cities of Perth and Vincent. In 2000, the house was renovated by Aboriginal youth under a skills training program and refurbished for leasing. The property has been leased by the Patricia Giles Centre, a children’s counselling service since 2001, and in April 2011 the lease was extended until 2016.

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The weatherboard house at No 245 Vincent Street is a fine and notable example of a Late Colonial Cottage style, which has associations with the Bourne family, early residents of Leederville, who owned and occupied the place from 1915 to 1973.

Physical Description

The cottage is in a style and material from the Late Colonial period, with its simple rectangular plan form of four basic rooms arranged around a central passage, covered by a hipped roof with clipped eaves over the weatherboard walls. The principal façade has a central door flanked by symmetrical sash windows, with a full width bullnose verandah. The symmetry of the composition is not reflected in the one double chimney between the two eastern rooms. The window on the eastern façade is sheltered by an awning. Street oriented cottage set close to and below the level of the street, behind a reconstructed picket fence. Extensive refurbishments

History

The property was purchased by William James of Yarloop on 20 January 1897. Although the 1900 PWD Sewerage Plan show a building that appears to be on the site, no entries for the place were listed in the Wise's Post Office Directories during the first decade of the 20th century. On 31 October 1913, Albert George Bourne acquired the title to the property and in 1914 he took a mortgage to finance it. He is recorded in the Post Office Directories as occupying the dwelling in 1915. This coincides with Albert Bourne's children being told that their father had either built the house himself, or had it built, around 1915. The house was formerly listed as No. 1 Vincent Street in 1915 and 1916 and renumbered as No. 245 in 1917. The house had two bedrooms, lounge and kitchen and a back verandah. The children slept in the second bedroom and the lounge room until a sleepout was added on the verandah. Albert Bourne was born in Perth in 1886. On 4 July 1910, he married Charlotte Elizabeth Ellen Walpole, born 1882 in South Australia. Their first two children, Mavis and George, were born before the family moved into No. 245 Vincent Street. Another five children were born at the house, three of whom, Florence, Howard and Dorothy, survived childhood. Albert Bourne was a carrier, and his two draught horses were kept in a stable at the rear of the property. He later bought a Willy's Knight motor vehicle, which he operated as a taxi, and later still added a Studebaker, which he employed someone to drive. In October 1931, title to No. 245 was transferred to Charlotte Bourne when Albert left the family for several years. He returned in 1935, and died shortly after. Charlotte continued to live at No. 245 Vincent Street. Her children went to work, married and left the home. Following her death in 1961, No. 245 was inherited by her eldest son George Albert. He transferred the title to his sister Florence (Dalton), because she had '˜done a lot for Mum'. When Loftus Street was being widened, the work of demolishing houses along the route and making the road created cracks in the house. Rather than repair the place, the City of Perth purchased the property for £17,000 in July 1973, and Florence moved to a unit in Labouchere Road, Como, to be near her sister Mavis. In 1995, ownership of the property was transferred to the Town of Vincent. The Town restored the cottage as a joint project with the Aboriginal Program at Central TAFE and the conservation works were completed in 2001. The Patricia Giles Centre, a domestic violence counseling service for children and mothers, was the first tenant to occupy the cottage. An interpretative signage, illustrating the cultural heritage significance of the cottage, is currently located along the street frontage of the subject dwelling.

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Leederville Oval

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Leederville Oval has considerable social significance to the district, being located at the heart of the district and being the drilling ground for the Leederville Drill Hall during World War One, the long time home of the West Perth Football Club, a venue for cricket and special events. The grandstand and associated facilities is one of the better metropolitan examples of the Post War Functionalist style of sporting venue.

Physical Description

Leederville Oval is located on an irregular peice of land that contains the centrally located grassed football oval and the surrounding grassed banks, stands, clubrooms and other associated facilities. The grassed oval runs north-south with goal posts located at either end. To the east and north are grass embankments and to the west are the two grandstands and the steel-framed shelter. The larger of the two grandstands is the R.P Fletcher Stand constructed in 1959 in the Post War International Style. The base and rear wall of the stand is constructed from salmon coloured face brickwork with a tiered concrete floor to accommodate the timber bench seating. The massive west wall of the building with its flanking towers anchors the steel framed; metal deck clad cantilevered roof that shades the seating. In the base of the building beneath the seating are two floors offices, club rooms and change rooms and other facilities. Two new media boxes were constructed in the internal rear section of the seating in 2006. The Roper Stand constructed in 1969 is located to the south of the R.P Fletcher stand. This two storey structure has a concrete frame with brick panels and a low pitch gable roof. Grassed slopes down to oval Extensive

History

Originally part of the wetlands, the subject site belonged to a Government reserve (Reserve 884) under the control of the Perth Board of Health in the 1890s. Reserve 884 covered the north side of Vincent Street, stretched from Charles to Oxford Streets. The area east of Loftus Street was used as a rubbish tip for some years in the 1890s, while the area along Oxford Street was parceled off as sites for public buildings such as post office, municipal offices, primary school and police station. Leederville Oval was established in 1915, although the Wise's Post Office Directories list the subject site as a 'Recreation Reserve' at the time and only named it as 'Leederville Oval' from 1929. The first football game was held at the Leederville Oval in July 1915. It was 1919 before any facilities were built at the ground, and that was only done when the West Australian Football League refused to allow any more games to be played until they were provided. A grandstand was built the following year, at a cost of £703, the contract going to G. Schofield of Cleaver Street. By 1921, facilities included seating accommodation, fencing, turnstiles & ticket houses, heights, latrines and gates. A total of £917-4-10 was spent between 1919 and 1921. In 1943, the main entrance from Vincent Street was enlarged and the hall beside the old entrance was removed. The oval was eventually provided with tennis courts and cycle track as well as football facilities. Leederville was the home of the West Perth Football Club, the Falcons, for many years. Mr R.P Fletcher whom which the large grandstand located on the western side of Leederville Oval is named, held a long association with the West Perth Football Club and was president from 1946 - 1962. The oval was used during the First World War by the military forces for cadet drilling, the Leederville Drill Hall being only a little further west on Vincent Street and not yet provided with its own parade ground. The place has also had strong associations with athletics. Among other things, it was a training ground during the 1961 Empire Games. The Oval was the home of local football and cricket and functioned as headquarters of the West Perth Football Club until it relocated to the Joondalup Arena in the mid 1990s. The Oval was also used as training venue for the West Coast Eagles when Subiaco oval was not available to them. The grounds were also the venue of interschool sport competitions on occasion. In 1995, following the establishment of the Town of Vincent, the Town's administration set up temporary home at Leederville Oval. The Oval is made use of by various sporting clubs, including other football clubs on a temporary basis when required. In recent years, there had been suggestions that the Perth Glory Soccer Club could make Leederville Oval its home but a decision was made to locate them at Perth Oval. Leederville Oval has been dedicated as a '˜Football Centre of Excellence' and the home of both East Perth Football Club and Subiaco Football Club. In August 2005, the Town approved the new name for Leederville Oval to be 'Medibank Stadium'.

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The house at 148 Anzac Road, is a fine and representative example of the Interwar California Bungalow style, that is substantially intact. The wide frontage demonstrates a new housing model for the Interwar period, basically two rooms deep, with more rooms having street views. The width is amplified with the front garage providing for the increasing ownership of motor vehicles.

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Single storey dwelling with an expansive assymmetrical frontage with central protruding gabled verandah within the hipped roof. The wide verandah has a stepped dado and rendered pillar detail. The verandah roof extends to form awnings over the windows on the flanking rooms. The windows are typical of the period with a casement each side of the central fixed window with leadlight patterns in vertical format on the outside windows and horizontal across the top of the central window. A small stepped parapet garage is in place on the side. Residential- setback behind the original low brick and render fence None apparent

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No. 148 Anzac Road is part of the Hordern Park Estate in Mount Hawthorn, developed by the Intercolonial Investment Land & Building Company of Sydney in the early 1900s. In the mid 1920's there were no houses in Anzac Road between Egina and Lynton Streets and only George Andrews, a market gardener, was listed as operating west of Lynton Street. There was no street number allocated to this garden. Numbers 172 and 182 were listed in 1931 and in 1932 Jurgen P. Freese and the sisters of the Poor joined had joined George Andrewss near Lake Monger. As the 1930's progressed other houses were slowly built at the western end of the street and in 1937 No. 184 was constructed. Its first occupant was George Coslett and in 1947 it was occupied by Matt Vernon. Anzac Road was known as Government Road until after World War I, when it was renamed in memory of the Anzac forces. The road was initially made of timber and it was not until sometime in the 1930's that it was remade. 'Men with horse-drawn scoops were used to construct the road and then gravel boulders were placed on the ground which became the raod base. They were smashed up with slege-type hammers and this was hard work. Then the diesel roller came into play and finally we had a road'. (Dirk Freese). Originally when the western end of the road was put through it ran along the northern edge of Lake Monger. However the construction of the Mitchell Freeway in 1976 changed the layout of this western end and blocked access to the lake. A group of concerned residents was formed and subsequent appeals to the Minister at the time, Carmen Lawrence, led to the construction of a pedestrian bridge from Brittania Reserve over the freeway to the lake.

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The house, at No. 40 Anzac Road, is a good and representative example of the Interwar Arts and Crafts style applied to a modest bungalow. Its fine timber entry detail is reminiscent of similar detailing by Robin Dodds in Queensland and Harold Desbrowe Annear in Melbourne.

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The single storey brick dwelling has a hipped roof with a feature gable over the prominent front room. The remainder of the frontage is recessed, with a crippled verandah from the main roof and continues as an awning over the protruding room. The face brickwork is tuckpointed on the front façade, with a band of render at approximately 1.5 from floor level. The verandah entry features a central circular opening with vertical timbers at the top, and roughcast piers to dado height with twin posts above. The windows are in configuratons of three casements with four panes across the top of each window. The front door is full length stained glass, possibly not original, with small sidelieghts. Concealed behind a high rendered fence with central timber gate. Small setback some plantings evident Colourbond roof, concrete verandah, filigree brackets

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Anzac Road was known as Government Road until after World War I, when it was renamed in memory of the Anzac forces. It was the southern boundary of the first suburban subdivision in Mount Hawthorn carried out in 1887 by the Intercolonial Investment Land & Building Company of Sydney. The northern boundary was Scarborough Beach Road (then known as Scarborough Beach Road.) There were only six houses listed for Government Road, between Loftus and Oxford streets, in 1915 and it was the same in other nearby streets, but by 1940 the area was largely built out. Many of these homes were constructed after World War 1 by Plunkett's, a successful building company owned by carpenter, Thomas Scott Plunkett. Following World War II Plunketts concentrated on Worker's Homes Boards (the forerunner of the State Housing Commission) and War Services Homes. Numbers 38 and 42 were built by 1920 but No. 40 did not appear in Wise's Post Office Directories until No. 1926 when it was listed as 'vacant'. The following year No. 40 was occupied by Lloyd Menhennett who was still there in 1930. In 1947, Mrs May Aurich was in residence. Anzac Road was initially listed as part of the suburb of Leederville and in the 1930's it was changed to Mount Hawthorn. In December 2009 a building licence was issued for partially demolition to the rear of the dwelling and a storey development to the rear.

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Residence, 37 Brady Street, Mount Hawthorn

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House, 4 Britannia Road, Mount Hawthorn

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No. 139 Buxton Street is a surviving example of immigrant initiative through a factory building constructed by immigrants, largely from materials of their own making. Now used as The Jazz cellar it has become a venue of social importance.

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Originally constructed by two immigrants as a factory building, with the saw tooth form of construction common for factories. The concrete blocks for its construction may have been made by its builders, as the commercial production of concrete blocks did not occur until the Post World War Two period. Adapted in recent times for commercial purposes and used now as The Jazz Cellar. The Jazz Cellar occupies the basement and is accessed via a red telephone booth leading underground. Industrial building with added commercial façade

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Oliver A. Crouch is listed at this address in 1932, which was numbered as 130 until 1935. George Wasely followed from 1933 to 1934. It is believed that they resided in a small house at the rear of this very large block, which was later demolished. In 1934, Steve Todoroff is listed for the first time as resident at this address. Some time around 1934/35/ he and George Dimitroff, who had formed a furniture manufacturing partnership together, built a small factory, which was later used as a shop/storeroom facility. The building is a cement structure and was most likely constructed bit-by-bit as their business expanded and needed more space. (The current owner, Roy Burton found evidence of the cement bricks for this being made in a mould on the premises.) In 1936 George Dimitroff is listed as being there on his own and working as a 'cabinet maker'. tHe building is shown on the MWSSDD sewerage plan of 1937. Since in the 1990's the rear of the building has been occupied as the Jazz Cellar , A jazz music venue and it is home to the Cornerhouse Jazz Band. Roy Burton plays the trombone in the band. The shops at the front were ocupied by a mobile phone company in more recent times and Gadean Shoes, as orthopedic shoe supplier. The Jazz Cellar operated for a number of years without a licence, until July 2000 when an application was made to the Town of Vincent Council to change the proposed use of the place to commercial hall. The local community believed that the place was an excellent example of a venue where people of all ages could mix and socialize. and danced if they wished to. Jazz musicians from interstate and overseas play at the Jazz Cellar when they are in Perth, and young musicians and singers are encouraged to join in with the band. The application for the change of use was endorsed, on the condition that some planning and health matters were attended to. In 2007 the Cellar remains a very popular attraction to locals and those from further afield when it is open for jazz on Friday nights.

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The house, at 150 Coogee St, was the family home of Hazel Hawke, wife of Prime Minister Bob Hawke. It is a fine and representative example of an Interwar California Bungalow.

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The single storey dwelling has a hipped roof with a double front gable feature. A full gable over the protruding front room and a truncated gable over the wide verandah. The verandah roof is supported by square rendered columns on a stepped base supported by the face brick dado wall. The front walls have a dado brick work and render above. The garage on the side has a parapet frontage. Low fence- lawns and perimeter shrubs None apparent

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No. 150 Coogee Street was part of Swan Location 724, Lot 215. It was the childhood home of Hazel Hawke (nee Masterton), former wife of Prime Minister Bob Hawke. Hazel wrote in her biography 'My Own Life' that 'It was not long after this holiday that we moved into a brick house Mum and Dad built on the other half of their double block in Coogee St. The big gum trees had to go! Dad owned a block in the smarter suburb of Nedlands, over near the Swan River, but Mum was too attached to Mount Hawthorn to leave. It was where she felt comfortable and it was near her sisters'¦ Dad built paths, enclosed the large back verandah and built a summerhouse the width of the block for Mum to fill with wondrous ferns and flowering exotics'¦ There was a huge, flat lawn at the back to play on and a curved wall on the front verandah where for years to come all the family photos were taken in the afternoon sun.' From 1924 until 1928 James Masterson, an accountant, is shown in the Wise's Post Office Directories as owning house No. 120 Coogee Street. From 1929 until 1936 he is listed at No. 148 (the blocks had been renumbered). The 1937 and 1938 issues show No. 148 as vacant and the Mastersons at No. 152. Around 1939 he erected a second house on the vacant block next door and the new house was then numbered 150, the previous one then being renumbered as 152. On his death in 1959, James widow Edith inherited in the property. In 1960 the house was purcahsed by another daughter Edith (Hazel's sister) and her husband Ronald William Baker. No. 148, a weatherboard and iron building that was the Masterson's first home, was demolished in 2002 and replaced by a modern four bedroom residence with a swimming pool. Hazel attended the nearby Mount Hawthorn State School in Matlock Street and many past students and other local families remember her musical skills. It was through her music that she met Bob Hawke, who was Prime Minister of Australia from 1983 to 1991. Hazel later wrote her autobiography and became involved in a broad range of organisations, including Alzheimer's Australia.

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House, 115 Dunedin Street, Mount Hawthorn

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