Liveringa Homestead Group

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Liveringa is historically important as it dates from the beginnings of settlement in the Kimberley district in 1881 and has associations with a number of pioneer families of the area. Its buildings illustrate the way of life of the well-to-do pastoralists and have a number of interesting features including the stonework of the main house, the iron verandah posts and the terraced approach. The setting is attractive, with the homestead overlooking a billabong on a creek which runs into the Fitzroy river. It is the only station in the area where so many of the early buildings have survived.

Physical Description

After Alexander Forrest’s exploration of the Kimberley in 1979 the district was opened for settlement the following year and the lease for Liveringa was granted in 1881 to a syndicate consisting of Messrs W Marmion, the Pearse brothers, M.C. Davies and Sholl who developed it as a sheep station. Personnel of the sundicate changed from time to time but until recent uyears prominent amongst them were members of the Forrest and McLary families whose interest continued until the property was sold to Camballin Farms in the 1960’s when agricultural development, mainly rice growing, began and the station was used for cattle, not sheep. From this period the homestead has mainly been occupied by caretakes and its condition has deteriorated from neglect. Homestead: walls, stone with cement mortar. Roof: corrugated iron. Verandah: steel columns with unlined timber purlins and corrugated iron roof. Floor: concrete. “new” kitchen, bathroom, bedroom section has timber-framed, asbestos clad walls and iron roof. Workers kitchen/dining room: Footings and interior walls are stone and mud mortar. Footings have been whitewashed. Verandahs appear to have been enclose later and walls are of asbestos. Roof is corrugated iron. Meathouse: bottom storey is reinforced concrete, upper section timber framed with flywire walls. Shearers Quarters: Steel frame building with large timber shutters along full length of the walls. Iron roof and concrete floor with stone footings. Workshop: steel frame, corrugated iron roof and walls.

History

Assessment: 1984

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Statement of Significance

Significant to the history of the settlement of the Kimberley region. Very significant as a fine example of homestead group from the early 1900s.

Physical Description

The existing stone homestead building was constructed in 1908 by the Kimberley Pastoral Company and the earlier homestead was demolished. The homestead is a fine stone building with high ceilings and ventilation gaps between the walls and the ceiling. There is a wide verandah on all sides. The house has been extended but the newer section is easily distinguished from the original as it is of timber frame construction. The station contains a number of other significant outbuildings including shearing shed from the days when sheep were run on the station. There is also a traditional kitchen.

History

Liveringa Station was the principal station of the Kimberley Pastoral Company which landed at King Sound in 1881, being the first of the West Kimberley pastoralists to attempt this point of entry. The only other station in existance on the Fitzroy at this time was Yeeda. The Kimberley Pastoral Company was one of the few early landholders to retain a long term interest in leases aquired before 1885.

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Intactness of fabric: Good Alterations: Timber frame section

Condition

Good

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Bungarun (Leprosarium), Derby

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Bungarun, the site of the previous Derby Leprosarium is of significance to the history of the medical services in Western Australia. It is of great significance to the former patients and nursing staff of the hospital.

Physical Description

The leprosarium site contains a number of buildings which have been constructed over the period of its histoiy. These include quarters of the former medical staff, dormitories, service buildings, patients shelters, and the Church of England chapel constructed circa 1956. Some of these buildings have been restored by the current owners of the site.

History

In the 1920s and 30s controversy surrounded the issue of health care in Derby due to the treatment of people, mostly Aboriginal, suffering from Hansen's disease (leprosy). In 1924 a new white hospital was constructed in Derby and Aboriginal patients mostly suffering from Leprosy continued to be treated in the old hospital which incorporated the former Residency building. In 1925 Derby patients were transferred to a new lazaret at Cossack and the old Residency was burnt to prevent the spread of disease. In the 1930s the treatment of leprosy was transferred to Darwin, however fresh cases appeared in Derby. As a result the State Medical Department used a Federal Subsidy to construct the Leprosarium at Bungarun near Derby in 1936. The leprosarium eventually closed in 1986.

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Royal Flying Doctor Service, House and Office

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Good, as a result of cntinued use and maintenance.

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The Derby headquarters of the Royal Flying Doctor Service (Victorian Section) including the radio station and adjacent residence, is of social and historic significance representing the role of the Flying Doctor in the Kimberley community from the 1930s and in Derby from the 1950s. They are an important aspect of the history of the provision of medical services to the remote areas of Australia. They are particularly significant to the people of the Kimberley and to the people of Victoria who have assisted in their support throughout the history of the service in the region. They are also a significant component in the aviation history of Australia.

Physical Description

Both the house and the office are timber framed buildings typical of buildings constructed in Derby in the 1950's. The walls are clad with asbestos cement sheeting and the roofs are of corrugated iron with timber storm battens. Both the office building and the house have been altered from the original. the office contains a significant display including items relating o the history of the Flying Doctor Service and radio equipment. The existing radio equipment dates from 1972.

History

The Victorian section of the Flying Doctor Service (The Royal prefix was added in 1955) commenced operations at Wyndham in 1934. The citizens of Victoria adopted the Kimberley area to support as that State had no large outback population. The Kimberley Base was transferred to Halls Creek during WWII, from 1942-1946. The West Kimberley base opened in Derby in 1955 and the Wyndham base ceased operations in 1990. The Royal Flying Doctor Service Radio Station office and the adjacent house were opened on 21st July 1955 by her excellency Lady Slim. The house was erected as a result of a donation by Mrs Janet Biddlecombe of Golf Hill Victoria. (Dedication plaque).

Integrity/Authenticity

Intactness of Fabric: Good Alterations: Various

Condition

Good

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Myall's Bore

Parent Place or Precinct

07214 Derby Town Commonage

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Myall's Bore is significant as a physical remnant of the cattle droving history of Derby and the West Kimberley region.

Physical Description

Myall's Bore is a natural spring which was used traditionally to water cattle before driving them along the stock route into Derby. A long cattle trough was constructed circa 1910.

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Derby Town Commonage

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• 00693 Prison Boab Tree
• 09741 Holman House
• 00695 Myall's Bore
• 07207 Frostys Pool

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Holman House

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07214 Derby Town Commonage

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Holman House is significant for its associations with the history of the Derby Hospital and with various medical officers including Dr Holman.

Physical Description

Holman House was constructed circa 1915 to house the resident medical officer in Derby. The house was originally located on the current hospital reserve (Onslow Square) opposite to the former Courthouse building. The building was relocated for the construction of part of the existing hospital complex. Holman House took its name from Derby's long serving medical Officer Dr Holman who lived in the house in the 1950s and was known for his dedication to the medical needs of the people of Derby including the patients of the Derby Leprosarium. The building is rectangular in plan and constructed of timber frame with corrugated iron roof. It is a good example of a typical house constructed in the region in the early 1900s. The house was constructed by Owen Ah Chee.

Integrity/Authenticity

Intactness of fabric: Requires further investigation. Alterations: Numerous

Condition

Requires further investigation

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Derby Police Gaol

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The Old Derby Gaol is very significant as a remnant of the system of law and order in Northern Australia circa the early 1900s. The building represents the harsh conditions in which Aboriginal and white prisoners were housed at this period.

Physical Description

The Old Derby Gaol is located adjacent to the current Derby Police Station and Lockup. Records indicate a police station constructed on or near this site in 1897. The first gaol in Derby was located near the site of the Old Residency (currently Numbala Nunga) and later relocated as the centre of town moved closer to the wharf area. The gaol building consists of an iron frame constructed of railway track sections with iron mesh panel walls with a timber (jarrah or Karri) roof structure with corrugated iron roof sheets. The gaol consists of two open cells separated by a timber frame partition wall. Toilets were added later.

History

The building was probably used to house both Aboriginal and white prisoners. It is not known when the building ceased to be used.

Integrity/Authenticity

Intactness of Fabric: Good Alterations: Toilets added

Condition

Very Poor

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Statement of Significance

The old gaol’s open design to suit local climatic conditions is of architectural interest. The building dates from around 1910 early in the town’s history and demonstrates an aspect of the practice of law and order in the north of the state during the early part of this century.

Physical Description

The old gaol consists of a rectangular core constructed of steel uprights and steel grille facing a verandah supported on steel pipe columns on three sides. The north side is enclosed with a corrugated iron clad stud wall and is not sheltered by a verandah. The building is equally divided into two cells divided by a corrugated iron clad stud wall. The floor of the cells is concrete into which are cast a number of iron rings to which prisoners were apparently chained. The verandah has no flooring. The hipped roof structure is of timber and the roof cladding is of corrugated iron. There are no gutters. At the South corner of the building is a lean to structure containing a rude toilet.

History

Assessment 1988 construction c.1910

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Derby Tramway Woolshed

Condition

Good.

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Consider the tramway as an integral part of the port system in terms of future development for interpretive or tourism purposes. It should be considered in association with proposals for the causeway, the wharf, the cattle race, and the stock route to Myall's Bore.

Physical Description

The Derby Tramway was constructed in 1885/6 across the causeway from the town to the existing jetty. The jetty and tramway were upgraded in 1893. In the 1890s the tramway was extended up Loch and Delawarr Streets to the quarry, probably for the purpose of transporting fill for the upgrading of the causeway. Documents indicate various changes in the extent of the tramway over the period of its history but it is likely that for the major part of the twentieth century only the section between the Johnston and Loch Streets intersection and the jetty remained in use. In the 1950s some of the remaining track was removed, leaving only the portion required for shunting purposes extending up Loch Street. In 1963 a new jetty incorporating tramway facilities was constructed. This tramway terminated at a new goods yard located adjacent to the jetty and the line across the causeway was no longer used. Various buildings related to the tramway have been constructed throughout the period of its history. The main town depot associated with the tramway is located at the intersection of Loch and Elder Streets and from here the tramway extended across the causeway. Various buildings have been constructed in the town depot of which two remain. The existing woolshed was originally constructed in 1900 and underwent significant alterations in 1957. The existing goods shed was constructed in 1957 as an extension to an earlier goods shed dating from circa 1890s which no longer exists. The goods shed in the goods yard adjacent to the jetty was relocated from Wyndham in 1962. Early trams were horse drawn and Clydesdale horses came to be associated with the tramway. In 1938 the first diesel engine is believed to have been used in Derby. No records have been found to indicate the use of steam engines.

Integrity/Authenticity

Intactness of fabric: Fair, some fabric remaining from 1900, has lost timber platform. Alterations: Rebuilt with alterations 1957

Condition

Fair - Requires conservation

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Wharfingers House, Derby

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The Wharfinger's House is significant to the social and historic development of Derby and to the history of the jetty area.

Physical Description

The building is rectangular in plan with a hipped roof and verandahs on all sides. The main house consists of three rooms opening onto the verandah through pairs of French doors. The building is timber frame on concrete stumps with vertical tongued and grooved wall lining internally and externally. The original building had a ventilated roof space with fly wire between the walls and ceilings. One end of the verandah has been enclosed and there is a fly wire enclosed kitchen on the other end of the verandah.

History

In 1920 a request was made for a house for the wharfinger responsible for overseeing the Derby wharf area. The house was not however completed until 1928. The house was occupied by a continuous sequence of wharfingers from 1928 to 1962, when a new house was constructed on Lot 502 Loch St. The original Wharfingers House was occupied until 1976 by various tenants. The building was restored in 1988 as a bi-centennial project and has been used as a museum since 1990.

Integrity/Authenticity

Intactness of Fabric: very Good Alterations: Enclosure of Verandah.

Condition

Very Good

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Numbala Nunga, Derby

Statement of Significance

The place has cultural heritage significance for the following reasons: the place represents over 120 years of the measures undertaken by the Western Australian government to provide health care to the Aboriginal population of the State’s North West; the place is rare as the site of a Lock Hospital and is representative of the Government policy from the late 1900s of the relocation, isolation and treatment of Aboriginal people suffering from venereal diseases; the place is rare as the site of a Leprosy hospital in the 1920s and the 1930s and is representative of the Government policy of the relocation, detention, isolation and treatment of leprosy patients; the place was the first and only Nursing Home in the Kimberley Region from 1968 until the late 1980s, serving residents that were predominantly of Aboriginal descent and as such the facility worked to retain Aboriginal cultural links where possible; as the site of the Government Residency (1884), the place is representative of the settlement of the Kimberley by colonists from the mid-1880s, and the important first step in establishing a government in the region; as the site of a Native Hospital from 1925 until 1966, the place is representative of the then official government policy of treating Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal patients in separate medical facilities; as a Nursing Home, the place was established with funding from the Commonwealth’s Aboriginal Advancement Trust Account, which aimed to help improve Aboriginal health services across Australia following the 1967 referendum when the Commonwealth first became directly engaged in Aboriginal affairs.

Physical Description

Numbala Nunga, Derby, is a complex of shallow pitched fibre cement clad residential and medical buildings that operated as a nursing home from 1968 to 2008, situated on the site formerly occupied by Derby’s Government Residency (1884), Derby Hospital (including Leprosy and Lock Hospital facilities) (1890s-1925), and Derby Native Hospital (1925-1968) and currently occupied by the former Numbala Nunga Nursing Home (1968-2008).

History

Structures previously located at the site include: the Government Residency (1884), Derby Hospital (including Leprosy and Lock Hospital facilities) (1890s-), and Derby Native Hospital (1925). No elements of these places remain extant in 2016. Numbala Nunga Nursing Home is constructed on the site of the original Government Residency in Derby. Initially, the Government Resident and his clerk lived in two humble temporary corrugated iron houses on the Government Reserve, and the police officials resided in timber thatched shelters. By October 1884, a more permanent Government Residency had been constructed. A police station and quarters (possibly one building) and stables were constructed in 1884 and 1885. It is thought that these structures occupied the south west portion of the Government Reserve. In the late 1890s, after police services had been relocated to the town centre, a hospital started operating from the Residency Reserve. By this time, the Government Resident was also a medical practitioner and could attend to the patients on site, a trend that continued almost continuously from 1885 until 1915. . The Government Resident continued to live at the Residency until a new Residency was constructed elsewhere in Derby in 1917. By the late 1890s, a hospital was operating from the Residency Reserve known as ‘Derby Hospital’. It is possible that by this time the hospital was occupying the recently vacated police building/s. It is known that Derby Hospital treated both white and Aboriginal patients. By 1909, the Government Resident continued to provide medical care and had set up a dispensary in the Residency. By that time, the wider hospital site included a ‘shed’ that was in use as a lazaret (quarantine station for contagious diseases, particularly leprosy). In 1925, after Derby’s leper population had been relocated to Cossack, the former Government Residency building was destroyed by fire. During the entire period when the former Residency was being utilised as a Lock Hospital and Lazaret, Derby Hospital also continued to function from the site. In 1925, the Department of Native Affairs took over control of the site and the existing hospital became officially an Aboriginal-only native hospital. This facility was proposed to serve the whole of the Kimberley. The native hospital closed in 1965 and replaced by Numbala Nunga. The buildings on site date from 1968.

Archaeology

The potential for archaeology associated with the Government Residency phase, including the use of the building as a lazaret to be present is Low. There is little potential for intact artefacts or building remains associated with the operation of the Derby Native Hospital to be present. Although there is Moderate to Low potential for archaeology associated with the operation of Numbala Nunga Nursing Home to be present, it is unlikely to be of high significance.

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Statement of Significance

The site is of great significance to the history of the development of Derby as the site of the government Residency, police facilities, first hospital and Aboriginal hospital over the period of the town's history.

Physical Description

The Residency grounds appear to have housed the town's first hospital and this group of buildings became the Aboriginal hospital in 1924. In 1925 the former Residency building was burnt as a disease control measure when the leprosy patients were relocated to Cossack. The Native Hospital was closed in 1965 and replaced by Numbala Nunga Nursing Home.

History

Numbala Nunga Nursing Home is constructed on the site of the original Government Residency in Derby. The first Government Resident in Derby in 1883 was Robert Fairbairn. Until the early 1900s police buildings including the towns first lockup were located in this vicinity. The Government residency was a substantial timber and iron structure with shutters, however the police facilities were little more than corrugated iron huts.

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Frostys Pool

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07214 Derby Town Commonage

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Statement of Significance

Frosty pool is of significance to the social history of the armed forces in the north of Western Australia during WWII.

Physical Description

Frosty Pool located near Myall's Bore on the outskirts of Derby was constructed in July 1944 by the personnel from No. 3 Platoon of the 125 Platoon General transport Company for the purpose of cooling off.

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Prison Boab Tree

Parent Place or Precinct

07214 Derby Town Commonage

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Statement of Significance

The Prison tree is significant as much because it has become a symbol for the town of Derby as for the history associated with it. It represents the harsh treatment prisoners often received in the north of Australia in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.

Physical Description

Large hollow boab tree believed to have been used as a holding post for prisoners who were being taken into Derby.

History

Prisoners were often marched in chains over hundreds of miles, from their places of arrest for trial and imprisonment. The prison tree is a well established tourist landmark.

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Fitzroy Crossing Police Group

Condition

Office and Store permitted to be demolished on condition of a structural report and termite inspection in 2005. No such report has been received by June 2007.

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The police precinct is historically and socially significant as representative of the police facility in Fitzroy Crossing. The buildings generally represent a sequence of police buildings on the site and continuous use of the site for police purposes from at least 1939 and possibly from the turn of the century. The site and buildings represent the roles of the Police Department and the Public Works Department in the Kimberley region. The adaptive reuse of the site and buildings first by CALM in the 1980s and currently by the Darlngunaya Aboriginal Community is significant as it represents a theme common to the history of the Kimberley region, of reusing existing resources for different purposes and enterprises.

Physical Description

The Fitzroy Crossing Police Station precinct contains buildings relating tot he police use of the place dating back tot the 1940's. However the use of the site by the police dates back to the 1930's and possibly the turn of the century. Between 1950 and 1952 the existing sergeants quarters, cell block and exercise yard and the toilet block were constructed. On completion of the new police quarters it was discovered that no provision had been made for the erection of a police office and store. These were subsequently constructed in 1953. in 1968 the cell block was extended with the construction of the female cell and exercise yard and in 1974 the police office and store was extended with the erection of the storeroom. The site also contains physical remnants of other structures and outbuildings including bough sheds and a garage and a tracker's hut located to the south of the cell block. This is probably the oldest building of the precinct, is constructed of flat iron sheets and is typical of huts found throughout the region.

History

The police moved from the site in the late 1970's when the centre of Fitzroy Crossing shifted following the construction of a new bridge over the river. during the 1980's the sergeant's quarters was used by CALM to house the ranger in charge of Geikie Gorge, Noel Nannup. the site is currently vested in the Shire of Derby-West Kimberley and leased to the Darlngunaya Aboriginal Community.

Integrity/Authenticity

Sergeant's Quarters Construction Date: 1950-1952 Intactness of Fabric: Good Alterations: Infill to front and back verandahs. Lockup Construction date: 1950-1952 Intactness of Fabric: Good Alterations: Extended 1950's Office and Store Construction Date: 1953 Intactness of fabric: Good Alterations: Extended 1970s, conserved 1990s. Trackers Hut Construction Date: Intactness of fabric: Good Alterations: Fireplace

Condition

Segeant's Quarters: Good Lockup: Good Office and Store: Good Trackers Hut: Good

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Fitzroy Crossing Post Office (fmr)

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The Fitzroy Crossing Backpackers Hostel is very significant for its previous use as the Fitzroy Crossing Post Office. It is significant as part of a sequence of post and telegraph stations serving the Fitzroy Crossing area from the 1890s although others have been located on different sites.

Physical Description

The Fitzroy Crossing Backpackers Hostel is located in the building which was originally the Fitzroy Crossing Post Office. The building dates from circa the 1950s and has been restored and refurbished by the Darlngunaya Aboriginal community who run the hostel. The building is constructed of fibro panels on a timber frame with a corrugated iron roof and concrete stumps. The building contains a number of original features including louvre panels, original windows and original fittings, fireplace, cupboards etc, all of which are well maintained. The building also contains original and significant telegraph equipment in the office. The garden setting behind the building contributes to the ambience of the place. This post office is part of a sequence of post and telegraph stations serving the Fitzroy Crossing area dating from the 1890s and beginning with the telegraph station at Blue Bush Swamp in 1890.

Integrity/Authenticity

Intactness of fabric: Very good Alterations: Not known

Condition

Very Good

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Low Level Crossing, Fitzroy Crossing

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Statement of Significance

The low level river crossing on the Fitzroy River at Fitzroy Crossing is very significant representing the main river crossing at this location until 1974.

Physical Description

This was the main crossing point for the Fitzroy River prior to the construction of the new bridge in 1974. The original crossing was constructed in the 1930s and a wider structure was constructed on top of the first structure in the 1950s.

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Fossil Downs Homestead Group

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Statement of Significance

Although no great age, the Fossil Downs homestead stands on one of the earliest Kimberly leases and is still in the hands of the McDonald family who pioneered the lease in 1883 – 1885. The homestead has become one of the most notable in the North West overs its forty four year history. It is notable for its size and quality of architecture and for the extensive outbuildings and garden setting.

Physical Description

Fossil Downs is the McDonald lease taken up in the early 1880s and still in the possession of the family. It is located at the junction of the Fitzroy and Margaret Rivers. The main house is a two story structure of cement blocks, originally cast in the nearby river bed. The ground floors are of concrete and the upper floors are of timber showing exposed beams over the ground floor rooms. The plan shape is a rectangular two storey centre core with a two storey wing ar each end set at 45 degrees to the axis of the centre core. The resulting garden enclosure is luxuriously planted and on this side of the house a wide single storey verandah gives access to the garden. The buildings were constructed over the years of the second world war, the main house standing without windows during the war years. The outbuildings consist of: A two storey building used as quarters, a shed-like building from which goods were sold to the station employees and the aborigines who lived on the property; the school room which has some architectural appeal and the store and loft which is also of some interest. There is also a large open shed for the shelter of vehicles and machinery. These outbuildings lie to the north of the avenue leading from the gate to the main homestead. On the south side of this avenue is the old saw mill shed and the more recent Manager’s residence. Between these is the garage rebuilt after the destruction by the recent flood

History

Assessment 1985

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Statement of Significance

Very significant as a unique homestead dating from the 1930s. The building is a remarkable achievement in the remote Kimberley region. The grounds are also significant and the significance is increase

Physical Description

The Fossil Downs homestead is unusually grand and its construction and lavish furnishing are a remarkable achievement in the remote Kimberley location.The building is designed facing the river however the rear entrance is most commonly used as the front door. The building is of two storeys and designed around a central entry hall with a fine jarrah staircase constructed in Perth and transported to the Kimberley station. The original fittings and furnishings have been conserved intact in the building and the place contains fine examples of interior design dating from the 1940s. The art-deco staircase and balustrade is of particular significance. The house is set in attractively landscaped grounds with immaculate gardens leading up to the house from the station entry gates. There are a number of other buildings within the station complex including stables dating from the 1930s and station living quarters. All these building have been conserved by the present owners.

History

Fossil Downs Station was established by the MacDonald family in 1886. In 1938 William Neil MacDonald married Maxine, a Sydney model, and brought her to Fossil Downs. They built the existing homestead from clay bricks made on the property. William died in 1963 and Maxine in 1988 and both are buried in the Station cemetery. The station was used by the RAAF during World War II. The station is prone to serious flooding and the owners have installed elaborate pulley systems to lift furniture above the water level in the event of floods.

Integrity/Authenticity

Intactness of fabric: Very good Alterations: No alterations

Condition

Very Good

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Lillimilura Ruins and Grotto

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Fair

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Statement of Significance

The buildings at Lillmaloora are significant in the history of the early settlement of the Kimberley. They are significant for their use firstly as an early station group and secondly as a police camp dating from the period of conflict between the white settlers and the local Aboriginal people in the 1890s. They are significant for their role in the conflicts involving Jandamarra (Pigeon) and in particular the incident involving the killing of PC Richardson which led to the period of intense conflict between 1894 and 1897.

Physical Description

Mount Hart Station contains ruins of a stone homestead that probably dates from the period around the turn of the century. The ruins contain the foundations of a group of buildings. There are also several graves in the vicinity of the ruins.

Condition

Ruin

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Old Cherabun Station - on Gogo Stn

Parent Place or Precinct

00698 Gogo Homestead and Cave School

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Statement of Significance

Significant as an example of a bygone way of life.

Physical Description

The station contains remnants of the homestead out buildings including an old kitchen, bread oven and meat house. The kitchen is constructed of concrete blocks on a concrete floor with a corrugated iron roof with verandahs. The wood store is at one end with an outdoor bread oven and the meat store is at the other end of the building.

History

Cherabun was originally an outstation of Go Go Station but was established as a statioin it's own right during WWII.

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Gogo Homestead and Cave School

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• 09778 Old Cherabun Station - on Gogo Stn

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• 09778 Old Cherabun Station - on Gogo Stn

Statement of Significance

Significant to the history of education in the Kimberley.

History

During the 1950's a cave on the Go Go Station that had been used as an air raid shelter during WWII was used as a school room for twenty students. The former homestead is believed to date from the period 1886 to 1913

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• 09778 Old Cherabun Station - on Gogo Stn

Statement of Significance

The older homestead is of typical north west station plan and is constructed with a centre core and surrounding verandahs topped by single pitched hipped roof. Though the building is sixty six years old, the original lease dates back to the earliest Kimberley settlement of the early 1880’s. The outbuildings, now largely in ruins, are of interest as support to the former homestead group.

Physical Description

Gogo is one of the earliest leases taken up I 1883 by the Emanuel family. The others were Christmas Creek and Cherrabun. The current homestead is of modern construction and a distance of some kilometres from the older homestead. The older homestead on the side of a stoney hill dates from 1918. It is built of cement blocks and has a two room centre core surrounded by wide verandahs, some of which have been built in to form bathrooms and a kitchen. Original French doors on the central core have been replaced with windows. At the top of the walls are bands of open cement blocks to provide ventilation. The building is still occupied. In the rocky cliff behind this building a simple network of caves has been carved out of the rock by a man named Ken Garcia. This work was carried our in 1940 apparently as a precaution against Japanese air raids. Some 100 metres from the homestead are the ruins of the saddlery and store buildings measuring overall about 15 metres by 8 metres.

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Assessment 1985

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Air Beef Abattoir and Aerodrome (ruins) and Glenroy Homestead Group

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Statement of Significance

Significant to the history of the pastoral industry in the Kimberley.

History

The air beef scheme was initiated by Gordon Lindsay Blythe in the late 1940's air freight from the Blythe Station at Mount House and Glenroy. An abattoir was built at Glenroy in 1948. Air Beef Pty Ltd was established by MacRobertson Miller Airlines, Australian national Airways and a group of pastoralists in 1948-1949. The venture involved airlifting chilled beef from the abattoir at Glenroy Station to Wyndham and later on to Derby. By 1953 the Air Beef planes faced competition from road trains transporting livestock to the meatworks in Broome. the Glenroy abattoir closed in 1964 and was virtually destroyed by fire in 1966.

Condition

Ruins

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