Granny Cooper’s Cottage

Author

City of Mandurah

Place Number

03066

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Location

2 Mandurah Tce Mandurah

Location Details

Lot 309 on Plan 44022

Other Name(s)

Eureka Cottage

Local Government

Mandurah

Region

Peel

Construction Date

Constructed from 1862

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
Heritage List	Adopted	27 May 2014

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
RHP - Does not warrant assessment	Current	28 Nov 2008

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	27 May 2014	Category 1	Category 1 National or State significance The highest level of protection is appropriate including referral for entry on to the appropriate national and/or state registers, and the provision of maximum encouragement to the owner/s to conserve the significance of the place. The place should be photographically recorded and a conservation plan be prepared.

Statement of Significance

• Is a local landmark.
• The building is associated with three of Mandurah’s pioneering families, the Coopers, the Suttons and the Tuckeys.
• One of the oldest buildings in the Mandurah town centre.
• Demonstrates the style of architecture that was adopted by early settlers in the Mandurah area.

Physical Description

Granny Cooper’s Cottage (also known as Eureka Cottage) is a small limestone dwelling in the Victorian Georgian architectural style, built circa 1862, by James Tuckey. The place is elevated above the street with a step entry addressing the modified verandah.
It also has decorative windowsills, jarrah floors and jarrah panelling inside and an original fireplace.
Additions made in 2002 include a new verandah façade which hides the original features of the building. It has an original fireplace and a water tank was located at the rear. Outbuildings are not original.

History

Eureka Cottage was built circa 1862 after members of the Tuckey family returned from the Victorian goldfields. They had been successful enough on the goldfields to acquire the block of land upon which the small limestone cottage was built. The naming of the cottage indicates the wide appeal of the Eureka Stockade.
Ellen Cooper (nee Tuckey) lived in the cottage, and subsequently the alternative name, ‘Granny Cooper’s Cottage’, was adopted by locals.
She conducted a school there from the late 1860’s until the appointment in 1872 of Robert Mewburn as Mandurah’s first official schoolmaster.
When Ellen Cooper died in the 1920s, she left the cottage to her daughter, Violet, who had married George Sutton in 1912.
In 1974 it was bought by the proprietors of the Brighton Hotel. The building is now part of Pronto’s Cafe.

Integrity/Authenticity

Authenticity : Medium (Significant Additions)

Condition

Good

References

Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
Ronald Richards "Mandurah and the Murray: a sequel to the history of the old Murray District of Western Australia	Shire of Murray and City of Mandurah	1993
	Mandurah Historical Society Papers
J Burgess "Mandurah: Water Under the Bridge"

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	EDUCATIONAL	Combined School
Present Use	COMMERCIAL	Restaurant
Original Use	RESIDENTIAL	Single storey residence

Architectural Styles

Style
Victorian Georgian

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Wall	STONE	Limestone
Wall	BRICK	Common Brick
Roof	METAL	Corrugated Iron

Historic Themes

General	Specific
PEOPLE	Early settlers
PEOPLE	Famous & infamous people
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES	Education & science

Creation Date

12 Mar 1993

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

01 Apr 2021

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