Local Government
Mandurah
Region
Peel
7 Mandurah Tce Mandurah
Mandurah
Peel
Constructed from 1937
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This is one of few surviving art deco building in Mandurah, and one of few examples of an art deco petrol station in Western Australia. It is highly significant and is already listed with the Art Deco Society’s list of significant buildings, and is currently being assessed by the Heritage Council. The building adds aesthetic and architectural interest to the Mandurah Terrace streetscape, and the theatre added a local cultural flavour to that essentially service-oriented part of the foreshore. As well as having been one of the first petrol stations in Mandurah, the building is also associated with Hobart Tuckey and the Scott Brothers, all of whom were significant contributors to Mandurah’s commercial development. The building also has social significance, having once been the headquarters for community organisations including the Fire Brigade, the Yacht Club and the Mandurah Fishing Club.
Art deco facade in rendered cement with asbestos roofed shed behind. Sides of overhang are ribbed tin. Originally lime washed walls.
The facade was constructed by Hobart Tuckey for the Scott Brothers’ transport company, Mandurah Transport Service, who leased it for use as a petrol station. In 1945, by arrangement with Tuckey, the Scott Brothers undertook to build a cold storage shed to the rear of the petrol station facade. It was subsequently purchased by Tuckey. In the 1940s a bus service operated from Mandurah to Fremantle several times a week from where the theatre stands today. The theatre was unofficially opened in 1983.
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| Files, documents and scrapbooks | Mandurah Historical Society |
Individual Building or Group
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| Present Use | SOCIAL\RECREATIONAL | Theatre or Cinema |
| Original Use | COMMERCIAL | Other |
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| Roof | ASBESTOS | Other Asbestos |
| Wall | BRICK | Rendered Brick |
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