Local Government
Kalgoorlie-Boulder
Region
Goldfields
21 Forrest St Boulder
Cnr Lane St
Kalgoorlie-Boulder
Goldfields
Constructed from 1900
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| Type | Status | Date | Grading/Management | |
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| Statewide Hotel Survey | Completed | 01 Nov 1997 | ||
| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 09 Jul 2001 | Category 2 | |
The place is representative of the Australian Pub tradition as a single-storey hotel with a verandah that extends over the pavement as a dominant streetscape element. The place is significant for its continuity of use.
A single-storey building built to the building line of Forrest and Lane Streets. The roof is concealed behind a rendered parapet with a triangular pediments. The pediments highlight the entrances below. The exterior walls are of rock-faced stone with brick quoin work. Some openings are elliptical arches. The window frames are recessed behind the outer face of the building. A verandah wraps the street facades over the footpath. The verandah roof is bullnosed covered with corrugated galvanised iron and supported on slender posts. The building has been extended on both sides of the building.
The building was established as a hotel and continues to be used as a hotel. In the park at the rear of the Broken Hill Hotel was a Rotunda where politicians talked with presidents during the riots of 1934 trying to discourage them from continuing the riots (Webb, 1993: 669). General Comments: The role of hotels was crucial to the social and economic life on the goldfields. If mines were the sources of the miner's wages, the hotels were the sinks into which a lot of it was poured. Hotels not only provided alcoholic drinks, food and accommodation, but provided men with comfortable surroundings quite beyond their normal experience. Hotels were also vital social centres for travellers and residents alike (Webb, 1993: 543-544).
Integrity: High Authenticity: Moderate
Fair
| Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
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| Webb M; "Golden Destiny: The Centenary History of Kalgoorlie-Boulder and the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia". p. 543-544, 669 | City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder | 1993 |
Individual Building or Group
| Epoch | General | Specific |
|---|---|---|
| Original Use | COMMERCIAL | Hotel, Tavern or Inn |
| Present Use | COMMERCIAL | Hotel, Tavern or Inn |
| Style |
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| Federation Filigree |
| Type | General | Specific |
|---|---|---|
| Other | METAL | Corrugated Iron |
| Wall | STONE | Other Stone |
| Wall | BRICK | Common Brick |
| General | Specific |
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| SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES | Sport, recreation & entertainment |
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