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PLACE NAME:

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PLACE NO: 001 SITE Nurse Jones’ Nursing Home

Tradillion Maternity Home; St Anthony’s Private Hospital; Kentucky Villas

STREET ADDRESS: 2 Moira Road (cnr Atkinson Street) Collie

CERTIFICATE OF TITLE DETAILS: SP007956

LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE: For information purposes only

CURRENT USE: Built-Strata Residential Units

PREVIOUS USES: Hospital (nursing home)

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HISTORIC THEME: Community services and utilities

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HCWA DATABASE NO: 6217 Nurse Jones’s Nursing Home – Site (Kentucky Villas) Cnr Atkinson St & Moira Rd, Collie

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STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: Site - former Nurse Jones’s Nursing Home, 2 Moira Road, Collie has cultural heritage significance as the location of the birth of over 1000 Collie infants from 1901 to 1948 . The place has historic and social significance and is closely associated with midwife Nurse Ellen Jones who served the Collie community for over 47 years.

The unit development on the site has no heritage significance.

HISTORICAL DESCRIPTION: Nurse Jones Nursing Home was located at Lot 1244 Atkinson Street, Collie on the north western corner of the intersection with Moira Road.

Nurse Ellen Jones arrived in Collie around 1901 at the age of 40. In her early days in Collie, Nurse Jones, having had 12 children of her own of whom 9 survived, attended expectant mothers in their own homes.4

In 1913 Nurse Jones is reported as living next door to the Roman Catholic Convent5, which Is located in Medic Street, Collie.

A 1921 family notice refers to Nurse Jones’s Tradillion, Medic Street.6

It would appear that Nurse Jones relocated from Medic Street to the corner or Atkinson Street and Moira Road in the early 1920s. The West Australian of 18 October 1924 (page 15) advertised the following ‘To Be Disposed Of – A well-established Maternity Home in Collie, thoroughly furnished, accommodation for 7 patients. Fullest inquiry solicited. Ingoing on application, rent £2 per week. Apply Nurse Jones, Tradillion Home, Moira-rd, Collie’.

In 1925, family notices refer to Nurse Jones’s maternity home in Moira Rd, Collie.

In 1936 it was reported that there were two maternity hospitals in Collie run by Nurses Meecham and Lake, and one visiting nurse, Nurse Jones.7

A maternity ward at Collie hospital was opened early in 1944.

Wise Post Office Directories from 1937 to1947 list Nurse E Jones on Atkinson Street.

Nurse Jones served the women of Collie for 47 years retiring in 1948 at the age of 86, leaving Collie at that time to live in Perth.8

Nurse Ellen Jones died in 1954 aged 91. On 16 October 1954 The West Australian (page 12) announced her death and said that ‘in Collie’s early years she was the only midwife in the district and she travelled many miles to attend patients. She assisted to bring into the world more than 1000 Collie children’.

On 18 May 1994 a plaque and photograph dedicated to Nurse Jones was unveiled at the Collie Hospital’s midwifery ward.

MANAGEMENT CATEGORY: Record retained for information purposes only.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Historic Site.

Date Integrity Authenticity Condition

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4 Shire of Collie Local Government Heritage Inventory May 2010 DRAFT unpublished p265 5 Southern Times 4 January 1913, p3 6 Western Mail 21 July 1921 p27 7 Sunday Times 14 June 1936 p20 8 Daily News 9 April 1948 p4


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19 March 2015

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PLACE NO: 002 House 123 Atkinson Street, Collie

STREET ADDRESS: Lot 1233, 123 Atkinson Street North, Collie (formerly 81 Atkinson Street)

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LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE: For Information Purposes Only

CURRENT USE: Single storey residence

PREVIOUS USES: Single storey residence

CONSTRUCTION DATE/S: c1950

ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: Post-War International

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS: Hardiflex and corrugated iron

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HISTORIC THEME: Settlements

Land Allocation and subdivision

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HCWA DATABASE NO: 6218 House 81 Atkinson St, Collie


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STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: House, 81 Atkinson Street, Collie, constructed in about 1950 in the Post War International style has no heritage significance.

It was included on the 1996 Shire of Collie Municipal Heritage Inventory and the record is being retained for information purposes only.


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HISTORICAL DESCRIPTION: Street names are not shown in the Post Office Directories for Collie until 1934. Atkinson Street appears at this time although only very low house numbers are shown (2-8 Atkinson Street). Higher house numbers do not appear even as late as 1949 when these records cease.

Information provided in 2017 by the owner of the place indicates that the lot was originally a rose garden, with the house built for Ray Doyle by his parents.

No further information is available.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: House, 123 Atkinson Street Collie is a single storey hardiflex and corrugated iron house designed as an example of the Post-War International style of architecture. The walls are painted hardiflex. The roof is skillion corrugated iron with a face brick chimney evident at the higher end. The front elevation is asymmetrical with a central front door under a flat dropped roof verandah roof. To the left is a protruding room at the lower end of the skillion roof, with aluminium sliding windows. To the right are large aluminium framed windows to the floor under the verandah. The flat roofed verandah roof is supported by steel brackets. The house sits on a slightly raised concrete foundation, with two steps leading to the entry porch. There is no fence to the front boundary. A carport is attached to one side.

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23 January 2017

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PLACE NO: 003 House 125 Atkinson Street North, Collie

Wright House, Doyle’s House, Simm House

STREET ADDRESS: 125 Atkinson Street North, Collie (formerly 83 Atkinson Street)

CERTIFICATE OF TITLE DETAILS: Lot 1234




CONSTRUCTION DATE/S: 1934

ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: Inter-War

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS: Weatherboard and tile

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STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: Formerly house 83 Atkinson Street, Collie constructed in about 1934 in the Inter War California Bungalow style has no heritage significance.



Information provided in 2017 by the owner indicates that the address was 7 Atkinson Street when first constructed, then 83 and finally renumbered to 125 Atkinson Street in 2001.

A single storey, 2 bedroom house was built for by John and Dorothy Wright in 1934.

The Wrights owned a newsagency in Collie and lived in the house for 16 years before moving to Perth to look after Mrs Wright’s mother after her father died. Mrs Wright and Mrs Bill Nunn, who lived at what is now 133 Atkinson Street, were sisters. Mr Nunn was a real estate agent and owned a vegetable shop.

In 1950 the house was purchased by Sydney and Amy Doyle. They were funeral directors whose premises was located in Steere Street. They had two sons, one of whom died in a shooting accident, the other building the house next to his parents at 123 Atkinson Street (Place No 002). Sydney and Amy lived in the house for 24 years.

The place (now 83 Atkinson Street) was purchased by Eric and Susan Cooper in 1974. Mr Cooper was a civil engineer.

The current owners (2017), Robert and Janine Simm purchased the house in 1977. Mr Simm constructed a second storey addition (including a third bedroom) in 1992. Modifications were also made to the back verandah, creating a family/games room and an enclosed deck area. Mr Simm advises that the house was bought without them seeing the inside of the house, with Mr Bill Nunn acting as the estate agent and a $100 deposit. Mr Simm had previously worked inside the house as an electrician. Mrs Simm was a midwife at the hospital and still lives in the house. Mr Simm passed away in 2007.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: House, 125 Atkinson Street Collie is a two storey weatherboard and tile house designed as an example of the Inter-War California Bungalow style of architecture. The walls are painted weatherboard to dado height and fibro over. The roof is hipped and tiled with terracotta finials, a gable at one end for the second floor and a central gablet. The front elevation is asymmetrical with a semi-circular entrance porch leading to the front entrance, and a flat dropped roof verandah supported by concrete columns. The second floor has aluminium windows and sits over the carport space. There is a low fence to the front boundary. MANAGEMENT CATEGORY: Record retained for information purposes only.


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23 January 2017

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PLACE NO: 004 House 127 Atkinson Street, Collie (formerly #85)

STREET ADDRESS: 127 Atkinson Street, Collie

CERTIFICATE OF TITLE DETAILS: Lot 1235 Vol: 840/ Fol: 57

LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE: Some




ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: Inter-War California Bungalow


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STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: House, formerly 85 Atkinson Street, Collie, constructed in the Inter-War Californian Bungalow style has cultural heritage for its aesthetic contribution to the streetscape of Collie.


Collie resident Mrs Audrey Lang has advised that the houses on this side of Atkinson Street were managed by the Roads Board. 127 Atkinson Street was constructed by builder, Mr Hughes, in 1923 for Mrs Lang’s father, Mr Arthur Stout. Mrs Lang was born in 1925 and remembers her home (then 9 Atkinson Street, later renumbered to 85) was next to a large vacant block – now 123 and 125 Atkinson Street.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: House, 127 Atkinson Street Collie is a single storey weatherboard and tile house designed as a simple example of the Inter-War California Bungalow style of architecture. The walls are painted weatherboard. The roof is hipped and gabled, and tiled (not original), with a tall face brick chimney with brick corbelling. The dropped verandah roof is original short sheet corrugated iron. The front elevation is asymmetrical with a gable at one end with a timber double hung sash window with side lights, and a corrugated iron shelter over, supported by timber brackets. The gable has vertical timber detailing. Under the dropped roof verandah is an entrance door with side lights, and multi-paned timber French doors. The verandah roof is supported by timber posts with timber brackets. There is a wire mesh fence with gate to the front boundary. MANAGEMENT CATEGORY:

Contributes to the heritage of the locality. Has some altered or modified elements, not necessarily detracting from the overall significance of the item.

Conservation of the place is desirable. Any alterations or extensions should reinforce the significance of the place, and original fabric should be retained wherever feasible.


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19 March 2015

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ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: Interwar Victorian-Georgian


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BUILDER: Jim Aitken

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STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: House, formerly 87 Atkinson Street, Collie constructed in about 1919 in the Inter War period in the Victorian-Georgian style has cultural heritage significance for its historic association with midwife Nurse Ellen Jones and aesthetic value for its contribution to the streetscape of Collie.


Nurse Jones was a midwife in Collie and delivered over 1000 babies. She came to Collie in 1901 and lived in Medic St prior to Atkinson St. The Post Office Directories show Nurse Jones living on Atkinson Street from 1937 to 1947. She retired in 1948 at the age of 86, and died in 1954. No one by the name of Jones is shown on Atkinson Street in 1935 or 1936. As noted above, street names are not shown prior to 1935. However, Collie resident Mrs Audrey Lang has advised that the house was owned by Nurse Jones at the maternity home which was one large house, now known as Kentucky Villas.

The house was later purchased by Arnold and Elsie King who lived in the shed at the rear until the house was renovated. Mrs King still lives in Collie (2017).

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: House, 129 Atkinson Street Collie is a single storey fibrous cement and iron house built in the Inter-War period and showing elements of the Victorian Georgian style of architecture. The walls are fibrous cement sheeting. The roof is hipped and clad in corrugated iron. There is a tall face brick chimney with pots. The dropped roof verandah extends the length of the façade supported by timber posts with decorative brackets. The front elevation is symmetrical with a central doorway flanked by windows to each side. There is a low face brick fence to the front boundary. MANAGEMENT CATEGORY: Contributes to the heritage of the locality. Has some altered or modified elements, not necessarily detracting from the overall significance of the item. Conservation of the place is desirable. Any alterations or extensions should reinforce the significance of the place, and original fabric should be retained wherever feasible.


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19 March 2015

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PLACE NO: 006 131 Atkinson Street North, Collie (formerly #89)

STREET ADDRESS: 131 Atkinson Street North, Collie


LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE: None


PREVIOUS USES: Single storey residence (demolished)

CONSTRUCTION DATE/S: Post 2010



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STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: House, 87 Atkinson Street, Collie no longer has heritage significance as the house has been demolished.

It was included on 1996 Shire of Collie Municipal Heritage Inventory and the record is being retained for information purposes only.

HISTORICAL DESCRIPTION: House, 131 Atkinson Street, Collie has been demolished in recent years and a contemporary dwelling constructed.

Street names are not shown in the Post Office Directories for Collie until 1934. Atkinson Street appears at this time although only very low house numbers are shown (2-8 Atkinson Street). Higher house numbers do not appear even as late as 1949 when these records cease.

Collie and former Atkinson Street resident, Mrs Audrey Lang, advises that the house was owned by Mrs Miller. The Miller family were the residents of the place from its construction until its demolition.

The 1996 Shire of Collie Municipal Heritage Inventory states that the original dwelling was used by miners from the Cooperative Mine site between 1902 and 1960.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: House, 131 Atkinson Street, Collie has been demolished in recent years and a contemporary dwelling constructed.




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Photograph supplied by former Atkinson Street residents


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LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE: Considerable




ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: Federation Queen Anne

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS: Weatherboard and corrugated iron

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STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: House, formerly 91 Atkinson Street, Collie constructed in about 1920 in the Federation Queen Anne style has cultural heritage significance for the aesthetic contribution it makes to the Collie streetscape as a substantial house with a high level of architectural detail.


Collie, and former Atkinson Street resident, Mrs Audrey Lang advises that the house was owned by Mr Bill Nunn who was a local real estate agent. His office is likely to have been located in the former Municipal Buildings were the Shire of Collie office is now located.

No further information is available.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: House, 133 Atkinson Street Collie is a single storey weatherboard and iron house built in the Federation Queen Anne style of architecture. The walls are painted weatherboard. The roof is hipped and gabled and clad in zincalume. There is a tall face brick chimney with rendered corbelling and chimney pots. There is a dropped roof verandah that wraps around both sides of the main elevation, supported by timber posts with decorative brackets. The house is located on a corner, and the main elevation is asymmetrical with a gable over a protruding room. The gable has decorative timber slats and a timber finial. There is a timber picket fence to the boundaries, with a truncated entrance gate to the corner with a timber arch as a statement to the entry. MANAGEMENT CATEGORY: Very important to the heritage of the locality. High degree of integrity/authenticity. Conservation of the place is highly desirable. Any alterations or extensions should reinforce the significance of the place.


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June 2014

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PLACE NO: 008 Old Water Tank Atkinson Street, Collie

Atkinson Street Water Tank

STREET ADDRESS: Loc 2808 Atkinson Street, Collie

CERTIFICATE OF TITLE DETAILS: Reserve 16108


CURRENT USE: None

PREVIOUS USES: Water Storage Tank

TV Antenna site



CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS: Reinforced concrete

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HCWA DATABASE NO: 6224 Old Water Tank Atkinson St, Collie


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June 2014

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: Old Water Tank, Atkinson Street, Collie has cultural heritage as part of Collie’s water supply scheme from 1916. The place has social significance for its role in improving the living conditions in the Collie townsite.

HISTORICAL DESCRIPTION: There was no formal water supply in Collie for many years. Residents obtained their water from the river or from rainwater. The need for a water supply had long been felt, with dry summers, health and hygiene concerns and a rising population increasing the demand. The Southern Times of 11 October 1904 reported on the proceedings of the previous meeting of the Collie Municipal Council at which a water supply for the Collie townsite was discussed. Three alternative water sources had been proposed by the Public Works Department, being from pools in the river; from local water (well water); and from artesian sources. A further PWD report proposed water supply from a flooded and abandoned mine on Reserve 4919. A service reservoir was proposed for ‘a suitable site…just outside the Townsite boundary…at this site a 100,000 gallon concrete lined tank could be set in the hill side’. In 1908 though, the matter of a water supply in Collie was still a point of concern with householders compelled to purchase water. The Bunbury Herald of 21 March 1908 (p3) noted that ‘the water question assumes very serious proportions, and the need for a water supply in Collie is very apparent…there are plenty of hills where overhead tanks could be erected’ and ‘if an artesian supply could be obtained in the vicinity of the tanks the water question would be settled once and for all’. It would appear that little progress had been made with the Southern Times of 13 February 1915 reporting ‘the Minister’s intention to proceed with the work to provide a water supply for the townsite and railway department of Collie. The schedule of works comprise: - 1. Enlargement and improvement of a mining shaft on 5 acre reserve in Patterson Street. 2. Erection of a pumping plant at same. 3. Laying a cast iron rising main to connect to the reticulation and distributing reservoir. 4. Construction of a 500,000 gallon reinforced tank on ML 246. 5. Laying reticulation pipes with necessary valves, hydrants, etc through townsite as shown on plan’. In May 1916, the Minister for Water Supply, Sewerage and Drainage, (Mr Collier) announced that the water supply for Collie had been completed (The West Australian 13 May 1916, p7). The water supply was obtained from the abandoned mine shaft which was pumped to a distributing reservoir ‘of 500,000 gallons capacity, constructed of reinforced concrete: This reservoir is 65ft in diameter, with walls 72ft high and it is situated on the highest portion of the town, near the corner of Atkinson and Venn Streets. From this reservoir the whole of the town will be supplied by gravitation’. The cost of the work was approximately £17,000 with annual maintenance costs of less than £2000. A water rate of ‘9d in the pound’ would be levied from July. Water would be charged at a cost of 4s per thousand gallons. In 1935, the Mungalup Dam was constructed, with water pumped to the Atkinson Street tank and distributed to the townsite. The site was later acquired by the Shire of Collie and the tank, was used to support SBS television antennas. This was discontinued in the early 2000s. The tank is extant although the site is currently unused. There has been some modification to the tank in recent years, and there is evidence of graffiti and other vandalism.


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PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Reinforced concrete tank with 500,000 gallon capacity, 65ft in diameter, with walls 72ft high. MANAGEMENT CATEGORY: Contributes to the heritage of the locality. Has some altered or modified elements, not necessarily detracting from the overall significance of the item. Conservation of the place is desirable. Any alterations or extensions should reinforce the significance of the place, and original fabric should be retained wherever feasible.


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8 March 2016

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PLACE NO: 009 House 28 Clifton Street, Collie

STREET ADDRESS: 28 Clifton Street, Collie






ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: Vernacular


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BUILDER: W Ogden

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Land allocation and subdivision

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HCWA DATABASE NO: 6225 House, 28 Clifton St, Collie


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27 October 2015

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: House, 28 Clifton Street, Collie, constructed in about 1914 in a vernacular style has cultural heritage significance for the aesthetic contribution it makes to the Collie streetscape.

HISTORICAL DESCRIPTION: Collie street names do not appear in the Wise Post Office Directories until 1934. Clifton Street appears at that time. In 1935 and 1936, B Doyle is recorded at 28 Clifton Street and then at 10 Coombe Street in 1937. There is no record for 28 Clifton Street in 1937. Edward A Goltz is recorded as resident from 1938 until 1949, when these records cease.

The 1996 Shire of Collie Municipal Heritage Inventory states that the house is one of seven houses constructed by W Ogden in the street. All of Ogden’s houses were of a very basic style and constructed without bathrooms or wash houses.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: House, 28 Clifton Street is a single storey weatherboard and iron cottage built c. 1914 in the vernacular style of architecture. The walls are painted weatherboard. The roof is Zincalume and is hipped with a broken back verandah, supported by square timber posts and exposed rafters. The façade is symmetrical with a central door flanked by large aluminium framed windows to each side. Steps lead up to the verandah and the place has a simple star picket and wire fence.





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January 2015

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PLACE NO: 010 House 39 Clifton Street, Collie

STREET ADDRESS: 39 Clifton Street, Collie

CERTIFICATE OF TITLE DETAILS: Lot 266 Vol/ Fol: 1691/254







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HCWA DATABASE NO: 6226 House, 39 Clifton St, Collie


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STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: House, 39 Clifton Street, Collie, constructed in about 1915 in the vernacular style has cultural heritage significance for the aesthetic contribution it makes to the Collie streetscape.

HISTORICAL DESCRIPTION: Collie street names do not appear in the Wise Post Office Directories until 1934. Clifton Street appears at that time. C McSweeney is recorded at 39 Clifton from 1935-38. From 1939 until records cease 10 years later, N Galbraith is recorded as the occupant.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: House, 39 Clifton Street is a single storey weatherboard and iron cottage built c. 1915 in the vernacular style of architecture. The walls are painted weatherboard to the front and part of the sides, with sections of fibro at the sides. The roof is Zincalume and is hipped with a continuous bullnose verandah, supported by steel poles. TO the rear the roof is skillion. The façade has a central door flanked by windows to each side. One part of the front verandah as been enclosed with fibro walls. The house is set low off the road, and the front garden is enclosed with a simple steel and cyclone mesh fence.





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PLACE NO: 011 House 26 Gladstone Crescent, Collie

STREET ADDRESS: Lot 77 & 800, 26 Gladstone Crescent, Collie

CERTIFICATE OF TITLE DETAILS: Vol: 1678 Fol: 506







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HCWA DATABASE NO: 6227 House, 22 Gladstone Cres, Collie


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STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: House, 26 Gladstone Cres, Collie constructed in about 1920 in a vernacular style has cultural heritage significance as an example of a worker’s cottage from the and for the aesthetic contribution it makes to the Collie streetscape.

HISTORICAL DESCRIPTION: Collie street names do not appear in the Post Office Directories until 1935. Gladstone Cres appears at this time and N Woods is the occupant in 1935 and 1936. From 1937 until 1949 when these records cease, H Roberts is recorded as the occupant.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: House, 26 Gladstone Crescent is a single storey timber and iron typical worker’s cottage from the 1930s. The roof is corrugated iron, hipped with a broken back verandah roof along the front elevation. The front is fibrous cement sheeting, and the side elevation is weatherboard. Rear additions are fibro clad. The property backs onto the Collie River. MANAGEMENT CATEGORY: Contributes to the heritage of the locality. Has some altered or modified elements, not necessarily detracting from the overall significance of the item. Conservation of the place is desirable. Any alterations or extensions should reinforce the significance of the place, and original fabric should be retained wherever feasible.


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PLACE NO: 012 Site – Early Miners Cottages, Throssell St, Collie

STREET ADDRESS: 1-15 Throssell Street, Collie (formerly 1-8)



CURRENT USE: Single storey residences (not original)

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Single storey residence

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CONSTRUCTION DATE/S: Various

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HCWA DATABASE NO: 6228 Early Miners Cottages - Site, 1-8 Throssell Street Collie


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1 Throssell St (January 2015) 3 Throssell Street (January 2015)


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5 Throssell Street (January 2015) 7 Throssell Street (January 2015)

9 Throssell Street (January 2015) 11 Throssell Street (January 2015)

13 Throssell Street (January 2015)

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: Site - Early Miners Cottages 1-15 Throssell Street, Collie (formerly 1-8) no longer has heritage significance.

The site was included on the 1996 Shire of Collie Municipal Heritage Inventory and the record is being retained for information purposes only.

HISTORICAL DESCRIPTION: The dwellings located on the site are not the original houses on the lots.

The Post Office Directories identify the occupants of these dwellings from 1934 when street names are listed until 1949 when these records cease.


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1 Throssell Street : G Slater from 1934 to 1949.

3 Throssell Street (then 2 Throssell Street): Arthur Griffiths (may have been EA Griffiths the Auctioneer) from 1936 to 1949.

5 Throssell Street (then 3 Throssell Street): probably JH Queen from at least 1934 until 1937, followed by Antonio Gasperi until 1939, then Mrs A Gasperi until 1949.

7 Throssell Street (then 4 Throssell Street): Chris Robb from 1934 to 1937, then Mrs N Robb for one year. The property is vacant in 1938 then occupied by Edward Riley (cycle dealer) until 1949.

9 Throssell Street (then 5 Throssell Street): a number of different occupants, including Mrs J Rowe for three years from 1937 and GW Colton for three years from 1944.

11 Throsssell Street (then 6 Throssell Street): a number of different occupants including Jack Cooper from 1945 to 1949.

13 Throssell Street (then 7 Throssell Street): William Palmer was the occupant from 1935 to 1945 followed by George Palmer.

15 Throssell Street (then 8 Throssell Street): It is likely that Mrs Agnes Phease lived at the premises from at least 1934 until 1949 when records cease.

Older residential dwellings are still located at 1-9 Throssell Street, whilst 11 and 13 have been redeveloped but continue to be used for residential purposes. 15 Throssell Street has also been redeveloped. It would appear that the site has been subdivided with the eastern portion vacant and the western portion being the site of a carwash facility.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: The existing houses on the lots are not original and are of little significance.




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PLACE NO: 013 Site –Miners Arms Hotel, 17 Throssell St, Collie

Commercial Hotel, Menzies Hostel

STREET ADDRESS: 17 Throssell Street (south western corner of Brunswick Street), Collie (formerly 9 Throssell Street)

CERTIFICATE OF TITLE DETAILS: Lot 1, Vol/ Fol: 1058/ 945

LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE: Little

CURRENT USE: Commercial

PREVIOUS USES:

DEMOLISHED

Hotel

Prior to 1939




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BUILDER: Rossiter and Warner

OTHER ASSOCIATIONS: J Evans (Wallsend Mine Manager)

Abraham Krakouer

HISTORIC THEME: Sport, recreation and entertainment

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HCWA DATABASE NO: 6228 Miners Arms Hotel – Site, 9 Throssell Street, Collie


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STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: Site – Miners Arms Hotel, 17 Throssell Street, Collie (formerly 9) has cultural heritage significance as the site of the former hotel which fell into disuse following its delicensing in 1921. The hotel had social significance as a meeting place and residence for miners and visitors to Collie.

The existing buildings on the site have no heritage significance.

HISTORICAL DESCRIPTION: Accommodation for visitors to Collie was in short supply. Accommodation at the Colliefields Hotel was limited to eight or nine rooms partitioned with oil cloth and there was no accommodation for ladies. Ed Shepherd, the secretary of the Wallsend Miners’ Association was reported as saying that ‘ladies were often inconvenienced. They had to keep a dance going all night until the train went in the morning’. In September 1900 (Southern Times 4 September 1900, p3) it was reported that Raphael Krakour had applied for a publican’s general license ‘at the corner of Throssell and Brunswick Streets, although the house was not yet complete. Krakour had previously held licences at Dundas and Lennonville and was managing a hotel for his brother at Norseman. John Evans, the manager of the Wallsend Colliery had applied for a provisional certificate for ‘the house’ on the condition that it be completed within twelve months. A new application was made at the end of that period and Mr Evans then sold to Mr Krakour. At the licensing court, Ernest Giles, the hotel’s architect advised that there were to be 22 rooms which would be ready for furnishing in three weeks. Rooms downstairs were 12ft high and upstairs they were 11ft. Most of the partitions between the eleven commodious bedrooms were lath and plaster. Originally known as the Commercial Hotel and later the Miners’ Arms, the hotel was constructed on land adjoining the old Wallsend mining lease. At the time the eastern end of Throssell street was the centre of the town and the hotel was the ‘centre of the social life of the district’. HW Williams in One Day in Collie (1979, p38) describes the Commercial Hotel as ‘the first double-storey brick building in the town…a magnificent structure, housing on the ground floor 22 bedrooms, a billiard room, a ‘handsome’ bar and parlour, dining room, kitchen, etc, while the upper floor comprised 11 bedrooms, sitting room, bathroom, and large balcony verandah.


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George Hildebrandt, was licensee of the Commercial Hotel in 1903 with Ralph Krakour now the licensee at the Colli Fields Hotel. Both were dismissed of charges of Sunday trading (Western Mail 3 October 1903, p21). In 1906 the licence for the Commercial Hotel was transferred from J Mackey to F Butler (Western Mail, 10 March 1906, p17) although in November 1908 it was reported that Mr W Lamb, was retiring ‘after four years’ tenancy of the Commercial Hotel’ (Southern Times 21 November 1908, p4). Albert W Coombes granted the licence in 1905 (Southern Times, 10 June 1905, p4). Later that year JA Lindsay which was granted the license although Lindsay confessed that he had no previous experience. The recommendation of the licensing court was that the licence be transferred as soon as possible to someone more capable (Southern Times, 16 December 1905, p4). The next year the licence was transferred from E Butler to W Lamb (Southern Times 8 September 1906, p7). The Post Office Directories show J Lamb as occupant from 1907 to 1909. 1909 Commercial Hotel changed hands and was now under the management of JJ Vicks, formerly of the Commonwealth Hotel. In 1910 the Post Office Directories record Thomas Cassidy at the Miners’ Arms Hotel. He continues to be listed at that address until 1915. Neither Cassidy nor the Miners’ Arms appears in the 1916 Directories, whilst Cassidy is shown in the 1917 edition but not in association with the Hotel. The Miners’ Arms Hotel appears next in the 1920 and 1921 PO Directories with T Hewson as licensee. The Collie Licensing Court determined that ‘the Miners’ Arms Hotel could be closed with least inconvenience to the public. Therefore, the license would bet be renewed, and the hotel would cease to exist on the expiration of the current license on December 31st next’ (The South-Western Times 23 September 1921, p3). This report named Thomas Hewitt as the licensee whilst an engagement notice in the Sunday Times on 26 December 1920 refers to Thomas Waite Hewett (probably the son of the Licensee) of the Miners’ Arms Hotel, Collie. Williams states that place operated as a private hotel boarding house for a period of time. ‘Once the hub of all local activities and a link with the early days of the district, the old Miners’ Arms hotel, delicensed 16 years ago, was bought last week and is to be demolished to make way for a modern residence’ (The West Australian, 2 October 1937, p5). From 1939 until 1949 when these records cease, the Post Office Directories show James Robb, motor garage, at 9 Throssell Street.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Historic Site. The existing building on the site has no heritage significance.


Does not fulfill the criteria for entry in the local Heritage List.

Photographically record prior to major development or demolition. Recognise and interpret the site if possible.


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27 October 2015

PLACE NAME:

OTHER NAMES

PLACE NO: 014 19 Throssell Street, Collie

STREET ADDRESS: 19 Throssell Street, Collie (formerly 10)

CERTIFICATE OF TITLE DETAILS: Lot 2 on DP 222257, CT 1408/ 450



PREVIOUS USES:

DEMOLISHED




CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS: Fibro and tile

ARCHITECT:

BUILDER:

OTHER ASSOCIATIONS:


LGA HERITAGE AREA:


HCWA DATABASE NO: 6230 House 10 Throssell Street, Collie


OTHER LISTINGS:



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STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: 19 Throssell Street, Collie (formerly 10), a fibro and tile house, is not considered to have cultural heritage significance.

It was included in the 1996 Shire of Collie Municipal Heritage Inventory and the record has been retained for information purposes only.

HISTORICAL DESCRIPTION: From 1934 to 1938, William Robb is recorded as occupant at what is now 19 Throssell Street (10 Throssell Street at the time). From 1939 onwards, the Post Office Directories record Mr Robb at 21 (11) Throssell Street. No occupant is listed at 10 Throssell Street until 1947, when J Robb, probably the owner of the neighbouring motor garage, is listed.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: The existing house on the site has little heritage significance.




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PLACE NAME:

OTHER NAMES

PLACE NO: 015 21 Throssell St, Collie


CERTIFICATE OF TITLE DETAILS: Lot 3 on DP 222257, CT 981/ 78



PREVIOUS USES:

DEMOLISHED


Yes


ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: California Bungalow

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS: Weatherboard and iron

ARCHITECT:

BUILDER:

OTHER ASSOCIATIONS:


LGA HERITAGE AREA:




OTHER LISTINGS:



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STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: 21 Throssell Street, Collie (formerly 11), a weatherboard and iron house in the California Bungalow style, has cultural heritage significance for the aesthetic contribution it makes to the Collie streetscape.

HISTORICAL DESCRIPTION: The Post Office Directories record Mr William Robb as the occupant at 21 Throssell street (previously 11 Throssell Street) from 1939 until 1949 when these records cease. Mr Robb was recorded at 10 Throssell Street for the five years previous to that. The Directories do not record an occupant prior to Mr Robb.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 21 Throssell Street, Collie is a single storey timber and iron roofed house built in the California Bungalow style of architecture. It has an expansive, hipped and gabled, short sheet corrugated iron roof and deep verandahs typical of the style, and timber posts with brackets supporting the continuous verandah roof. Walls are unpainted weatherboard. The central door has side and top lights, and is flanked by triple pane timber casement windows either side. The verandah is timber. One side of the verandah has been enclosed with lattice.




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27 October 2015

PLACE NAME:

OTHER NAMES

PLACE NO: 016 Site - 23 Throssell St, Collie


CERTIFICATE OF TITLE DETAILS: Lot 4 of DP 222257, CT 1920/ 404



PREVIOUS USES:

DEMOLISHED





ARCHITECT:

BUILDER:

OTHER ASSOCIATIONS:


Natural disasters

LGA HERITAGE AREA:




OTHER LISTINGS:



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STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: 23 Throssell Street, Collie (formerly 12), a weatherboard and iron house built in the California Bungalow style, has cultural heritage significance for the aesthetic contribution it makes to the Collie streetscape.

HISTORICAL DESCRIPTION: Mrs E Hicks is recorded in the Post Office Directories as the occupant of a dwelling at 23 Throssell Street (previously 12 Throssell Street) from 1934 until 1937 when H Jarman is listed for another three years. B Partridge is then recorded until 1949 when the records cease. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 23 Throssell Street, Collie is a single storey, weatherboard and iron house built in the California Bungalow style of architecture. It has an asymmetrical façade, with a protruding room with gable and a hipped and gabled main roof. The roof is short sheet corrugated iron, with exposed beams to eaves, and a face brick chimney. Walls are painted weatherboard. The protruding room has timber vertical battens to the gable and a cgi awning over the timber framed triple pane window. The verandah extends along the recessed section of the house, and wraps around the side. It is supported by timber posts with curved timber brackets. The window under the verandah roof matches that to the protruding room. There is a criss-cross timber balustrade along the verandah and a timber picket fence to the boundary line.




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3 February 2016

PLACE NAME:

OTHER NAMES






PREVIOUS USES:

DEMOLISHED


Yes




ARCHITECT:

BUILDER:

OTHER ASSOCIATIONS:


LGA HERITAGE AREA:




OTHER LISTINGS:



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STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: Site - 25 Throssell Street, Collie (formerly 13), a weatherboard and iron house constructed in the California Bungalow style has cultural heritage significance for the aesthetic contribution it makes to the Collie streetscape.

HISTORICAL DESCRIPTION: The Post Office Directories record Mr PW Hicks, a tailor, as the occupant of 25 Throssell Street from 1936 until 1942. From 1943 until 1949 when these records cease, AW Rowe is the occupant. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 25 Throssell Street, Collie is a single storey timber and iron house built in the California Bungalow style of architecture. It has a hipped roof with side gablets, with timber finials. The roof is corrugated iron and has a face brick chimney. Walls are painted weatherboard. The façade is symmetrical with a central door with side and top lights, flanked by windows either side. The verandah is under a continuous roof supported by timber posts and a simple timber balustrade. There is a skillion roof to the rear section of the house and a timber post and rail fence to the front boundary.




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3 February 2016

PLACE NAME:

OTHER NAMES






PREVIOUS USES:

DEMOLISHED


Yes




ARCHITECT:

BUILDER:

OTHER ASSOCIATIONS:


LGA HERITAGE AREA:




OTHER LISTINGS:



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STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: Site - 27 Throssell Street, Collie (formerly 14) is not considered to have cultural heritage significance.


HISTORICAL DESCRIPTION: The Post Office Directories record C Dawes as the occupant of 27 Throssell Street in 1936, followed by Albert Grondal for one year, John Green for two years and Mr Grondal again until 1949 when these records cease. In recent years, this lot has been subdivided and the western portion amalgamated with the neighbouring lot to facilitate a unit development there. It would appear that the house has been relocated on the lot. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: The existing house on the site has little heritage significance.




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27 October 2015

PLACE NAME:

OTHER NAMES

PLACE NO: 019 Site – 29-31 Throssell St, Collie

STREET ADDRESS: 29-31 Throssell Street, Collie (formerly 15)



CURRENT USE: Grouped Dwellings

PREVIOUS USES:

DEMOLISHED

Residence, Shop

Yes




ARCHITECT:

BUILDER:

OTHER ASSOCIATIONS:


LGA HERITAGE AREA:


HCWA DATABASE NO: 6231 Mr Hogg’s House and Grain Shed – Site,15 Throssell Street, Collie


OTHER LISTINGS:



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STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE:

Site – 29-31 Throssell Street, Collie is not considered to have any heritage significance. It was included on the 1996 Shire of Collie Municipal Heritage Inventory and the record is being retained for information purposes only.

HISTORICAL DESCRIPTION:

Great Southern Leader 3 July 1925 p7

In 1925 T Hogg is advertised as a Collie agent for Geo S B Bonney – Chaff and Grain Buyer.

J Hogg, produce merchant appears in the Wise Post Office Directories from 1926 until 1933.

In 1936, the Wise Post Office Directories list Mrs Wilson as the occupant. The premises appear to be vacant the next year but occupied by Sarah R Vincent, draper for the following three years. It is again vacant until 1944 when J McKenna is listed is as the occupant for three years followed by DR Davey, manager of the Commercial Bank, until these records cease in 1949.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Historic Site.




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27 October 2015

PLACE NAME:

OTHER NAMES

PLACE NO: 020 Site – 33 Throssell St, Collie





PREVIOUS USES:

DEMOLISHED





ARCHITECT:

BUILDER:

OTHER ASSOCIATIONS:


LGA HERITAGE AREA:


HCWA DATABASE NO: 6232 Corner Store – Site (16 Throssell St, Collie)


OTHER LISTINGS:



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STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: Site – 33 Throssell Street, Collie (formerly 16) has cultural heritage significance for the following reasons:

• Previous use of site represented a way of life in the early growth of the town. (The corner store

was an informal meeting place). (Hocking 1996)

HISTORICAL DESCRIPTION: Street names are not shown in the Post Office Directories for Collie until 1935. LJ Burns is listed in the Post Office Directories as the occupant of 33 Throssell Street (previously 16) from 1935 until 1940. JW Smart is listed for the next two years. There are no PO Directory records available for 1943 and by 1944 J Marshall is the occupant, residing there until 1949 when these records cease. Whilst the 1996 Shire of Collie Municipal Heritage Inventory suggests that this was previously the site of a corner store9, the Post Office Directories do not provide evidence of this. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 35 Throssell Street, Collie is a single storey timber and iron house built in the California Bungalow style of architecture. It has a hipped roof with side gablets. The roof is corrugated iron. Walls are painted weatherboard. The façade was originally symmetrical with a central door with side and top lights, flanked by windows either side. Original windows have been replaced with aluminium frames and both side verandahs have been enclosed, and feature another small window to the front facade. The verandah is under a continuous roof supported by timber posts. There is a skillion roof to the rear section of the house and a steel post and cyclone mesh fence to the front boundary.





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3 February 2016

PLACE NAME:

OTHER NAMES

PLACE NO: 021 House 37 Throssell St, Collie

Western Collieries Office




CURRENT USE: Motel

PREVIOUS USES:

DEMOLISHED

Single storey residence; Office


ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: Interwar California Bungalow


ARCHITECT:

BUILDER:

OTHER ASSOCIATIONS:


Mining

LGA HERITAGE AREA:


HCWA DATABASE NO: 6233 Western Collieries Office, 37 Throssell Street, Collie


OTHER LISTINGS:



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STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: House, 37 Throssell Street, Collie (formerly 17) a single storey brick and iron house (fmr) constructed in the Interwar California Bungalow style of architecture in about 1935 is not considered to have heritage significance.


HISTORICAL DESCRIPTION: From 1936 until 1949 when the records cease, the Wise Post Office Directories record LV (Vic) Walker as the occupant of 17 Throssell Street, Collie. Walker was the manager of the ‘Collie Mail’ newspaper.

The 1996 Shire of Collie Municipal Heritage Inventory records that the place was later purchased by Western Collieries to house, Mr F Grow, an engineer involved in establishing the company’s mining operations in Collie.

In later years the place was used as office space for Western Collieries.

The place is now occupied by Banksia Lodge, ancilliary accommodation for the adjacent Banksia Motel.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: House (former), 37 Throssell Street is a single storey brick and iron house built c. 1935 is a simple example of the Interwar California Bungalow style of architecture. The walls are painted render. The roof is hipped and gabled and clad in corrugated iron, with a short chimney evident to one side. The house is located on a corner, and the main elevation is asymmetrical with a protruding room, that has timber panelling to the gable. There is a dropped roof verandah over the front porch and main entry, and a mix of timber and aluminium windows, with iron shades supported by timber brackets. There is a steel mesh fence to the boundaries.

MANAGEMENT CATEGORY: Record retained for information purposes only.


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3 February 2016

PLACE NAME:

OTHER NAMES

PLACE NO: 022 Site - 39 Throssell Street, Collie

The Lolly Shop, Sizzles Deil & Lunch Bar

STREET ADDRESS: Lot 34, 39 Throssell Street, Collie (formerly 18)



CURRENT USE: Shop

PREVIOUS USES:

DEMOLISHED

Saddlers Shop, Tea Rooms, The Lolly Shop

Yes



CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS: Brick and corrugated iron

ARCHITECT:

BUILDER:

OTHER ASSOCIATIONS:

HISTORIC THEME: Commercial services and industries

LGA HERITAGE AREA:


HCWA DATABASE NO: 6238 The Lolly Shop (fmr) (Delicatessen), 18 Throssell Street, Collie


OTHER LISTINGS:



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STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: Shop, 39 Throssell Street, Collie (formerly 18) is not considered to have cultural heritage significance.


HISTORICAL DESCRIPTION: The Wise Post Office Directories do not include street numbers until 1935. In 1936, Mrs E Collie is the occupant of the then 18 Throssell Street. From 1938 until 1946, J McCallum is the occupant. From 1947 until the records cease in 1949, S Smith snr is recorded. The use of the place is not specified in the Directories. A photograph posted on the Memories of Collie Facebook page indicates that the place has been a delicatessen since at least the 1960s.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Shop, 39 Throssell Street, is a single storey face brick shop with bull nose Colorbond verandah roof over the pavement supported by steel posts. The shop front is glazed with a central entry. The building abuts the adjacent bed and breakfast to one side. There is a simple profile face brick parapet that hides the roof. It is unclear if the original fabric has been clad in brick or if the building was reconstructed in a style similar to the original.




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October 2015

PLACE NAME:

OTHER NAMES

PLACE NO: 023 Collie River Valley Bed and Breakfast, 41-43 Throssell St, Collie

Cassandra Jayne Guest House; Top of the Town Guest House


CERTIFICATE OF TITLE DETAILS: Lot 34 and pt Lot 351

LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE: Considerable

CURRENT USE: Short stay accommodation

PREVIOUS USES:

DEMOLISHED

Boarding House; wine saloon



CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS: Brick and corrugated iron

ARCHITECT:

BUILDER:

OTHER ASSOCIATIONS:

HISTORIC THEME: Commercial services and industries

LGA HERITAGE AREA:


HCWA DATABASE NO: 6239 Top of the Town Guest House (fmr) (Cassandra Jayne Guest House) 41-43 Throssell Street, Collie


OTHER LISTINGS:



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Through open doorway centre right of building June 2014

June 2014

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: Collie River Valley Bed and Breakfast, 41-43 Throssell Street, Collie (formerly 19), a single storey brick and iron commercial premises constructed in about 1899 has cultural heritage significance for its social value as boarding house and formerly as a wine saloon and dining room and for its aesthetic contribution to the Collie streetscape.

HISTORICAL DESCRIPTION:

www.google.com.au (28 January 2016)


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The aerial photograph above shows that 41 Throssell Street is comprised of a number of buildings unified by the front façade. The Post Office Directories for Collie do not provide street numbers until 1934. These list only Ada Orsatti at the address between 1940 and 1946 and Jack Orsatti (her husband) in 1947 (Jack Orsatti owned a garage in Throssell Street). Ada died in 1949.10 A photograph on the Memories of Collie Facebook page from around the 1960s indicates that the eastern end of the place was used as a ‘Dining Room’. Comments on the page note the existence of a ‘wine saloon’ there. By the 1980’s it was known as ‘The Top of the Town Guest House’ and was owned by Eddie Woods who also was the proprietor of the Federal Hotel. Woods changed the name to the “Cassandra Jayne Guest House” in remembrance of a deceased daughter. Following Wood’s death, the property had another owner and another change of name – Collie River Valley Bed and Breakfast. In 2010 the proprietors were David and Cathy Lewis.11 In October 2015, the place was known as Collie Budget and Workers Accommodation. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 41-43 Throssell Street is a single storey brick and iron commercial premises built in 1899. The facade features a simple stepped parapet which hides the roof, and has a simple moulded feature with ESTAB 1899 in raised plaster lettering. Aerial photographs and a view through the central door shows that the 1899 parapet hides evidence of two, possibly three, separate buildings behind the façade.


Very important to the heritage of the locality. High degree of integrity/authenticity.

Conservation of the place is highly desirable. Any alterations or extensions should reinforce the significance of the place.


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10 The West Australian 27 October 1949, p1 11 Draft Shire of Collie Municipal Heritage Inventory 2010, p784

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