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Swan Barracks
Opening in 1896, the architect had designed the main entrance of the new military administration offices and drill hall as…
Trinity Uniting Church Group
Trinity Church was designed by Henry Stirling Trigg, the grandson of Henry Trigg who founded the congregation back in 1843.…
Wesley Church
Wesley Church is the third church in Perth built to serve the Methodist community. The first chapel was built in…
West Australian Rowing Club
The West Australian Rowing Club was founded in 1882, and originally had its boat shed at the end of Barrack…
Location
Riverside Drive DriveYear
1905Styles
Young Australia League
The Young Australia League (YAL) building in Murray Street was erected in 1924 as both a headquarters for the League…
St John’s Lutheran Church
St John’s Lutheran Church was the first building in Perth to be constructed of laterite stone. Erected in 1936, the…
Location
16 Aberdeen StreetYear
1936Styles
St George’s House (Cardigan House, Bishops Grove, Ingle Hall, The Terrace Hotel)
What is now the Terrace Hotel was originally built as five houses to provide a regular income for Perth’s Anglican…
St George’s Hall Facade (St. George’s Theatre (fmr))
St George’s Hall was the first purpose-built theatre in Perth, opening in 1879. Designed for solicitors Septimus Burt and Edward…
St George’s Cathedral (Port Jackson Fig Tree)
Building a cathedral is no easy matter, so it is no surprise it took from 1877 to 1888 to raise…
St Brigid’s Parish Hall (fmr)
St Brigid’s Parish Hall was the original purpose-built school on this site. Designed by architect J. J. Talbot Hobbs, and…
St Brigid’s Convent (fmr)
St Brigid’s Convent was built in 1897 to replace a small cottage which had been extended but was now inadequate…
St Brigid’s Church
In 1901, St Brigid’s became an independent parish, so a meeting was held to discuss building an appropriate parish church.…
Location
Cnr Fitzgerald & Aberdeen StreetYear
1905Styles
Solidarity Park (The Workers’ Embassy)
Solidarity Park was created as part of a union campaign to protest against the Coalition Government’s changes to Industrial Relations…
Location
Cnr Parliament Pl & Harvest TerraceYear
1997Styles
Shops, 270-272 William St Northbridge
The single-storey shops at 270-272 William Street were erected around 1896. Both shopfronts are relatively intact and they are the…
Location
270-272 William StreetYear
1896Styles
Shops, 186-192 William St Perth
The shops at 186-192 William Street were constructed in 1934. There is a range of different shopfronts, which vary in…
Location
186-192 William StreetYear
1934Styles
Shops, 278-282 William St Northbridge
The building on the corner of Aberdeen and William Streets was constructed in 1913, and the date ‘1913’ is in…
Location
278-282 William StreetYear
1913Styles
Sewerage Vent West Perth
One of the more curious heritage structures in Perth is a series of sewerage vents which have been entered in…
Location
Cook StreetYear
Styles
Sewerage Vent, East Perth
One of the more curious heritage structures in Perth is a series of sewerage vents which have been entered in…
Location
Royal StreetYear
Styles
Saunders Building
Saunders Building was built in 1892 for the Silver Pan Confectionery Company. The site comprised a single storey shop fronting…
Location
499 Wellington StreetYear
1892Styles
S Chester Building
The Sydney Chester Building was erected in 1891 as a grocery store. It was a good location on Hutt Street,…
Location
176-178 William StreetYear
1891Styles
Royal Hotel (Wentworth Plaza/Raine Square/Royal Hotel, Complex)
There has been a Royal Hotel on this site since 1882. The first Royal Hotel was designed by Irish patriot…
Rosen Buildings
The Rosen Building was constructed in 1923, and had shops on the ground floor while the first-floor level was originally…
Location
218-220 William SquareYear
1923Styles
Rechabite Hall (Independent Order of Rechabites Hall (fmr), Commonwealth Trading Bank Store)
Rechabite Hall was erected in 1925 for the Independent Order of Rechabites (IOR), a friendly society which also promoted total…
Location
224 William StreetYear
1925Styles
Railways Institute Building (fmr) (Chief Mechanical Eng WAGR Bldg (fmr))
605 Wellington Street was erected in 1897 for the Metropolitan Water Works Board. As the name suggests, this department’s role…
Queen’s Gardens (East Perth Clayfields Reserve, East Perth Park)
Queen’s Gardens in East Perth is an attractive open space with lakes with waterlilies, displays of flowers, manicured lawns and…
Location
Hay StreetYear
1899Styles
Queens Buildings
Queen’s Buildings were opened in 1898 and constructed for the nearby Wesley Church. Designed by architects Wilkinson & Smith, the…
Location
97-107 William StreetYear
1898Styles
Protestant Hall (fmr), Perth
Protestant Hall (1901) is a distinctive building on Beaufort Street with its relief of William of Orange on horseback, with…
Location
160-162 Beaufort StreetYear
1901Styles
Piccadilly Theatre and Arcade
One of Perth’s best Art Deco buildings, Piccadilly Theatre and Arcade was constructed in 1938 for shifty mining investor, Claude…
Phineas Seeligson’s (fmr), Perth (City Loans Office, Commercial Building)
One of the most distinctive buildings on Barrack Street was erected in 1894 for pawnbroker Phineas Seeligson. A three storey,…
Peter Pan Statue, Queen’s Garden
Queen’s Gardens in East Perth is an attractive open space with lakes with waterlilies, displays of flowers, manicured lawns and…