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Railway Hotel
Although now only the 1906 façade remains, the Railway Hotel stands on the site of one of the earliest licensed…
Perth Court of Petty Sessions
The Perth Courts of Petty Sessions – also referred to as just the Police Courts – was opened for business…
Art Gallery and Museum Buildings (WA Museum Complex)
This group of buildings comprising the Jubilee Building, Hackett Hall, the old Gaol, Government Geologist’s Building and the first State Art Gallery represent many layers of…
Location
5 Francis StreetYear
1855 - Old Perth Gaol, 1897 - Jubilee Building, 1903 - Victoria Public Library (dem), Govt Geologist's Building, 1908 Art Gallery (first), 1913 Hackett Hall, 1972 new museum building (dem)Styles
Federation Romanesque Style
Hale School
These buildings were originally built as the School Building (including the Memorial Wing), the Boarding House and a separate Pavilion Classroom for the Perth High School, later renamed…
Wellington Buildings
The Wellington Buildings are an integral component of a precinct of buildings in Perth from the Federation and Interwar periods reflecting the…
Location
150-160 William StreetYear
1910Styles
Tom Burke House
The building now called Tom Burke House at 153 Newcastle Street was constructed c.1897 as a terrace providing three prestigious dwellings. Although it is not…
Chief Secretary’s Office/Public Health Department
Few places of this size can have housed so many civil service departments over its lifetime as a government building. Built in…
Location
57 Murray StreetYear
1912Styles
Victoria Square Cottages
These four modest red brick and iron matching Victorian Georgian style cottages, located just across the road from the dominant element of St Mary’s Cathedral, are a…
St John’s Ambulance Building
This attractive Inter-War Art Deco building was constructed in 1940 as the headquarters for the St John Ambulance Association. It also…
Royal Perth Hospital: Kirkman House and Moreton Bay Fig Tree
From the time the hospital was established in the 1850s, nursing staff were initially not well-regarded and the poor standard of living…
Location
10-14 Murray StreetYear
1909- Kirkman House, 1926- ExtensionsStyles
Federation Queen Anne
Theatre Royal and Metropole Hotel
Both the Hotel Metropole and the Theatre Royal were built by local businessman, Thomas George Anstruther Molloy, one of the largest landowners in Perth and also a successful politician, serving as Member for Perth…
Location
637-645 Hay StreetYear
1893 (Hotel Metropol), 1897 (Theatre Royal)
Royal Perth Hospital: Heritage Precinct
The Royal Perth Hospital Heritage Precinct is home to the first purpose built hospital in Western Australia, opened as the…
Location
51 Victoria SquareYear
1855 Old Colonial Hospital (N Block), 1894 – Administration Building (M Block), 1909 – Kirkman House (Nurses Quarters - K Block), Old Kitchen (L Block), 1923 – Outpatients Extension, 1930 – Cancer Clinic (P Block)
No. 6 Electricity Sub Station
The No. 6 substation at the corner of Brown and Glyde Streets is an important part of the story of the provision of power…
Aberdeen Hotel
The history of the Aberdeen Hotel, one of the oldest hotels in Perth, takes in three different buildings that were…
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…