A73
Lot
6
(34)
Alfred
Street,
(McKenzie Residence)
Belmont
D
Some significance
Address / Location
Lot 6 (34) Alfred Street, Belmont
Name of place
McKenzie Residence
Former or other name(s)
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Owner’s name / contact details
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Occupied
Yes
Occupier
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Public Accessibility
Open
Restricted
Nil 
Description of the place and its setting
McKenzie Residence is a typical 1970s brick and tile single-storey double-fronted property,
with part of the external wall, near the entrance, clad in stone veneer and a low-pitched roof.
Building details
Type
Site only
Construction date(s)
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Design date(s) (estimated/known)
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Indicate sources
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Original use(s)
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Later and current use(s)
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Construction materials
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Modifications
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Extent of original fabric remaining
intact
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General condition
V Poor
Architect / designer / builder
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Type of place if not a building
Site only
Poor
Good 
Fair
V Good
Statement of significance & historical background
McKenzie Residence is associated with Fred McKenzie, a prominent Western Australian
Labor MLC.
Fred McKenzie (1933-2008) was first elected to the East Metropolitan Province in 1977. He
remained in parliament for sixteen years, and was Labor whip for thirteen of those. He was
well-known in the Belmont area for his community involvement and his assistance with local
projects.
The site is significant due to its association with Fred McKenzie. The residence has no
intrinsic heritage values.
Historic theme and sub theme
People
Local settlers / heroes
Assessment details
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HCWA No.
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Assessed by
History Now
Name / contact details
www.historynow.com.au
Nominated by
Name / contact details
Owner / occupier consulted
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Previous listing
NT
AHC
SHO
Other
Management category
Site only – No photo graphic record required before
demolition or significant modification
Other site details
C/T & Vol / Folio
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Vesting
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Lot 46 (10) Ruan Place Kewdale
(Kelly House) D
Some Significance
Details of Heritage Listing Address / Location: Name of place: Lot 46 (10) Ruan Place, Kewdale Kelly House
Former or other Names: Owners name / contact details: Occupied: Yes Occupier: ‐ Public Accessibility: Open Restricted Nil Page | 4 A77
Description of the place and its setting Kelly House (1966) is an elliptical dome residence constructed of a thin concrete shell supported on brickwork under walls, and brick piers. It has five parabolic arches reminiscent of Roy Ground’s design for The Shine Dome (1959), Canberra. Building Details Type: Concrete shell dome Construction Date(s): 1966 Design Date 1966 (Estimated / known) Indicate sources: ‘The Shine Dome, Gordon St, Canberra City, ACT’, Register of the National Estate, place number 19835 Telephone interview with Ms Janice Hill, 8 June 2009 Shire of Belmont, Building Department plans, 26 May 1966 Original Use: Residence Later and current use(s): Residence Construction materials: Brick, concrete Modifications: ‐ Extent of original fabric remaining intact: Intact General conditions: Very poor Poor Fair Good Very good Architect / designer / builder: Kevin Kelly Type of Place if not a Building: Site only Statement of Significance Kevin Kelly was a carpenter from Victoria Park, Western Australia, who obtained his builders ticket in order to construct a family home in 1966. His daughter, Ms Janice Hill, recalls his ‘inventive mind’ always experimenting with dome shapes, starting with small scale models, and increasing to a small workshop (still extant on the Ruan Place lot), before finally building the family home. Page | 5 A78
Although superficially similar to commercial designs from the 1960s (e.g. the Binishell), this place is an unusual example of the tradition of the designer owner‐builder in Western Australia, demonstrating Kevin Kelly’s aesthetic sensibility and his considerable skills in design and fabrication. The place demonstrates a high level of technical achievement in residential construction. Subsequent to this residence, Mr Kelly constructed a very similar house at Barragup, near Mandurah. Both properties are in very good condition. The place was an extremely rare and well‐resolved example of a concrete dome residence. Historic theme and sub theme Theme: Occupations Sub‐theme: Housing construction Assessment Details Site No. LGA No: ‐ HCWA No: ‐ Date of assessment: June 2009 Date of last revision: ‐ Assessed by: Eddie Marcus, Professional Historian (Name / contact details) 0423 154488 Nominated by: (Name / contact details) Owner / Occupier ‐ consulted: Previous Listing: National Australian Heritage Trust Heritage Council of WA Other Council Page | 6 A79
Management Category Site only Other Site Details C/T & Vol/Folio: Loc/ Diagram / Plan: Any reserve details: Vesting: Purpose: Details of any leases: Page | 7 A80
LOT 64 (9A) WEDDERBURN PLACE, ASCOT (FOUR DATE PALMS ‐ INVERCLOY PARK) B
Considerable significance Address / Location Wedderburn Place, Ascot Name of place ‐‐‐‐‐ Former or other name(s) Gardens for Wedderburn, formerly Invercloy (1904) Owner’s name / contact details ‐‐‐‐‐ Occupied No Occupier ‐‐‐‐‐ Public Accessibility Open  Restricted Nil Description of the place and its setting Four mature Canary Island Date Palms (Phoenix canariensis) located on the former garden of Invercloy (1904, later called Wedderburn and then Nulsen Haven). Building details Type Park/Reserve Construction date(s) ‐‐‐‐‐ Design date(s) (estimated/known) c.1929 Indicate sources See below Original use(s) Private garden Later and current use(s) Park/reserve Construction materials ‐‐‐‐‐ Page | 8 A81
Modifications ‐‐‐‐‐ Extent of original fabric remaining intact ‐‐‐‐‐ General condition V Poor Architect / designer / builder ‐‐‐‐‐ Type of place if not a building Park/Reserve Poor Fair Good V Good Statement of significance & historical background The date palms are a significant landmark on both Great Eastern Highway and Wedderburn Place. The date palms have a strong aesthetic and historic connection to Invercloy (1904), which enhance this significant property. The date palms are associated with Jack Barry, a well‐known horse owner, and who probably planted them c.1929. Accurately giving the age of a Canary Island Date Palm is difficult, since their growth rate is dependent on the quantity of water they are able to obtain. It is usually thought that these palms take 80 years to reach their full height of 18 metres, but in the presence of sufficient water this height can be reached in 25 years. Nonetheless, there is good evidence they were planted for Jack Barry after he purchased Wedderburn (formerly Invercloy, and later Nulsen Haven) in 1928. Jack Barry had retired from the racing industry and purchased Wedderburn, “one of the show places of Belmont”. He remodelled and redecorated the property, but the most notable change to the extensive grounds was to the garden. (Call News, 22 March 1929) It is likely, then, that the date palms were planted during this campaign. By 1943, when Wedderburn was offered for sale, it was described as being enclosed by “well‐kept lawns, gardens and shrubberies, all well reticulated”, and a particular feature was “the number of well grown shade trees”. (West Australian, 10 March 1943) The description of trees as “well grown” is consistent with them having been planted c.1929. In 2016, the four date palms are on a separate lot to the original property, and are located in a small park with high aesthetic value. Historic theme and sub theme Social & civic activities Sport, recreation & entertainment Assessment details LGA No. ‐‐‐‐‐ HCWA No. 00140 Assessed by History Now Page | 9 A82
Name / contact details www.historynow.com.au Nominated by Name / contact details Owner / occupier consulted Previous listing NT AHC SHO Other Management category High level of protection appropriate Other site details C/T & Vol / Folio ‐‐‐‐‐ Loc / Diagram / Plan ‐‐‐‐‐ Any reserve details ‐‐‐‐‐ Vesting ‐‐‐‐‐ Purpose ‐‐‐‐‐ Details of any leases ‐‐‐‐‐ Page | 10 A83
Lot
14 (57) Wright Street,
(Boucher Residence)
Kewdale
C
Significant
Address / Location
Lot 14 (57) Wright Street, Kewdale
Name of place
Boucher Residence
Former or other name(s)
57 Wright Street, South Belmont
Owner’s name / contact details
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Occupied
Yes
Occupier
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Public Accessibility
Open
Restricted
Nil 
Description of the place and its setting
Boucher Residence is a typical 1920s-30s weatherboard, fibro and iron cottage. It has a
front verandah, well-kept front garden, and appears well-maintained from an external
inspection.
Building details
Type
Residence
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Construction date(s)
c.1932
Design date(s) (estimated/known)
c.1932
Indicate sources
Post Office Directories
Truth, 19 January 1930
MCB Cemetery records
Original use(s)
Residence
Later and current use(s)
Residence
Construction materials
Timber, fibro & iron
Modifications
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Extent of original fabric remaining
intact
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General condition
V Poor
Architect / designer / builder
Unknown, but possibly James Boucher
Type of place if not a building
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Poor
Good 
Fair
V Good
Statement of significance & historical background
Boucher Residence is one of few remaining properties from the early 1930s remaining in
Kewdale.
Boucher Residence is associated with an early settler in South Belmont, and Boucher Street
is named after the family.
Boucher Residence is a representative example of small cottages erected in the Belmont
district in the 1930s.
James Boucher built this residence c.1932. Boucher was of Irish Catholic background, and
by 1919 at the latest had started work at the Perth railway yards. He rose to become head
shunter by 1930. At some stage (date unknown) he married Gertrude Smith, and they had
at least one child, James Henry Boucher. James Boucher died in 1968 and is buried in the
Catholic area of Karrakatta Cemetery.
This area of Wright Street was developed from the late 1920s, and one advertisement for a
property in 1930 offered 3 acres, with a four-room weatherboard house and outbuildings
(West Australian, 21 June 1930). The typical use for such a lot would most likely have been
poultry farming, although the occupation of James Boucher is currently unknown.
The residence is likely to have been extended over the years, with many internal
modifications.
Historic theme and sub theme
People
Local settlers / heroes
Assessment details
LGA No.
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HCWA No.
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Assessed by
History Now
Name / contact details
www.historynow.com.au
Nominated by
Name / contact details
Owner / occupier consulted
Previous listing
NT
AHC
SHO
Management category
Retain and conserve if possible.
Other
Other site details
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Vesting
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Peet Park
B
Considerable
significance
Address / Location
Wright Street & Armadale Road, Cloverdale
Name of place
Peet Park
Former or other name(s)
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Owner’s name / contact details
City of Belmont
Occupied
No
Occupier
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Public Accessibility
Open 
Restricted
Nil
Description of the place and its setting
Building details
Type
Park/Reserve
Construction date(s)
1914
Design date(s) (estimated/known)
1914
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Indicate sources
Council minutes
Original use(s)
Park/reserve
Later and current use(s)
Park/reserve
Construction materials
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Modifications
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Extent of original fabric remaining
intact
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General condition
V Poor
Architect / designer / builder
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Type of place if not a building
Park/reserve
Poor
Fair
Good
V
Good
Statement of significance & historical background
Peet Park is significant as one of the earliest reserves in the City of Belmont, since 1914.
Peet Park has social significance as a sporting venue used by Belmont Soccer Club, South
Belmont Cricket Club and Belmont Basketball Club.
Peet Park has social value as a site for recreation for local residents since 1914.
Peet Park was the second major reserve to be acquired in the Belmont district. In 1914 the
Peet Co. announced that a portion of Bickford Garden Estate would be set aside as a
reserve they proposed calling ‘Riversdale Park’. The council start clearing the park and
fencing it.
In 1917, the council proposed planting trees around the park, and it became the home of
Belmont Soccer club who had been ‘evicted’ from Hardey Park by Australian Rules teams.
It was officially named Peet Park, after the company which had donated the land, in March
1922. In 1932, South Belmont Cricket Club chose the reserve as their home ground, and
construction of dressing sheds began two years later.
A basketball club was using Peet Park by 1940, although it was not until 1946 that the
basketball club was bituminised. That same year, the council sank bores at the park to
provide water.
Historic theme and sub theme
Social & civic activities
Sport, recreation &
entertainment
Assessment details
LGA No.
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HCWA No.
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Assessed by
History Now
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Name / contact details
www.historynow.com.au
Nominated by
Name / contact details
Owner / occupier consulted
Previous listing
NT
AHC
SHO
Management category
High level of protection appropriate
Other
Other site details
C/T & Vol / Folio
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Vesting
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Tomato Lake Park
A
Exceptional significance
Address / Location
Oats Street, Kewdale
Name of place
Tomato Lake Park
Former or other name(s)
Smith’s Swamp, Craig’s Swamp
Owner’s name / contact details
City of Belmont
Occupied
No
Occupier
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Public Accessibility
Open 
Restricted
Nil
Description of the place and its setting
Located at Oats Street, Kewdale, Tomato Lake is a recreational area containing a wetland,
a central lake, 1.6km walking trail, nature sanctuary island with a boardwalk across the
lake.
Building details
Type
Park/Reserve
Construction date(s)
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Design date(s) (estimated/known)
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Indicate sources
Site visit
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Original use(s)
Park/reserve
Later and current use(s)
Park/reserve
Construction materials
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Modifications
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Extent of original fabric remaining
intact
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General condition
V Poor
Architect / designer / builder
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Type of place if not a building
Park/Reserve
Poor
Fair
Good
V
Good
Statement of significance & historical background
Tomato Lake Park has exceptional aesthetic value and is important for its biodiversity.
Tomato Lake Park is highly valued by the local community as a place for recreation, and is
socially significant as shown by local campaigns and activism to restore it in the past.
Tomato Lake Park has historic value as a site of agriculture to grow crops to feed an
important local industry, poultry farming, and is associated with significant figures such as
Stephen Craig.
Originally Tomato Lake was known as Smith’s Swamp, simply because it was land owned
by a Mr Smith. It was covered with bush and early European settlers regarded it as nothing
more than a breeding ground for mosquitos. In the early 1900s, Smith’s Swamp was split
between two owners: Stephen Craig, a poultry farmer, and an otherwise unknown Mr
Caldwallder.
Craig initially wanted to grow maize for his poultry and started planting in 1910. However, by
1913 he became convinced that tomatoes were a better crop for the birds, and was so
successful that there were enough tomatoes left over to sell at market.
As demand for residential land grew, the surrounding land in the area was cleared, meaning
the swamp gradually became at first flooded and then too dry to grow tomatoes. Other
people bought parts of the swamp but were unable to make a success of it for market
gardening. Until the 1960s, the area was now known as Craig’s Swamp.
From 1945, South Belmont State School started using the swamp for nature study
excursions and this drew attention to the place as a site of environmental importance.
Unfortunately, the swamp became infested with an imported duckweed (Salvinia) which
may have been originally dumped there from domestic aquariums. Quite quickly the whole
surface of the lake was covered with the green weed and other flora and fauna started
dying off.
Local action groups were formed and residents helped to clear the lake. In 1975 the wildlife
observatory was constructed, and in the 1982 a major council redevelopment project began.
The lake was deepened and fountains installed to assist water circulation.
Further redevelopment occurred in the 21st century, including trails, a boardwalk, seating
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and signage.
Historic theme and sub theme
Social & civic activities
Sport, recreation &
entertainment
Assessment details
LGA No.
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HCWA No.
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Assessed by
History Now
Name / contact details
www.historynow.com.au
Nominated by
Name / contact details
Owner / occupier consulted
Previous listing
NT
AHC
SHO
Management category
High level of protection appropriate
Other
Other site details
C/T & Vol / Folio
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Loc / Diagram / Plan
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Any reserve details
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Vesting
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Purpose
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Details of any leases
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