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PHOTOGRAPH: 'STRATMORE' 18 CHESTER ST, SUBIACO, 1989

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1989

Overview

The black and white photograph shows the brick building, with two front gabl and & finials, a corrugated iron roof with two chimneys and a bull-nosed verandah which has turned wooden p and s & brackets in shape of low arches. The name is over the central arch and a picket fence surrounds the garden. The house was completed in 1905 for the well-known Durack family. It has been restored by the current owner, the property developer Warren Tucker, who lives there. Museum holds original negative and photo.

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Registration number

cwa-org-43-1989.520

Item type

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

155 mm

Height or length

102 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Peter Cruse, 28 Marita Road, Nedlands

Keywords

Chester Street [18], Subiaco (Durack House)

Chester Street, Subiaco

Houses, Subiaco

Year

Statement of significance

example of brick house with corrugated iron roof and bullnosed verandah, c.1905

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