Anglican Church of the Annunciation, Broome

Anglican Church of the Annunciation, Broome
Anglican Church of the Annunciation, Broome
	The church in 2019
	17°57′38″S122°14′27″E / 17.960425°S 122.240817°E
Location	21 Hamersley Street, Broome, Western Australia
Country	Australia
Denomination	Anglican Church of Australia
Previous denomination	Church of England
Website	Broome Anglican Church
History
Status	Church
Founded	12 April 1903
Consecrated	12 June 1903
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Style	Federation Carpenter Gothic
Years built	1903
Construction cost	£300+
Administration
Province	Western Australia
Diocese	North West Australia
Parish	Broome
Clergy
Minister(s)	Michael Baines
Assistant	Matt Morrison
Western Australia Heritage Register
Official name	Anglican Church of the Annunciation
Type	State Registered Place
Criteria	11.1., 11.2., 11.4., 12.2., 12.3, 12.4., 12.5.
Designated	2 September 1997
Reference no.	297

Last updated December 25, 2023

The Anglican Church of the Annunciation is a historic church in Broome, Western Australia. Also known as the Pro Cathedral of the Annunciation and The Little White Church,^[1] the wood and corrugated iron structure was opened in 1903, and has been continually used as a church.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Description

The church is a single-storey building with a timber frame and corrugated iron cladding. The gable roof is also made from corrugated iron. There is a verandah at the front, and the building is raised up from the ground, sitting on concrete stumps. The rectory is located to the north, adjacent to the building.^[2] The bell tower is located south of the church, as of 2019^[update]; previously it was behind the church to the north.^[5]

History

Broome was established in 1883,^[4] and initially only had infrequent Anglican services from the Roebourne parish.^[2] In the early 1900s, the rise of Broome's pearling industry started an economic boom,^[4] and as a result an Anglican church was needed to serve the town.^[3] The community began organising and fundraising in 1902,^[6]^[7] and decided on the name, Church of the Annunciation, at a special general meeting of the parishioners of the newly constituted parochial district of Broome.^[8] More than £300 was raised in three months, and by December tenders had been accepted to build the church, with building materials sourced from Fremantle.^[9] The church opened the next year on Easter Day, 12 April 1903, and was consecrated on 12 June by Bishop Riley.^[2]

Broome became the seat of the North West Diocese in 1910, which made the Church of the Annunciation the pro-cathedral. In 1965, with Broome's population decreasing, the diocese moved its headquarters to Geraldton, with the church assigned to the Derby parish.^[2]

The church has survived various cyclones, the 1944 Japanese attack on Broome, and the low points of Broome's boom-and-bust cycle.^[4] Repairs were made several times since the 1970s. French doors were replaced with hopper windows in 1973; the walls, roof and ceiling were repaired in 1976; likewise the belfry in 1985;^[2] and further work on the ceiling and floors in 1990.^[3] The latest repairs in 2019 involved replacing termite-damaged exterior panels, relocating the bell tower, and heritage restorations, including painting the building its original white colour, from which it derived the colloquial name The Little White Church.^[4]^[5]

The church was given a permanent entry on the Register of the National Estate on 18 April 1989, listed on the State Register of Heritage Places on 2 September 1997, and added to the Shire of Broome Municipal Inventory on 28 August 2014.^[1]

Church bell

The church has a 250-kilogram (550 lb) bronze bell in its bell tower. It was cast in 1902 by John Taylor and Company, well-known founders in Loughborough, England, who also cast the 16,800 kilograms (37,000 lb) Great Paul bell for St Paul's Cathedral in London, the largest bell in Britain from 1881 to 2012.^[4] It arrived in 1902,^[9] donated by Siebe Gorman of Siebe Gorman and Co, a successful manufacturer and supplier for the pearl-diving industry. Their rival, Heinke and Co, donated the church's "magnificent organ".^[4] The impressive, expensive gifts are evidence of the wealth in Broome at the time.^[4] The bell's origin was rediscovered by a carpenter working on the 2019 renovation and relocation of the bell tower.^[4]

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References

1 2 Heritage Council of Western Australia (1 January 2017). "Anglican Church of the Annunciation". inHerit. Government of Western Australia. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "Anglican Church of the Annunciation" (PDF). Municipal Inventory of Heritage Places 2019. Shire of Broome. pp. 58–59. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 January 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
1 2 3 Heritage Council of Western Australia (2 September 1997). "Register of Heritage Places - Assessment Documentation: Anglican Church of the Annunciation" (PDF). Government of Western Australia. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Collins, Ben (6 November 2019). "St Paul's Cathedral London shares a link with the church bell in pearling town of Broome". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
1 2 3 Baines, Michael (28 October 2019). "The "little white church" returns to original paint colour". "Breakfast". ABC Kimberley (Interview). Interviewed by Mills, Vanessa. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 21 January 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2019. "Audio recording". Archived from the original on 21 January 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
↑ "BROOME NOTES". Northern Public Opinion And Mining And Pastoral News . Western Australia. 2 May 1902. p. 2. Retrieved 21 January 2020– via Trove.
↑ "CONCERT AT BROOME HILL". Great Southern Herald . Western Australia. 24 May 1902. p. 2. Retrieved 21 January 2020– via Trove.
↑ "ANGLICANISM IN THE NOR'-WEST". The West Australian . Western Australia. 27 October 1902. p. 2. Retrieved 21 January 2020– via Tove.
1 2 "COUNTRY". The West Australian . Western Australia. 24 December 1902. p. 7. Retrieved 21 January 2020– via Trove.

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[inherit-1] 1 2 Heritage Council of Western Australia (1 January 2017). "Anglican Church of the Annunciation". inHerit. Government of Western Australia. Retrieved 21 January 2020.

[CoB-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Anglican Church of the Annunciation" (PDF). Municipal Inventory of Heritage Places 2019. Shire of Broome. pp. 58–59. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 January 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2020.

[RoHPAD-3] 1 2 3 Heritage Council of Western Australia (2 September 1997). "Register of Heritage Places - Assessment Documentation: Anglican Church of the Annunciation" (PDF). Government of Western Australia. Retrieved 21 January 2020.

[ABC6Nov19-4] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Collins, Ben (6 November 2019). "St Paul's Cathedral London shares a link with the church bell in pearling town of Broome". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 21 January 2020.

[ABC28Oct19-5] 1 2 3 Baines, Michael (28 October 2019). "The "little white church" returns to original paint colour". "Breakfast". ABC Kimberley (Interview). Interviewed by Mills, Vanessa. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 21 January 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2019. "Audio recording". Archived from the original on 21 January 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[6] "BROOME NOTES". Northern Public Opinion And Mining And Pastoral News . Western Australia. 2 May 1902. p. 2. Retrieved 21 January 2020– via Trove.

[7] "CONCERT AT BROOME HILL". Great Southern Herald . Western Australia. 24 May 1902. p. 2. Retrieved 21 January 2020– via Trove.

[8] "ANGLICANISM IN THE NOR'-WEST". The West Australian . Western Australia. 27 October 1902. p. 2. Retrieved 21 January 2020– via Tove.

[TheWest24Dec1902-9] 1 2 "COUNTRY". The West Australian . Western Australia. 24 December 1902. p. 7. Retrieved 21 January 2020– via Trove.

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