Nairn Street, 6, Fremantle WA 6160
DESCRIPTION
Heritage TitleEureka Mill & WarehouseAddress6 Nairn Street FREMANTLE WA 6160Geo tag[1] Heritage Place No15541Location DescriptionStreet Number6Construction Commenced1876Construction MaterialRoof – METAL: ZincalumeWall – STONE: LimestoneFormer W.A. Heritage ThemesOCCUPATIONS: Manufacturing & processingPEOPLE: Early settlersStatement Of SignificanceThe place has historic and social significance as a former mill providing food stuffs to the colony. The place has aesthetic significance as an early building dating from the pre-gold boom period in Fremantle.ArchaeologyConditionGood.HistoryNairn Street was named for Major William Nairn of 46th Regiment, original grantee of land in Grass Valley, east of Northam. Lot 442 & 443 was registered to George Lazenby in 1834, and to W. D. Moore in 1864. The Diamond Flour mill was erected on the site after 1869, by Moore and W. E. Marmion. The mill was situated between Nairn and Bannister Streets on land which had been described by the engineer as "practically swamp". The mill was destroyed by fire, but in 1876 it was rebuilt and renamed the Phoenix (legend says that the phoenix rises, born anew from the ashes of its own immolation). Rates records of 1880 describe the property as "mill and buildings", still owned and occupied by Moore and Marmion. By 1891 the mill had changed hands, purchased by Fremantle Milling Co, and renamed the Eureka Mill. In c1901 the mill once again caught fire, the event captured on film (LHC photo 715). The Eureka Flour Mill was then relocated to Cottesloe in 1905. Later rates entries c1910 refer to a cottage and stables on the property as well as the old mill. In the 1950s it was a wool store for Westralian Farmers Ltd. The building was converted to a restaurant in 1980, with a residence above. Renovations were undertaken in 1985. Currently (2002), Residential-Flats/apartment block. Physical DescriptionTwo storey lime washed stone building returning on the north side with car bays around a courtyard. There is brick quoining around door and window openings. The building has a zincalume hipped roof. External stairs on the east side are recent. The building has been converted to apartments.AssociationPlace UseOriginal Use – INDUSTRIAL\MANUFACTURING: Flour MillPresent Use – INDUSTRIAL\MANUFACTURING: Flour MillArchitectural StylesIntegrity/AuthenticityPlace TypeIndividual Building or GroupState Registered1
Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations
Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations CustodianHeritage CouncilHeritage Council Decisions and Deliberations TypeRHP - To be assessedHeritage Council Decisions and Deliberations Date27/08/2004
Statutory Heritage Areas
Statutory Heritage Area CustodianHeritage Council of WAStatutory Heritage Area West End Heritage AreaHeritage Area StatusState RegisteredHeritage Area InHerit Number25225Statutory Heritage Area Date18/07/2017
Local Government Statutory Heritage Listings
Local Government Statutory Listing CustodianCity of FremantleLocal Government Statutory Listing TypeHeritage ListLocal Government Statutory Listing StatusYesLocal Government Statutory Listing Date8/03/2007
Local Government Non-Statutory Local Heritage Survey
Local Government Non-Statutory Local Heritage Survey CustodianCity of FremantleLocal Government Non-Statutory Local Heritage Survey Date18/09/2000Local Government Non-Statutory Listing Local Heritage Survey Management CategoryLevel 1B
PARENT PLACE
Parent Place No22576
RELATED
Nairn Street, 6, Fremantle WA 6160. City of Fremantle Local History Centre, accessed 08/04/2026, https://history.fremantle.wa.gov.au/nodes/view/29659