This weatherboard and galvanised iron cottage was constructed between 1908-1915. The ‘Wallarah Coal-mining Company’ built this cottage to house its mineworkers.
Mrs and Mrs Mannie Brace were the first occupants of this house. Mrs Brace was a Baxter from Nords Wharf and taught piano and dressmaking. Mannie was Christie Brace’s uncle. There were no children.
“Mannie had a magpie which could imitate any noise magpie would come into the house next door when jack Robertson’s sores were being bathed and when he cried out in pain the magpie would imitate. This annoyed Jack who said ‘I’ll kill that magpie’. One morning early magpie was on the front imitating the train whistle, Dad thought that it was the train and shouted that ‘Albert Harris is doing my shift’.”
House then occupied by Keith and Nell Price. Keith’s father, David, lived in no 5 Lindsley Street. He was a cousin to the Price brothers who lived in no’s 3,4 Clarke Street.
In 1964 the coal company ‘Coal & Allied’ subdivided some of its land. The company determined that this house and land would be purchased for 400 pounds by Mr K Price.
Keith and Nell’s son Colin married young and he and his wife Maureen lived with them. When they died Colin and Maureen continued in the home. Colin also died young and eventually John Bassett (who lived further down the street) moved in with Maureen. Keith was one of the hard workers who helped build the Bowling green and he and Nell both went on to become very good bowlers.
They sold in 2002 to Sally Lachlan and Malcolm for more than $420,000. Illness caused the property to be on sold in 2005.