This was originally a weatherboard and brick house set on the front boundary. It was built around 1889 by the Wallarah Coal-mining Company to house its mineworkers.
Mr Jobson was the first remembered tenant of this house then came Ted Alwell. Mr Alwell was the carpenter at the pit. He married twice and his second wife had two children from her previous marriage.
Jean and ‘Skeeter’ Outram were the next people to live in this house. They had come from No 9 Clarke Street but had found the brick house too dark and damp. They had two children Jim and Jeffrey. Mr Outram had to retire from work at the pit due to ill health as he had an enlarged heart. He worked for a time at the hotel and died aged 45 years. John McKenzie, a friend of one of their sons came and boarded here when he was 28. He had come from Slack Alley.
In 1964 the Coal Company subdivided part of its land and determined that this house and land would be purchased for 350 pounds by Mrs Jean Outram.
The land is 54 feet and 9 inches in width at the front and 57 feet 81/2 inches across at the rear. The length of the block is 165 feet.
A grandson came to live in the house as a child and John McKenzie stayed and was a ‘father’ to the boy.
Attempts were made to extend the house and the work was undertaken by Mr Moffit from next door. This came to an abrupt end when Mr Moffit almost severed his arm when putting in a skylight.
A win at lotto came to their aid Mrs Outram, John McKenzie and 3 grandchildren each won $60,000. Renovations were then carried out by licensed builders.
Mrs Outram was 90 years old in 2005 and lived all her life in the Bay. She lived here with John McKenzie and her grandson Trevor.
John went into a nursing home and died in 2012. Jeanie Outram was wonderfully looked after by her grandson and died in 2016.
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