Indented Head Boatshed Heritage Study
Shed No / Area / Year Construction / Original Owner / Current Licensee
No - 02 / Half Moon Bay Beach frontage / Pre 1943 / Albert Rushbrook / M. Chirgwin
Current Photograph /
Type of Construction / Roof: Early corrugated cement sheeting.
Walls: Cement sheet (corrugated and flat sheet).
Gable Infill: Cement sheet with timber ventilator.
Floor: Timber.
Doors: Introduced cement sheet over timber.
Condition / Fair – Poor.
Conservation Issues:
· Introduced flat cement sheet wall cladding at front (east) and south.
· Introduced wall patching in metal tray deck cladding (souith elevation).
· Deteriorated timber ventilator.
· Rusted metal door hinges and locks.
· Weathered timber bargeboards.
Integrity / Moderate
Historical Information / This boat shed appears to have been erected for Albert Rushbrook in 1942. The Rushbrook family continued occupation of the shed for the next 23 years. In 1965, the Foreshore Committee requested that Mrs Rushbrook “remove stakes in sand adjacent to her boat shed” as they were a “danger to the public.” A few months later, Mrs Rushbrook transferred the lease of the shed to R. Lillie of Camperdown. Two years later in 1967, the lease was transferred to W. Chirgwin. In 1971, M. Chirgwin was leasing the shed.
REFERENCES
Indented Head Foreshore Committee Balance Sheet 1942-43 (the name of A. Rushbrook does not appear on earlier Balance Sheets), Indented Head Foreshore Committee collection.
Indented Head Foreshore Committee Minutes, 21 March 1965, 13 June 1965, 25 March 1967, 6 January 1963, and list of boat shed licensees, 26 September 1971, Bellarine Bayside Committee collection.
Shire of Bellarine Rate Books, 1952, 1964-65, Geelong Heritage Centre.
Other Features
(detail photos) /
Dr David Rowe, Wendy Jacobs & Pam Jennings, with assistance from Idle Architecture Studio 1