20-28 Henry St, Rialto, Marich Buildings

20-28 Henry St (was 32-40 pre 1938), and 36-40 (was 56-58) High Street, The Rialto, Marich Buildings

A two storey series of shops that face both Henry and High Sts, constructed c. 1897 as offices and shops. The design by architect F W Burwell was originally known as the Rialto, imprinted in stucco across the corner and features a decorative parapet with small arched piers.

A single storey stone shop/ residence was on the site prior to 1884, most likely the Royal Hotel (1844 Chauncey-Snell survey).

1906 The Rialto- with Saunders and Nathan in the corner shop, were the premier hairstylists in Fremantle at this time. They also sold tobacco and were the chief suppliers of cigars.

1910 A Miss Meadley, employed at Messrs Saunders and Nathan’s Tobacco Shop, in Fremantle, recognised something in a photograph put into the papers asking for information on missing girl Margaret Bale. She cut the picture out of the paper, encircled the head and neck with a piece of paper, and saw a likeness to ‘Martin Able’, who she remembered. She then communicated her impressions to the authorities…

Nicholas Marich was the owner from 1948 to 1991 and the buildings became know as the 'Marich Buildings’.

In the late 1970s part of the building was a boarding house.

In 1994, alterations were carried out by Ralph Hoare Architect.

2002 under renovation K & S Renovations

2007 Tatoo Parlour

OCCUPANTS

Lot 80 & 81 owners:

1829 - 1837 Steele, W R

1855 - 1859 Hammersley

1876 - 1877 Brockman, H

1878 - 1879 Brockman, E

Land owned by the Brockmans until c 1948

No. 20 (was 32 pre 1938)

1899 Stephens William, restaurant

1900 Teaquer & CO. (E.), restaurant

1904 Jackman, T J, restaurant

1903- 1905 Halleen, Mrs E E, Alhambra cafe and Tearooms

1906 - 1908 Banach Steve, restaurant

1912 - 1919 Alhambra cafe

1912 - 1917 Perara, Joseph

1918 Prior, Mrs M

1919 Wilson, Mrs Nellie

1920 Jones, Mrs May, lodge house

1921 - 1926 Bradford hostel (Benjamin Lorner, proprietor)

1925 Fremantle Boys’ Club

1926 - 1930 Sanitarium Health Food Co.

1927 - 1938 Buffalo Lodge

1933 - 1934 Hollis, E, hardware merchant

1940 - 1941 Thomson J Bowe, plumber

1944 - 1947 Grayson & Co. shipwrights & contractors

1949 Roby & Co A, sheet metal workers

No. 22 (was 34 pre 1938)

1918 - 1919 Alhambra cafe

1918 Prior, Mrs M

1919 Wilson, Mrs Nellie

1920 Jones, Mrs May, lodge house

1924 Murphy, David, tailor

1926 - 1927 Knapp, Jack, tailor

1938 - 1939 Buffalo Lodge

1940 - 1941 Thomson, J Bowe, plumber

1941 - 1943 Vacant (upstairs) Miller Edward, apartments

1944 - 1949 (upstairs) Petitt Robert, apartments

1949 Roby & Co A, sheet metal workers

No. 24 (was 36 pre 1938)

1899 Webster, W S, confectioner

1899 - 1906 Ashton & Badham, painters

1907 Lane, A E, painter

1911 - 1917 Hughes & Bishop, sign writers

1918 - 1919 Martinelli, Angelo

1921 - 1922 The Fremantle Herald

1923 - 1925 Allen, Lt A W

1926 - 1938 Churcher & Co, F W (W H Sharp, prop), forwarding agents

1940 - 1941 Thomson, J Bowe, plumber

1949 Roby & Co A, sheet metal workers

No. 26 (was 38 pre 1938)

1913 - 1914 Otrovski, Isaac, dealer

1915 - 1916 Moscow, J, tailor

1917 Paoli, Pompeo, sailmaker

1918 Hughes & Bishop, sign writers

1919 - 1920 Bishop, Henry J, sign writer, painter, decorator, etc.

1921 - 1946 Churcher & Co, F W, forwarding agents

1926 - 1927 Davies J W, sign writer

1928 - 1929 Port Carrying & Bag Agency

1930 - 1932 Cordingly, Charles, furniture repair

1933 - 1934 State Pres Office

1944 - 1949 Liddelow & Co J S, shipping agents

No. 28 (was 40 pre 1938)

1899 - 1902 Rassmussen, Hans, medical herbalist

1903 - 1905 Morning Herald office, Reuters upstairs?

1906 Wigg & Son, E. S. booksellers & stationers

1938 - 1946 Churcher & Co F W, forwarding agents

1944 - 1949 Liddelow & Co J S, shipping agents

No.38 (was 56 High st pre 1938) Corner shop

1898- 1930 Saunders & Nathan, hairdressers and tocacconists

1931- 1942 Miss L. Cain, tab & hairdresser

1943- 1949 Wilkinson Jas, hairdresser & tobacconist

No. 40 (was 58 High St pre 1938) Rialto chambers:

1897- 1901 Smith Harold E. accountant Millars' Karri & Jarrah Forests, timber merchants & saw millers (W.A. Karri & Jarrah Timber Co. )

1898- 1899 Kessel Richard Williams. dentist.

1898-1899 Rockcliffe & Co (H.). customs & forwarding agents

1898- 1899 Davis & Wilson architects ( from 1899 just Herbert N. Davis)

1898- Smith & Timms, railway contractors, Timms Bros. (J. A.), railway contractors.

1898- 1899 Armitage, Smith & Co. financial agents.

1899- 1908 Horrocks Charles J. manufacturers' agents, becomes 1900 Peacocks "O.K." Jam Co. Chas. J. Horrocks, agent, 1904- becomes Horrocks & Wadham manufacturers,

1899 -1908 Smith Harold E. (Harold E. Smith, D.J. Goyder & R.A. Wadham), accts & auditor. Tel. No. 662 New Zealand Insurance Co. Harold E. Smith, agent Reuter's Telegram Co. Lim. Harold E. Smith, agent. 1904 becomes Reuter's Telegram Co. Ltd. R. A. Wadham, agt.

1902- 1906 PYE & Co. M. Edward, accountants, auditors & liquidators: Fremantle Chamber of Commerce, (M. Edward Pye, sec) and Fremantle District Storekeepers' Assoc. (M. Edward. Pye, sec) Fremantle Free Traders' Assoc. (M. Edward. Pye, sec) National Mutual Life Assoc. M. Edward. Pye, res, agent London & Lancashire Fire Insurance Coy. (M.E. Pye, res. agent)

1902 Hogg Mrs. J. registry office

1903 - 1908 Allen Joseph F. architect

1903- W.A. Supply Co. Ltd. (J.A. Green, mgr 1903), (Wm. H. Kosky, mgr 1905)

1904- Taylor H. L. rep. E. S. & A. Robinson (Eng)

1913 W. A. Tailoring Co. Michael Michaels, proprietor

1919- Martinelli, Flore. Wilson, Mrs Nellie. Castledine, Mrs Clylic. Flocco, Ignazlo, tailor

1921 Martinella, Angelo

1922 Universal Supply Co of W A, storekeepers

1923- 1938 Fremantle Buffalo Club Ltd (changes from 58 to no 40)

1947 Carrington C, manufacturers' agent;

Tinson Thelma, dancing teacher;

Higgins & Isherwood, Painters & decorators

40a- Frank, art gallery

28 Mouat St

Notre Dame University ND44 - Notre Dame Study Centre - formerly Broken Hill Chambers and the Grieve and Piper Buildings

28 Mouat St (was 44 pre 1938)

This two storey stone and brick building has corners rendered with an ashlar effect and zero setback from the pavement. There are low engaged pilasters on the parapet and at each floor to dado height. The windows and doorways are arched.

This block, Lot 48 was originally owned by Charles McFaull (1829-1837). It was transferred to Mrs Ann Pace in 1855 and remained with her until 1859. In 1877 it was owned by Mrs FE Scott.

The building was built c1890 and known as the Broken Hill Chambers. It became a hub for Lawyers and Customs and Shipping Agents:

1896 Mr. A. J. Edmunds, solicitor, announces having commenced the practice of his profession at Fremantle. His address is No. 9 Broken Hill Chambers. (reference)

1896 Messrs. J. C. Whiteman and Co., Broken Hill Chambers, Mouatt-street, Fremantle, report under yesterday's date: "We beg to hand you our report of the Indian market, received from our Calcutta house (Messrs. Stanley and Co.) per to-day's advices… (reference)

1896 A large number of gentlemen interested in mining attended the Stock Exchange, Fremantle, on Aug. 18 to consider a proposal for the formation of a company to purchase the Great Bountiful mine at the Black Flag. It was decided to form a company with a capital of £5,000 in 250 shares of £20 each Applications for shares are to be made to Messrs. M. J. Keane and Co., Broken Hill Chambers, Mouatt-street, Fremantle, where the plans of the property may be inspected… (reference)

1896 Fremantle Board of Health- Several occupants of offices in Broken Hill Chambers appended their signatures to a letter drawing the board's attention to the fact that a large quantity of soapy and refuse water was continually being discharged from the Victoria Restaurant, and that owing to defective drainage it collected in pools along the gutters. The proprietor of the restaurant wrote, stating that he would be prepared to lay down pipes to the sea if allowed to do so... (reference)

1897 Fremantle Oval Pavilion. Some few weeks ago the Fremantle council invited competitive designs from architects for a pavilion suitable for the Oval. The successful competitor was Mr. F. Burwell, of Mouatt-street, Fremantle, who receives the premium of £25, and is entrusted with the carrying out of the work. A sketch of the proposed building, which, when completed, will be a handsome adornment to the local recreation ground, is now on view in tho window of Messrs. John and Cleary, High street, Fremantle. (reference)

1904 Broken Hill Chambers, Mouatt-street, Fremantle, have now undergone complete renovation internally and externally, and their exterior appearance is in keeping with those of immediate neighbors, viz., P. and O. Hotel, Duncan Preston and Co., Strelitz Bros., and W. Sandover and Co. The contract for these improvements has been carried out by Mr. Winstall, and Mr. Fred Clare, as agent for the West Australian Trustee, Executive, and Agency Company, is entrusted with the letting of the spare offices. (reference)

1904 Messrs. Dunn and Co., 033 Hay-street, Perth, and 44 Mouatt-street, Fremantle, carriers, commission agents, etc announce that they are now in conjunction with the Interstate Express Baggage and Luggage Agents. Messrs. Dunn and Co. have been in the carrying business for the past seven years… (reference)

John Bryce Grieve and Charles Gordon Piper began working in partnership as import merchants and customs agents c 1905. Their partnership continued until 1936 but the business continued until at least 1954.

The firm of Grieve and Piper moved into Broken Hill Chambers in 1921- and stayed until at least 1954.

1929 EAST-WEST AIR MAIL First Plane Arrives- Packed in seven large cases, the first of the de Havilland 'Hercules' airplanes for the W.A. Airways Ltd's East-West service, arrived at Fremantle from England this morning by the Aberdeen Commonwealth Line's motor ship Taranaki. One of the cases weighed 5½ tons and was 48 feet in length. Owing to its size it was necessary to carry this package on the vessel's after deck. A start was made to the unloading of the biggest case immediately the vessel had berthed and shortly before 10 a.m. the case 'was hoisted off the deck by the ship's derrick, and safely deposited on a long jinker. Special permission having been obtained from the traffic authorities by the clearing agents, Messrs. Grieve and Piper, the horse-drawn jinker commenced the journey by road to Perth. The East-West service is to be officially opened on June 3 and Major Brearley anticipates that the plane landed today will be flying by the end of the month. (reference)

Piper’s first wife Mattie died in 1930. He re-married in 1933 but after catching his wife with another man in 1934, retired (see story below) and in 1935 dissolved his partnership with Grieve and was given a divorce. (reference)

1934 Shortly before midnight on Friday, Charles Gordon Piper (52), of the firm of Grieve and Piper, brokers and customs agents, of Fremantle, was found lying in a garage at his home in Peppermint Grove, bleeding profusely from a flesh wound in the forehead. He was dressed in pyjamas and dressing gown, and a revolver, two bullet from which had been discharged, was lying at his side…Piper had been suffering from nervous trouble for some time. (reference)

1937 After an illness of some months, Mr. John Bryce Grieve, of Queenslea-drive, Claremont, managing director of Grieve and Piper, Ltd., Fremantle, died at a private hospital in West Perth. He was very widely known on account of his many business associations, his active interest in music, and his enthusiasm for lawn tennis and other outdoor sports. The late Mr. Grieve was born in Victoria 63 years ago. He came to this State in the early days of the Coolgardie Goldfields, and over 30 years ago set up in Fremantle as a Customs agent, in partnership with Mr. C. G. Piper. On December 31, 1934, Mr. Piper's active interest in the concern ceased, and at the end of 1936 the partnership was finally dissolved, and the business was converted into a limited liability company known as Grieve and Piper, Ltd., with the late Mr. Grieve as managing director. He was a widely-known and popular figure in the business life of Fremantle, and was a prominent member of the Fremantle Rotary Club. As a conductor of choral music the late Mr. Grieve was perhaps most widely known. For some time he was the leader of the Fremantle Quartet Party… (reference)

1953 Funeral: A Presbyterian Service for the late Mr. Andrew Bryce Grieve, of 11 Victoria-avenue, Claremont and late of Messrs. Grieve and Piper Pty. Ltd. Fremantle… (reference)

1954 JUNIOR girl reunited for office duties, no Saturday work. Grieve and Piper Pty. Ltd., Box 10 P.O. Fremantle. (reference)

The building was converted in 1976 for well known Jeweller and Silversmith, Eric Carr and became his Gallery and residence.
A Fremantle Award for this place in 1983 was for three town houses behind the original building.
In 2002 the place was occupied by the Australian Maritime Officers Union.
It has since been purchased by Notre Dame University.

OccupantS

Lot 48 owners:

1829 - 1837 MacFaull, Charles

1855 - 1859 Pace, Anne

1877 - 1878 Scott, Mrs F E

No. 28

1897 - 1916 Harvey & Co. A. general merchants & commission agents

1897 Broken Hill Chambers:

1 Norris Huntington & Co. shipping & forwarding agents until 1898

2 Tobias Brothers (Coolgardie) (J.C. Norman. rep)

4&5 Keane & Co. (M.J.), auctnrs. &co

6 Elliott & Co. (W.F.) com. agts

First floor

CUZENS A.J. (representing- Richard Allan & Co. warehousemen, Melbourne, John McBritney & Co, Melbourne, York Street Flax Spinning Co. Limited, Belfast, J.F. & H. Roberts & Co. Limited, calicoes &c., Borsdorff & Co. P.D. corsets, Rochussen Brothers, Eastern merchants, Brooks, McGlashan & McHarg, Melbourne, Austin & Baillieu, woolen warehousemen, Bradbury, Greatorex & Co. Lim. London)

CUZENS W.B. (representing E.S. & A. Robinson & Co. Lim, Bristol)

Burwell F. architect,

Reid & Watts, typist

Edmunds A.J., solicitor

1898 Broken Hill Chambers:

F. E. RANDELL & Co, general importers, produce merchants, forwarding agents &c.; Coolgardie, Fremantle, Kalgoorlie, Menzies & Norseman

Whiteman & Co. (J.C.), merchants Allen & Turner, customs, shipping & forwarding agents WRIGHT & CO. (G. & C.), indentors, land, estate & general commission agents

HENDERSON & MACGEORGE LIM. customs & forwarding agents, forage merchants &c. ; & at Coolgardie, Kalgoorlie & Menzies- agents for China Traders Insurance

1899 Broken Hill Chambers:

McKenzie & Webster, produce & commission agents,

Brew Miss, typist

Dancker A. C

1900 Broken Hill Chambers:

MacKenzie John P. produce & commission agent

Dancker & Manthorpe, mercantile brokers

1901

Dancker & Manthorpe, com. agts

Baxter Geo. contr

Norris. Huntington & Co. customs agts. & carriers until 1902

1903

Huntington J.B. customs agt. & c until 1906

Vann Theo. S. customs agt

Akroyd-Stuart H. engineer

1904

Clare Fredk, shipping & ins. agt

Government Labour Bureau until 1905

1905

Dunn & Co. carriers & forwdg. agts until 1907

1906

Scott James until 1907

1910 - 1920 Thorn W J & C, carriers

1916 - 1918 Crawcour, J A, (successor to A Harvey and Co), general merchant, importer & agent.

1919 - 1920 Merchants' Co-operative Society Ltd (R M Clifton, secretary)

1921 - 1949 Grieve & Piper Ltd, customs & forwarding agents, also agents for South British Insurance Co (1934-1937) and Union Marine Insurance (1929-1932) and Sadleir Ltd, R C, custom agents (1927-1928)

28 Marine Terrace

Notre Dame University ND12 - Formerly Seaman's/Sailor’s Rest and Port Lodge

28 Marine Terrace

Architecture: This two storey building has a bracketed parapet and pediment. A recessed central bay contains the main entrance of the building. There are two original arched windows on the west side of the façade- with multi paned fanlights and sided by pairs of small columns.

Lot 1377 was originally Crown land. In 1892 the Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) was formed in WA. One of the ‘departments of labour’ taken up by the members was work amongst sailors. It was thought very important to give visiting seamen a ‘retreat’ or an alternative place to recreate than pubs. Rooms were at first procured at the Masonic Hall, in Marine-terrace, and the rent, which was 30s. a week, was guaranteed by thirty ladies. (reference)

The Fremantle branch of the WCTU included some of the most well known and respected women in Fremantle including Grace Ogilvy Ferguson, Mrs. J.M. Ferguson, the West Australian president, Emily Hanlin, Mrs R. Hanlin, the wife of Reverend Hanlin of the Scots Church (reference) and Rosa Henriques Smith, Mrs T. Smith, wife of Captain Smith of the Customs schooner Meda. The WCTU had plans to enlarge their facilities and land next door to the Masonic Hall was given to them for this purpose. Some men were ‘astounded’ the Government had granted the land to the ‘ladies’ and there was an attempt to take over the enterprise from them. All three women had the support of their husbands who spoke on their behalf at a large public meeting held at the Fremantle Town Hall in June 1897, saying men should only be on the committee to help raise the necessary funds:

The Mayor stated that some misunderstanding had arisen between the gentlemen on the committee and the representatives of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, and it seemed to him that they had now to decide whether the proposed home was to be conducted as a national institution or as a Sailors' Rest on the same lines as it had hitherto been carried on. Captain Smith said that the Women's Christian Temperance Union had for the past five years conducted the Rest, but the ladies wished to extend the scope of their operations by erecting a commodious hall, and although they had some funds they had not sufficient to carry out their object… (reference)

The funds were soon raised by public subscription and the first Seaman’s Rest (Port Lodge) building was constructed by architect W. A. Nelson and builder T. Game. The foundation stone was laid by Sir John Forrest on 9 October 1899. On the ground floor there was a concert hall, reading and writing rooms, a refreshment bar, dining room and kitchen. The upper storey was mainly bedrooms.

The Women's Christian Temperance Union ran the establishment until the depression when they relinquished their control to the British Sailor's society.

Reverend George E Beasley worked at the British Sailors' Society Sailors Rest in Marine Terrace in 1941/1942. (reference)

Brick additions were added in c.1942 by Allen & Nicholas Architects. See the image of Sir James Mitchell unveiling the plaque at the opening of the extensions in May 1950. (reference)

The façade and windows were changed in 1958, and brick additions built along Croke Lane by Cameron Chisholm & Nicol.

It was used as a boarding house in 1976 and named Port Lodge. When Notre Dame University leased the building in 1992 it had been used as backpackers budget accommodation and a refuge for homeless men and was in terrible disrepair. (reference)

1992- Notre Dame

In August 1992 NDUS sent its first group of twenty-five Study Abroad students who spent one semester in Fremantle, housed on Campus in the newly ‘renovated’ Port Lodge on the Esplanade which was leased by the University. The arrival of this first cohort of NDUS students was a significant demonstration of tangible support by Father Malloy for UNDA. Indeed, the advent of these NDUS Study Abroad undergraduate students was a great morale booster for the young UNDA and gave life to its tiny Fremantle Campus. NDUS agreed to send, each semester, a cohort of twenty-five Arts and Letters or Business undergraduate students, together with a senior faculty member who would oversee the NDUS students and contribute to the teaching program of the University. The Port Lodge Rector was an important part of this founding spirit. Early Rectors who made a big contribution included Brother Bill Greening cfc, Alan O’Neill, Sean Lennon and his sister, Molly Lennon, and Patricia Rangel. These NDUS ‘pioneers’ became an integral part of early UNDA Campus academic life and social activity.

From the Founding and Establishment of Notre Dame, 1986-2014 by Peter Tannock 2014 (reference)

1994 Notre Dame University bought The Port Lodge.

Lot 1377

OCCUPANTS

1901 - 1938 Sailor' Rest / Sailor' Institute

1903 Mrs J K Renton, matron & caretaker

1904 

Mrs S Feltham, matron

Feltham, William, caretaker

1905 

Miss Jackman, superintendent 

Adams, Andrew, caretaker

1906 

Mrs Knight, superintendent 

Turner, Henry J, caretaker

1907 Goate, S, caretaker

1908 - 1911 Mrs C Knight, superintendent 

1912 Nurse Ryrie, superintendent 

1813 - 1916 Miss Jessie Forsyth, superintendent 

1917 - 1919 Mrs Bessie H Santesson, superintendent 

1920 - 1922 Miss Frances McCabe, superintendent 

1923 Mrs A G Harris, superintendent 

1924 Miss Axwell, superintendent 

1925 - 1926 Miss Haxell

1927 - 1928 

A A Shapcott, superintendent 

Mrs J Wood, matron

1929 Mrs Tennyson Smith, superintendent 

1930 R L Mansfield, superintendent 

1931 - 1938 Charles H Taylor (1931-1934: superintendent; 1934-1938: port missionary)

1938 - 1940 Police Station

McDonald Smith Building

McDonald Smith Building 22-32 Cliff St

Architecture The McDonald Smith Building- designed, as ‘Cliff Street Chambers’, by architect Herbert Nathaniel Davis. It is a two storey rendered building with zero setback from the pavement. The building has a parapet with spheres crowning small-engaged pilasters and decorative pediments. The ground floor façade has arched doors and windows, with stucco above and a single level entrance on the south side; the first floor has sash windows.

History The McDonald Smith Building is built across 2 Lots: Lot 21 was originaly owned by Henry Vincent (1829-1837), transferred to Stockley (1855-1859). A cottage and warehouse were established on Lot 21 from the 1870s.

Lot 22 was retained by Henry Vincent (1829-1859). Both Lots 21 and 22 were then owned by William Vincent (1876-1879). The Vincent Family had a cottage and warehouse on the site in the 1870s and 1880s.

There are relics of a former lime washed and shingled house at the rear of this building. There were minor changes to the warehouse in 1961, 1962 and 1973.

OCCUPANTS

1897 Cliff Street chambers: Thomas W. J. Kiffin, produce mer / STANBURY & SHAW, customs, shipping & forwarding agents.  First floor. HARROLD BROS. (Wm. A. Fraser, manager) , general merchants / Davis & WIlson, architechs / PYNE, TRELOAR & CO. customs, shipping & forwarding agents/ Wood Son & Co. (G.), grocers & importers / SIMONDS & CO. (ERNEST T.), forwarding & customs agents,Coolgardie / Fysh B. manufacturers' agent / Holman, Haines & Co. accountants &c., / Smith Harold E. accountant. & auditor / Atkins & Co. Limited (Charles), oil merchants (lubricating)/ Reuter's Telegram Co. Limited (Harold E. Smith, rep) / South Aust. Ins. Co. Limited (fire & marine) (H. E. Smith, agent) / Torbay, Karri & Jarrah Timber Co. (C. & E.Millar) (H. Teesdale Smith, manager) / Henderson Edgar J. architect / Gilfillan W. D. manufacturers' agent / Peterson & Co. (William), tea merchants (W. D. Gilfillan, rep) / McKenzie & Co. (James F.), importers (W. D. Gilfillan, rep) / CADD FRANK, customs, shipping & forwarding agent / South British Insurance Co. (fire & marine) (Frank Cadd, agent)   Right of way: Fremantle Stevedoring Co. (Capt. John Abbott), stevedores / Knox A. Graham, importer / Imperial Fire Ins. Co. Limited (A. Graham Knox, agent)

1898 Cliff Street Chambers:   Ground Floor: Flindell, Fraser & Co. customs agents / Thomas W. J. Kiflin, produce mer / Glassford, Cooke & Co. Proprietary Lim, (J. Murdoch, Mgr), produce merchants.   First Floor: Haines & Co. (O. L.), customs, shipping and forwarding agents / Moorhouse & Co. (O.L.), customs, shipping & forwarding agents / Webster William, marine surveyor / Wigmore F. E. customs agent / Wigmore H. J. commision agent / Crossland C. contractor / Guilfoyle William, customs agent / Calthrop Bros, mercantile brokers / Knox H. R. customs & forwarding agent / Doeling F. mercantile broker / Gilfillan W. D. agent for Wood Dunn & Co, Lim, produce merchants, Melbourne / Yeates & Co. customs & forwarding agents / Cadd Frank, customs, shipping & forwarding agent.    Off Cliff-street:  Fremantle Stevedoring Co. (Capt. John Abbot), stevedores

1904 - 1905 (30) Haywood F. M. customs agent / (32) Macfarlane & Co. Jas. provision merchants

1907 - 1911 (30) Gruer David J. customs & forwdg. agent

1912 - 1917 (32) Gruer Dav. J. customs. & forwarding agent

1909 (28) Adams & Co. (G. H), wine, spirit & gen. Importers

1912 - 1920 (24) Millars' Timber & Trading Co. Ltd. (H F Briggs, Mgr)

1915 (30) Davey Jas. Carrier

1917 - 1920 (28) O'Sullivan Jno. J. lime & stone merchants / Gruer, Dav J,. Customs & for agt

1931 - 1937 (32) Lanzar, Salvatore

1931 - 1932 (28) Lester, Mrs A, carrier / O'Sullivan, Jno J, lime & stone merchant

1936 - 1938 (24) Daly Bros., carriers/ (28) Lester (Mrs A.), carrier

1938 - 1943 (26) Nicola Candatore (Pres. Blessding of the Fleet c’mittee)

1938 - 1940 (off 32) Morris & Co. (M.), marine dealers

1941 - 1943 (28) Marchesi, Mrs. A.Corieri, Anopus

1940 - 1943 (off 32) Rodriguez & Lee, wool merchants

1941 - 1943 (30-32) Farindo, Cosmo

1944 (32) Lee (Eric E.), wool merchant

1946 - 1947 (20-32) Department of Navy

1949 (20-22) Rutland (R. A.), electrician & refrigerator engineers / (28) Sherborne (F. J.), customs agents

The buildings were also owned by Captain Lilly, and then J.E. McDonald and Smith from 1961 until the 1970s and then Tompkins and Company as a general store.