54 Henry St

54 Henry St (was 90 pre 1938)

Single storey rendered façade with attached rendered and Colorbond building behind. The façade features a simple parapet and remnants of lettering appearing in the pediment. There is a central entrance with panelled doors and timber double hung sash windows.

The original land grant was made to William Keats. The Chauncey-Snell survey indicates a stone building being built in 1845.

In 1856 the property was purchased by Henry Manning of Manning's Ship Agency. It remained in the Manning family until c1948, and was used as offices/factory/warehouse/store.

A 1916 Metropolitan sewerage plan shows five brick buildings on site; sewered in 1915.

1919 WANTED, Girl. used to wrapping and packing confectionery. C. H. Littleton. 90 Henry-st., Fremantle. (reference)

1937 THE BANKRUPTCY ACT -IN THE MATTER OF WILLIAM OLlVER DANIELSON AND DOUGLAS BADEN POWELL BUYERS, TRADING AS W. O. DANIELSON AND CO., FURNITURE MANUFACTURERS, 90 HENRY-ST., FREMANTLE. NOTICE is hereby given that a First and Final Dividend of Ten Shillings in the Pound is intended to be declared in this matter…R. GOYNE MILLER, Trustee. (reference)

1948 April 29, at half-past 3 o'clock, in our rooms. J. J. and F G. Higham (1932) Auctioneers. have received instructions from the Executers of the Estate of Florence Augusta Hall (deceased) to sell by public auction. Fremantle store Property, No. 54 Henry-st.. brick store outbuildlngs and conveniences, land has 49 ft. frontage to Henry-st., depth 161 feet with own r.o.w. to Pakenham-st., a total area of 32.8 perches. Full particulars as to conditions of sale and details of title can be obtained from the Auctioneers J. J. AND F. G. HIGHAM (1932), 49 High st.. Fremantle. (reference)

1954 BAGS and Sacks wanted. We buy usable super bags and corn sacks at top prices. Will pay £18 per ton f.o.r. Fremantle for old Jute bags and scrap Jute consigned to Fremantle Bag Co. Pty. Ltd., 54 Henry-st., Fremantle. (reference)

c 1993 The building was converted to residential living.

Lot 93 owners:

1829 - 1837 Keats, William

1855 Davey

1856 - 1859 Manning, H

1876 - 1878 Manning, Lucius Alexander

OCCUPANTS

1899

McBean Bowker & Co. merchants

Whiteman & CO. (E.), general produce & Eastern merchants

1900

McBean James, shipping & insurance agent

Walker & Co. (John), mercantile brokers

1912 - 1935 Littleton, Clement H, wholesale confectioner

1936 - 1938 Merchant Service Guild of Australasia (WA section)

1936 - 1940 Danielson, W O, furniture manufacturers

1940 - 1946 vacant

1949 - 1954 Fremantle Bag Co.

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52 Henry St

52 Henry St (was no 88 pre 1938)

The first known record of the building is in the 1880 Fremantle rate book, which describes the building as an auction room, owned by Manning and Company.

The building has three walls of limestone rubble walls, with brick quoins and a portico with two doric columns. This formal treatment of the facade may indicate alterations to the original facade to bring it in keeping with its use as a public auction house, as well as three irregularly spaced roof lights on the southern portion of the roof. Internally the building consists of one large volume, into which some small rooms have been added at later dates.

1899 H. G. BOURNE, AUCTIONEER, HENRY-STREET, Fremantle. AUCTION SALES of all Descriptions taken. Highest Prices Obtained, and Prompt Account Sales (reference)

It seems that the back part of the block, adjoining Packenham St may have been used from at least 1894 by Ross & Co:

1894 A small fire was, at seven o'clock last evening, discovered at the confectionery warehouse of Messrs. Ross & Co., between Henry and Packenham streets, Fremantle. The fire was confined to an iron drying chamber, where some cases containing tartaric acid were being dried. (reference)

In 1906 Ross & Co were taken to court for discharging offensive materials: rotten tomatoes and other ’liquid filth’ into the drains leading into Henry St. They denied the charge but as they were operating a pickle, vinegar and tomato sauce factory in their yard- they were the obvious culprits. However they pointed the finger at the Watson Bros- also working in this area… (reference)

Watson Bros Ltd, merchants & importers were based in the building from 1907 - 1923.

From 1924 until at least 1949 it was used as a printing works.

1925 Wanted- BOY for messages. Robinson and Taplin, Port Printing Works, 88 Henry-st., Fremantle. (reference)

1933 EIGHT Rooms and Landing, Henry-st., Fremantle. As offices or flat, 35/ per week, Fullest particulars, Holt Estate Agency, 88 Henry-st.. Fremantle. (reference)

Between 1966 and 1985 the building was used to store wool by Davis Wool Stores.

The Fremantle City Council bought the property in 1970 and it was used by Spare Parts Puppet Theatre in 1985. In 1987 Fremantle City Council proposed to upgrade the building for use by the theatre company, however the City Council was unsuccessful in its application for financial assistance and the work was not undertaken.

In 1996 Fremantle City Council sold the building for private residential- the owners agreeing to sign a State Heritage Agreement. The building was also used as a pottery studio and gallery.

It Sold again in Feb 2012 for $1,850,000

Lot 92 owners:

1829 - 1837 Willet & Co, H

1855 - 1859 Willet, H

1876 - 1878 Manning, L A- Lucius Alexander Manning was the son of James Manning.

Occupants

1899 Bourne, H G, auctioneer & manufacturers' agent

1899 - 1901 Ross & Co. coffee & spice millers, confectioners, jam & sauce makers, importers of Eastern produce

1900 - 1909 Atkins & Co. Ltd. Charles, oil &general merchants & engineers & furnishers

1902 McBean & Co. James, mercantile agents for Vacuum Oil Co

1903 - 1909 Cobbin, M. N. & E. C. manufacturers

1907 - 1923 Watson Bros Ltd, merchants & importers

1924 - 1949 Robinson & Taplin, Port Printing Works, printers

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42-46 Henry st, Moore's Building

42-46 Henry St (was 74-80 pre 1938)

The Moores Building is located on the eastern side of Henry Street and is situated between High Street and Marine Terrace.

A store was established on the site by Samuel Moore in the 1840s. William Dalgety Moore later established a general merchant business there in 1862. Constructed between 1868 and 1899 the complex comprises a residence, warehouse, factory stable, offices and shop, built between 1862 and 1899, in the Victorian Georgian and Victorian Academic style of architecture by architect John McNeece (1906) and built by Abbott and Rennie. The oldest building, dating from the 1830s, is a three-storey storehouse in the rear courtyard. It was built by George F Johnson, but the occupant is unknown.

The buildings are mainly constructed from rubble limestone and have brick quoined openings. Roof materials comprise of corrugated iron and some shingled cladding. The façade was cement rendered during the gold rush years with rusticated coursings to the ground floor. The two storey stucco frontage also features an asymmetrical triangular pediment over the entrance at the northern end of the façade with decoration to the tympanum. The present facade dates from 1900.

William Dalgety Moore gained substantial wealth from a wide range of activities: merchandising, timber, pearling, fish canning, shipping, flour milling and agencies and exercised political power in both Fremantle and in the newly formed Legislative Council.

The complex was listed on the Register of the National Estate in 1978.

In 1985 the City of Fremantle purchased the property and restored it through 1985/86 with a grant from the Commonwealth Government as part of the preparations for the America's Cup defence. The Moores Building Contemporary Art Gallery was originally administered by the Artists Foundation of WA (AFWA)- now ARTSOURCE) for the Fremantle Council and was then passed back to the Council in c 2004, and is now run by the Fremantle Arts Centre along with a Cafe- Moore & Moore and an arts residency programme in the back-store.

“Opening our doors in 2016, Paper Bird has found a nest among friends at the historic Moores Building… Close by to other independent bookshops, New Edition, The Map Shop and Bill Campbell’s Books, along with Notre Dame University, Paper Bird is helping create a literary precinct in the West End of Fremantle. The specialist children’s bookshop, focuses on Australian writers and illustrators. Indigenous stories feature strongly at Paper Bird…And we have twice weekly story telling under the beautiful tree in the courtyard.” (reference) Director of Paper Bird, Jennifer Jackson (Founding Director of Woylie Project, Australia’s first dedicated Aboriginal story festival for kids focusing on Noongar stories amongst a diverse range of Aboriginal stories from across Australia in collaboration with Magabala Books.

OCCUPANTS

Lot 89 & 90 owners:

1829 - 1837 Henderson, H E

1855 - 1879 Moore, William Dalgety

No. 42-46 (was 74-80 pre 1938)

1899 - 1949 Moore & Co. Ltd., W.D., merchants and importers, bulk stores and machinery sheds

No. 42 (was 74 pre 1938)

1919 - 1922 Brooke & Sons, C M, manufacturers

No 44-46 (was 76-80 pre 1938) Gallery Space

1938 - 1940 Hough & Co C J, wool merchants

1956-The Moore family sold the premises to the Stevenson family transport company.

1983 Fremantle City Council

2016 Paper Bird Children’s Book shop

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34-36 Henry St

34-36 Henry St (was 66-68 pre 1938), Sadleirs

34 Henry Street has a stone and brick decorative façade featuring arches and a driveway (now a pedestrian pathway) that traverses from Henry St through to Pakenham St.

In 1891 a machinery warehouse was built on Lot 85 (no 34).

1992- On either side of the driveway are contemporary two storey apartments, designed by Brian Klopper.

36 Henry St W D Moore & Co.'s Stores operated on Henry St from 1862. In 1881 William Dalgety Moore purchased Lot 86, and built a new warehouse in 1883 (No. 36).

R.C Sadleir (correct spelling) was established in 1895 as Customs, Shipping and Forwarding Agents, on the corner of Cliff Street, Fremantle. Until 1925 Sadleirs relied largely on horse-drawn transportation. In 1925 they moved from horse to a fleet of motor lorries. In 1936 Lionel Samson acquired R. C. Sadleir, and by 1955 the company fleet consisted of 21 vehicles. By 2012 it was known as the Lionel Samson Sadleirs Group (LSSG).

18 August 1952 W. D. MOORE and Company's warehouse in Henry-st., Fremantle, was today sold for £25,000. The buyers were Fremantle Customs agents R. C. Sadlier Pty. Ltd. When the property was offered for sale at public auction an August 7, bidding stopped at £15,000. Since then the auctioneers J. J. and F. G. Higham have conducted private negotiations and the deal was finalised today. (reference)

1951 Mr. Schnaars today granted the union leave to amend an award which will give increases of up to £1 a week to female clerks employed by James Kiernan Ltd., R. C. Sadlier Ltd., Frank Cadd Co. Ltd., Millars Timber and Trading Co., Ltd., Bunning Bros. Ltd. and others. (reference)

1953 Thomas Bernard Duggan (28), truck driver, of Little Howard street, Fremantle, was fined £5 in the Fremantle Police Court for having stolen nine dozen spanners, the property of his temporary employers, R. C. Sadlier and Co. … (reference)

1954 Wanted-TRUCK DRIVER. Permanent position, must have knowledge of wharf work and city deliveries. R. C. SADLIER PTY. LTD..36 Henry-st., Fremantle. (reference)

2019 Darling Darling Bar, a small bar, complete with whaling gear, was designed by Ashley Sutton, and is based on a “seafarer’s tipple spot from the 1800’s, for weary sailors who spent years at sea travelling from overseas to Fremantle.” (reference) “Entering Darling Darling is like going below the decks of an 19th century pirate ship…” (reference)

Lot 85 & 86 owners:

1855 Curtis

1856 - 1859 Dyett

1876 - 1879 Dyett, M

OCCUPANTS

No. 34-36 (was 66-68 pre 1938)

1902 - 1936 Moore & Co W D, (grocery depot)

1938 - 1942 Moore & Co Ltd W D, (bulk store)

1942 - 1949

McKenzie Ltd D J, merchants

Jones & Co Pty Ltd H, jam manufacturers

Austin Jam Co Pty Ltd, jam manufacturers

1952 R. C. Sadlier Pty. Ltd

Prior to 1992 Edge Skateboard Rink and Shields' Warehouse

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17 Henry St

17 Henry St (was 37 pre 1938)

This two story building is on the corner of High St and Henry St.

OCCUPANTS

Lot 61 owners:

1929 - 1837 Dod, P H

1855 - 1879 Francisco, Alex

1908 - 1910 Unmack, Frank G, solicitor 

1908 - 1937 Viles, Frank, shipping & commercial agent

1911 - 1916 Unmack & Thomas, solicitors

1911 - 1917 Darling & Son, John (R. Darling, mgr.), grain merchants

1911 R. Darling, manager

1912 - 1917 Henry Robinson, manager

1913 - 1915 Theos. Society (Fremantle Lodge) & Bateman H. B., solicitor

1917 - 1918 Mayhall, C A, solicitor

1919 - 1920 WA Wool-shipping House (John Lang, manager)

1919 - 1929 Fed Quarantine Offices (1919-1928: Dr F E Cox, CQO; 1929: Paul W Mitchell, CQO)

1921 United Theatres & Films Ltd 

1933 - 1949 Yugoslavia Consulate (N Marrich)

1939 - 1940 Brooks, Edward

1939 - 1942 Viles & Co Ltd, shipping agents

1940 - 1942 Wright, T

1940 - 1943 Monaghan, P

1940 - 1949 Bennett, W

1941 - 1942 Brooks, Edward 

1944 - 1949 Ross, Albert 

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10 Henry St

10 Henry St (was 22 pre 1938)

Lance Holt School, Federal Coffee Palace (fmr)

The original two storey building including half basement at ground level is constructed in the Federation Free Classical style. The building has zero setback from the pavement. The ashlar rendered façade features a tall decorative parapet with engaged pilasters and the central timber doors entrance with timber sash windows to the first floor. The ground floor and sub-basement floor façade features arched recessed timber framed windows.

1892 the Federal Coffee Palace, built for Philip Webster was first leased by Mr William Edward Jennings (who had arrived in the colony the previous Dec):

1892 Mr. A. E. Jennings has leased extensive premises in Fremantle, which he has opened as the Federal Coffee Palace. The central position of the building should make the establishment very convenient for working men, while special acommodation has been provided for visitors. (reference)

1892 Fremantle Board of Health- at the Federal Coffee Palace sleeping apartments had been fitted up below the street level. It appeared that the proprietor was unaware of the terms of the bye-laws, and had offered no objection to alter his arrangements… (reference)

By October 1892, when Jennings defaulted on the rent, Webster seized the premises, closed the short lived Coffee Palace (reference) and held an auction on the premises. (reference)

In Nov 1892 Martin Blau (and Mrs Meadley), bought the business and applied for an eating and boarding house licence to continue the Federal Coffee Palace (reference) After a health inspector complained of unsanitary conditions, water closets were installed in Dec 1892. (reference)

Jan 1893 In the Bankruptcy Court, the public examination of W. E. Jennings, restaurant-keeper in Fremantle, was brought to a close, there being no assets in the estate. The debtor added to his previous statement that when he openod a second business at the Federal Coffee Palace he was in debt about £70, and the new place cost him about £560, the furniture and fittings costing £520. The loss on that business during the three months he continued it was about £125. In October he assigned his assets to creditors, not being able to meet the bills due. His business was injured by the medical officer of the Board of Health condemning the Federal Coffee Palace as an unhealthy building, be-cause there were 20 beds in the cellar, besides the beds on the upper floors, and the report in the newspapers caused the boarders to dwindle away. (reference)

In March 1893 Martha Meadley (husband W. Meadley) was granted the boarding house licence. (reference) By June 1893 it was suspected the auction may have been rigged to fleece Webster: “they had Webster now, who was a fat goose worth plucking…” (reference)

In 1893 M. Davey, proprietor of the Federal Coffee Palace, wrote to the Fremantle Board of Health stating he could not afford the upkeep of the well in his yard and asked that better drainage be provided in Henry-street… (reference)

In 1896 Walter H. Raleigh and W. Rogers applied for a Hotel Licence and in 1897 Raleigh received a Billiard Table Licence, for the Federal Coffee Palace. (reference) (reference)

1896 Jeremiah Eunson, alias Scott, was charged with picking the pocket of one James Bourke, on the morning of the 16th instant, at the Federal Coffee Palace. John Barry, night watchman at the hotel, gave evidence to the effect that he noticed the accused go upstairs at about 3 o'clock in the morning, and enter a room occupied by four men. The accused then proceeded to ease one of the inmates of the room of his money… (reference)

1896 Walter Henry Riley and William Rogers, lessees of the Federal Coffee Palace Hotel, Henry-street, Fremantle, were charged before Mr. R. Fairbairn, R.M., in the Fremantle Police Court, yesterday, with having committed a breach of the Wine, Beer, and Spirits Sales Act by having retailed liquor to persons other than their bona-fide boarders or lodgers. (reference)

In June 1897 Mr. James Alexander Ramage, a resident of the Federal Coffee Palace and an inspector in the Fremantle branch of the water supply department, was killed when hit by a train. (reference)

1897 The Federal Coffee Palace had 76 beds in it, whereas according to the by-laws it had space for only 56… Where, as in the case of the Federal Coffee Palace, the bedrooms were open cubicles, with space above the partitions for an overhead current, the rooms might be improved sufficiently for their present number of beds by means of auger holes bored at the bottom of the walls close to the floor, so as to give an under-current… (reference)

In June 1898 Clara Walker, the manageress of the Federal Coffee Palace, and Lydia Fitzpatrick, housemaid, both gave evidence in the inquest of A. Dawson, a man who took an overdose of morphia, in his room… (reference)

Oct 1898 “I expected this." Campbell Macarthur, manager of the Federal Coffee Palace, said that there had been several robberies at the coffee palace while accused was staying there. (reference)

Nov 1898 stolen goods were found on the premises and this was last heard of the Federal Coffee Palace in Henry St ( reference)

In 1899 a two storey office and warehouse was constructed which housed a variety of merchants and tradesmen.

In 1973, Lance Holt school took out a lease, and in 1985 bought the building for $120, 000 from the council.

OCCUPANTS

Lot 78 owners:

1829 - 1837 Wardell, Richard

1855 Keates

1856 - 1876 Yelverton, H

1877 Senior & Brown, T & Senior, I

1878 Brown, T & Carter, Thomas

1879 Brown, T

1892-1898 Federal Coffee Palace

1892 owner Philip Webster, leased by William Edward Jennings,

1893 M. W. Davis, (M Davey?), licensee, and Martha Meadley

1896 Walter Henry Riley and William Rogers, lessees, John Barry, night watchman

1898-Campbell Macarthur, manager, Kitchen Mrs Kennedy, Clara Walker, manageress, Lydia Fitzpatrick, housemaid

1899 Moylan James, wine & spirit merchant & importer of general merchandise

1900 - 1915 A. G. & F T, KNOX merchants

1916 - 1920 Knox, F T, general merchants

1921 - 1927 Tucker & Thomson Ltd, plumbers & sheet metal workers

1928 - 1934 Hollis & Thomson, plumber, tinsmiths, canister makers & sheet metal workers

1934 - 1941 Thomson, Samuel, plumber

1942 - 1949 Johnson Ltd George, mfrs agents / Churcher & Co Ltd F W, forwarding agents

1950 -c1970 Adams Electric and Port Printing Works.

1972 purchased by Fremantle Council and occupied by Main Roads Dept. and the City of Fremantle Planning Dept.

1973- Lance Holt School

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Fremantle Workers Club

9 Henry St (was 27 pre 1938)

OCCUPANTS

Lot 58 owners:

1829 - 1837 Harris, W H

1855 - 1859 Lodge, O

1876 - 1878 Roe, J S (Captain)

1899 - 1900 Mews, James, boat builder

1906

London Tailoring Depot, Fred Miller, manager

Miller, John, tailor

1911 - 1912 Boultbee, George Frederick, barrister & solicitor, public notary & commercial for affidavits

1914 - 1915 Goold, L B, solicitor

1917 Goodridge & Co, estate & com agent

1917 - 1918 Lane, George C R

1919 Nunn, William P

1920 - 1922 Atkinson, Mrs Florence E, boarding house

1923 - 1926 Clare, William E, printer & publisher

1927 - 1928

Port Carrying & Baggage Agency

Robbins, Alfred

1927 - 1929 Knap, Jack, building table repair (1927-1928 tailor)

1930 - 1932 McAulay, Patrick

1930 - 1933

Quinn, S

Lonsdale, Jeremiah

1942 - 1949 Pearce, William

Quartermaine's Building

3-5 Henry St (was 21-23 pre 1938), Quartermaine’s Buildings (former)

1903 a building was constructed on the lot built for William Balchin Ltd, replacing earlier buildings.

From 1925-1943 this was the office of Frank G. Unmack (1873-1943), Fremantle’s most famous solicitor.

In 1936 the building was the Fremantle Workers' Social & Leisure Club, when additions were carried out by Ochiltree & Hargrave architects.

1956/7 occupied by Quartermaine Travel:

‘The company was established in 1954 but the move to the premises in Henry Street would have been around about 1956, 1957.  So that’s a lovely old building; it was formerly a bank, I believe, number 3.  Murray Quartermaine had two buildings there, number 3 Henry Street and number 5 and he joined them together.  There was like a hospital ramp going from the upper floor from one storey to another and it was a typical old Fremantle building: you walk in and there’s a huge walk-in safe down the back.  There’s a big cellar underneath which goes halfway across Henry Street and as children I can remember vividly running around the whole remit of the building and going into the cellar.  My father continued the export/import agency for wine, so he also had the official customs bond store there, so he had to hold all the wine in a secure location because I think at that time duty wasn’t paid or tax wasn’t paid until the wine was actually sold…

Quartermaine Travel had been developed into quite a successful business: it was probably the largest privately owned travel agency in the country at the time and it’s a very strong brand today: I speak to elderly people—they still remember the name Quartermaine Travel… we had, I think, seven or eight travel branches in the Perth area, we had an office in Singapore, an office in Barclay Street in London…

As the travel agency grew, it sponsored the America’s Cup with Southern Cross II, and also I guess it was good for him because he got a lot of corporate accounts out of his association with Alan Bond as well, which enabled the travel agency to flourish.” From oral history interview with Lance Quartermaine for the Fremantle Library (2021) Interviewer Anne Yardley.

In 1984, it was converted to commercial/residential use. Part of the warehouse was leased by Spare Parts Puppet Theatre until mid-1985. There was also a craft outlet on the ground floor.

From early 2000’s was usewd for residential-warehouse apartments

OCCUPANTS

Lot 57 owners:

1829 - 1837 Gresswell, John

1855 - 1859 Lodge, O

1876 - 1878 Gregory, Mr

No 3 (was 21 pre 1938)

1913 - 1916 Moss & Dwyer, solicitors

1917 

Moss, Unmack & Thomas, solicitors

Moss, M L Dwyer, solicitor (M. U & T)

1918 - 1920 Moss, M L, Dwyer, Unmack and Thomas, solicitors

1920 - 1924 British Bye Products Co Ltd (reg off)

1921 - 1929 Dwyer, Unmack & Thomas, solicitors

1930 - 1943 Unmack F G, solicitor

1944 - 1946 Vacant

1947 Crouchleys Ltd, wine & spirit merchants - wholesaler

1949 Luscane Wine & Spirit Merchants, wine & spirit merchants - wholesale

1956- Both 3-5 occupied by Quartermaine Travel- Murray Vernon Quartermaine

No. 5 (was 23 pre 1938)

1900 - 1910 Moss & Barsden, solicitors

1901 - 1907 Balchin Ltd. W. wine, spirit & general merchants

1908 - 1909 Lohmann & Co. merchants & manufacturers' agents

1910 Manford & Co. Frederick commercial agents

1912 

Joyce Bros. Ltd. bag & sack manufacturers

Wm. J. Drafflin, manager

Moss & Dwyer, solicitors

1913 Wood & Son, G. wholesale grocers

1916 - 1922 Thompson, Walker & Co Ltd, green & product merchants (1916 & 1921: W Ockerby, manager; 1917 - 1920: H Rose, manager)

1916 - 1925 Ockerby & Co Ltd, product merchants

1927 - 1929 vacant

1930 - 1949 Brown & Dureau Pty Ltd

1930 - 1934 merchants, manufacturers agents and brokers

1934 - 1935 bus agents & house & land agents

1935 - 1949 wholesale / Rosella Preserving & Manufacturing Co Ltd, jam manufacturers / McKenzie & Co Pty Ltd / James F, manufacturing grocers

1956- Both 3-5 occupied by Quartermaine Travel- Murray Vernon Quartermaine

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2 Henry St

2-6 Henry St (was 4-8 pre 1938)

Former Falk Building, Seppelts Building Facade, ACTA Building

No. 2 Henry Street, on the corner of Henry and Phillimore Streets.

Until 1896 the property was owned by Mr Horwood. A new building was constructed in 1888-89 for P. Falk & Co. to F.W. Burwell’s design. Burwell was responsible for substantial additions in 1903 (Builder James Brownlie); he was probably responsible for the gracefully curved facade which is all that remains of the original building.

2 Henry St still has the curved facade of the Falk Building but the interior - and that of 4-8 Henry St- was completely rebuilt for the occupation of various commonwealth government departments - which have since moved on.

OCCUPANTS

Lot 73

1829 - 1837 G. F. Johnston

1855 - 1857 Leake, L

1858 - 1859 Horwood, J J

1876 - 1878 Horwood, J J (Junior)

1898 Falk & Co (P.) (L. Alexander, manager), wholesale tobacconists & jewellery importers.

1935 - 1938 Barnard Ltd Eric, customs, forwarding & shipping agents

1939 - 1942 Daly Bros, shipping agts

1942 - 1945 United States Navy (stores)

Lot 74 owners:

1829 - 1837 Gellibrand, J T

1855 - 1857 Leake, L

1858 - 1859 Horwood, J J

1876 - 1878 Horwood, J J (Junior)

1926 - 1929

Manford Limited, Frank, customs & forwarding agents

Brown & Dureau Limited, merchants, brokers & manufacturers agents

1926 - 1938 Paterson & Co Ld, merchants

1930 - 1936 Nestle and Anglo-Swiss Cond Milk Co (A/Sin) Ltd (1930 - 1932 A O Hill, manager)

1936 - 1938 Woolworth's Bulk Store

1938 - 1942 Barnard Ltd Eric, customs, forwarding & shipping agents

1939 - 1942 Agence Consulaire de France

1945 United States Navy (stores)

warehouse 4-8

1910 Falk & Co. Ltd. P. importers

1910 - 1914 Vacuum Oil Co. Propy. Ltd (Charles Noble, representative)

1911 - 1928 Manford & Co, Frank, customs & forwarding agents

1912 - 1928 Brown & Dureau Limited, merchants, brokers & manufacturer agents (J. A. Newman, manager)

1912 - 1917 Jones & Co. Ltd, H, jam manufacturers

1913 - 1914 Markwald, Henry, indent agent

1916 - 1928 Paterson & Co Ld, merchants

1918 - 1919 Barrow, Noseda & Co Ld, produce merchants

1920 Lempriere & Co, O T, ore buyers

1923 - 1928 CARBARNS & CO, D F Dairy, grain and general produce merchants, 18 Henry St., Fremantle

1 Henry St

1 Henry St (was 19 pre 1938) The Fremantle Club

Now the NDU carpark at 1 Henry St,

Lot 56, no. 1 Henry Street, was the site of the three-storey Lodge's Hotel (also known as the Castle Hotel)

The ‘Castle Hotel’ was built in 1876- the first 3-storey building in the state. In 1869 it was used as a private house for William Dalgety Moore, and then became a school for young ladies until 1880, then a private hotel 1884-6. (Mr Webster- reference)

From 1 June 1884, the owner William Marmion rented the building to Henry Russell Alvarenga- and wife Jane, who had previously run the Alvarenga Coffee Palace (in Packenham St (reference). They refurbished the grand Castle Hotel, supplied service for 23 rooms and applied for a billiard table license (reference). They also made available Club rooms (see Ad).

18 June 1884 The Upper Hall will at all reasonable times be open, free of charge, for Public Meetings, and may be specially hired for Private Parties, Balls… The Service will be carefully superintended by MRS. ALVARENGA, whose experience is a sufficient guarantee that civility and attention will be given to visitors by the servants employed at the Hotel. (reference)

In January 1885 Henry Alvarenga became very ill and his licence was postponed. (reference). He was declared bankrupt in March 1885 (reference) and it was suggested then that his building be utilised by the Fremantle Club (reference). In April the entire contents of the Castle Hotel were sold at auction (reference) and Henry died 24 May 1885 (reference)

28 May 1885 Mrs. Alvarenga, widow of the deceased proprietor of Alvarenga's Restaurant enquired if His Worship would grant her a temporary license, to carry on a boarding and lodging house on the premises occupied by her late husband. (reference)

Jane was granted a boarding house licence in June 1884 (reference) but decided to return to her previous establishment in Packenham St in July 1885. (reference)

In 1886 the building became the Fremantle Club and Its first President was William Edward Marmion (1845-1896)

The Fremantle Workers Social and Leisure Club, purchased the building in 1916 from the AMP Society for £2000.

This club became the Fremantle Workers Club., and they demolished the building in 1956.

The Fremantle Club, a club for Gentlemen, included all the highly ranked members of Society in Fremantle such as Michael Samson, the Pearse Brothers, James Lilly, Arthur Diamond, J.W. Bateman, Jack Higham, William Moore, Lucus Manning. It had strict rules of conduct, dress and eligibility- allowing however Roman Catholics (excluded form the Freemasons).

Like its brother club, the Weld Club, in Perth- women of course were excluded, including Mary Higham (head of Higham & Sons). However in 1910 the club was infiltrated by a 28 year old Margaret Able, who as ‘Martin Able’, worked there as a steward.

27 Jan 1886 At a preliminary meeting of the promoters of the Fremantle Club, held at Messrs.Waldeck, Smith & Co.'s yesterday, it was decided to take steps forthwith to open the institution, the entrance fee of membership being fixed at five guineas and a similar sum for annual subscription. (reference)

25 March 1886 The Fremantle Club require the services of a good Cook, a Scullery Maid, an experienced steady Waiter, a thorough Housemaid, civil, attentive youth for Billiard Room, and a handy man for ''Boots” and generally useful. Apply to C. J. HUGHES, Manager.

April 1886 The Fremantle Club was opened on Monday last, and bids well to become a favorite resort for the numerous members already enrolled. The want of such an institution had been long felt, and I need scarcely say will be well appreciated here, similarly as the Weld and Perth Clubs are in the City. The new Club has an excellent start, while the manager-- who has already been spoken of as experienced, in the management of the well-known Coffee Palaces of Sydney- is likely to give satisfaction to members by his untiring energy to make the whole of the arrangements in every way satisfactory. A large number of gentlemen met at the Club on Monday, on the occasion of its inauguration. (reference)

9 Sep 1886 the Secretary of the Fremantle Club, wrote to the Fremantle Council calling attention to the necessity for a lamp at the foot of Henry Street. (reference)

June 1889 A large number of gentlemen attended the Fremantle Club to bid farewell to J. J. Higham before his forthcoming visit to England  (reference)

1925 Fremantle Club's History- Once the Resort of Titled Exclusives - Now The Rendezvous of Brawny Toilers -A Queer Metamorphosis… Housed in a fine three-storey building—the first in Fremantle—beautifully furnished and carpeted, its Chinese service a thing of wonder the Fremantle Club was RIGIDLY EXCLUSIVE…The transfer of the head offices of many of the big firms to Perth seriously affected the club's membership, and the formation of the Commercial Travellers' Club took its toll of the younger members. The result was that eventually the Fremantle Club became non-existent. Later it was taken over by the Fremantle Workers' Club, whose membership consists in great part of lumpers…The top storey is not now used, but the two lower storeys are fully occupied. The library, comprising some 6000 volumes, is one of the finest of its kind in Australia… In the Workers Club, Fremantle has much of which it may be proud. But the ghosts of some of the long-dead autocrats who first occupied the buildings as a club must turn in their graves occasionally! (reference The Mirror, ) Image above right shows inset- Mr L. Carey, vice president and Mr A.L.F. Gregg, Secretary of the Fremantle Workers Club

The Workers Club gained a purpose-built building at 7-9 Henry St from 1956, and the Lodge's Hotel building was demolished in 1958 to provide a carpark for Workers members.

OCCUPANTS

Lot 57 owners: 

1829 - 1837 Gresswell, John

1855 - 1859 Lodge, O

1876 - 1878 Gregory, Mr

1886 - 1913 Fremantle Club

1897 - 1898 T. Birrell Gray, secretary

1899 - 1900 Percy C. Collins, secretary

1901 - 1902 H. F. Keep, secretary

1903 - 1904 H. N. Southwell, secretary

1905 - 1906 T. Russell, secretary

1907 - 1909 G. F. Gallop, secretary

1910 - 1913 R. Stanley Jeffreys, secretary, mentioned in Margaret Bales story as being the man who employed her.

1911 Moss & Dwyer, solicitors

1915 - 1956 Fremantle Workers Social & Leisure Club

1915 - 1916 Herbert H. Taylor, secretary

1917 - 1918 Robert McCutcheon, manager

1918 - 1919 Knox, Charles, caretaker

1919 - 1920 A E Pryce, secretary and manager

1920 Greville, William, caretaker

1921 - 1923 William Roche, secretary 

1921 - 1928 Grenfell, William, caretaker

1924 - 1931 Alfred Gregg, secretary

The Workers Club takes over the Fremantle Club, Mirror 24 Jan 1925 p 11

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

25-29 Henry St

25-29 Henry St (was 65-67 pre 1938)

Notre Dame University ND18 - School of Medicine - formerly Mercantile Stevedores Warehouse

Two storey rendered building with a zero set back from the pavement. There is a decorative parapet with a central pediment and decorative brackets. There are arched sash windows and a central entrance with drive through entrance to the left side.

Lot 66 was originally owned by Henry Willey Reveley (1788-1875) a civil engineer responsible for the earliest public works at the Swan River Colony including the Round House (1829-1837). The lot was then owned by the Roman Catholic church under Bishop Serra (1856-1859) and Bishop Griver (1876-1879), consisting of shops and a cottage. The cottage was for a time used by the Harbour Master's crew (c1886).

1911 - 1929 F. H. Faulding & Co was a pharmaceutical company founded in Adelaide, Australia, in 1845, began bisiness in Perth in 1890. One of the company's major innovations was the development of a process for distillation of eucalyptus oil, which formed the basis of an antiseptic marketed as ‘Solyptol’. F. H. Faulding & Co Ltd, wholesale druggists & manufacturing chemists had a business here from 1911 - 1929.

1913 At the Perth Police Court on Fri day next, Frederick James Wood, manager for Messrs. Felton, Grimwade and Bickford, and Walter W. Garner, manager for Messrs. F. H. Faulding and Co., will be charged with having on May 26 sold (1) Zambuk ointment, and (2) Indian root pills, two patent medicines, which it is alleged do not comply with the provisions of regulation No. 26 of the Health Act. (reference)

1930 Royal Show: Messrs. F. H. Faulding and Co. have a most attractive display in their pavilion. The dominating note, of course, is boronia, for the firm is renowned for its perfumes, face powders, etc.. made from the pick of our wildflowers. 'Faulded,' an insecticide, guaranteed to kill flies, and one of the latest products from the firm's laboratories, is given prominence, together with the popular 'Marion' sauce, a Worcester type of sauce made in Western Australia by F. H. Faulding and Co. A shilling bag comprising samples of 'Marion' sauce, Faulding's coffee essence, Solyptol soap, health saline, and the latest addition to the wide range of Fauldins cordials 'orange,' is finding great favor with bargain seekers. (reference)

The building was sold out of the church c1920. It was then a Stevedoring Company from 1930.

OCCUPANTS

Lot 66 owners:

1829 - 1837 Reveley, W

1855 Catholic

1856 - 1859 Serra, Bishop

1876 - 1878 Bishop Griver (R.C.)

No. 25 (was 65 pre 1938)

1902 - 1907

Tinsley, H, customs agent

Fimister & Co. J W, merchants & importers

1904 Roger & Co. J. MacLeod, mercantile brokers & general agents

1906 Ayles, A M (Roberts & A)

1908 - 1938 Collyer, A F, Indent, Produce & Shipping Agent (1936-1938 Dairy Produce Merchant)

1938 - 1939 Gadsden Pty Ltd J (bulk store)

1939 - 1949 Hood, Alex, sail & tent manufacturer

No. 27 (was 67 pre 1938)

1899 Melliday & CO. (John), produce merchants

1900 Tinsley, H, mining broker

1900 - 1901 Moore, J J, mining broker

1903 - 1906 Watson Bros. wine, spirit & general merchants

1907 - 1909 Hutton, J C, ham & bacon curer

1911 - 1929 Faulding & Co Ltd, F H, wholesale druggists (1924-1929 wholesale druggists & manufacturing chemists)

1930 - 1938 Fremantle Stevedoring Co Ltd (store)

1938 - 1939 Hood, Alex, sail & tent manufacturer

1939 - 1946 Collyer, A F, produce merchant & shipping agent

No. 29

1938 - 1939 Collyer, A F, produce merchant & shipping agent

1939 - 1949 Fremantle Stevedoring Co Ltd (store)

Alterations to the 1898 building were carried out in 1964 and 1968.

Notre Dame

2005 “The new Fremantle based Medical School was formally opened by the Commonwealth Minister for Health, Mr Tony Abbott, on 2 September, 2005. It was an exciting occasion. All present knew this was a very important milestone in the history of UNDA. The first Medicine intake – over 80 graduate entry candidates – began their course in January 2005. This new Medical School, under its Foundation Dean, Adrian Bower, and his deputy, Jenny McConnell, rapidly gained a reputation for the quality of its staff and curriculum, its clinical training experiences, and the excellence of its students and its graduates”. From the Founding and Establishment of Notre Dame, 1986-2014 by Peter Tannock 2014 (reference)

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