A brief History of East Street

East Street is the western boundary of the East Fremantle Municipality- thus only even numbered houses are shown in this website.

This working class neighbourhood was home to large families like the Groves who lived at 32 (now 18) East St from 1910-1949. Tally Clerk Robert Groves and his wife Ethyl Maud Rasmussen had 6 children: Robert R (b. 1909), Clifford R (b.1912), Neil R (b. 1917), Dagmar R ( b. 1914), Raymar R (b.1926) and Norman R (b. 1934). Dagmar became Mrs Dagmar Wenham in 1939 and her sister Raymar married the ‘boy next door’' at no 34 ( now no 20) - Stanley Devlin.

1928 A lumper named Carl Svensen (72), of East-street East Fremantle, was drowned in the river at Fremantle on Monday afternoon. Seeing that deceased was in difficulties, another man rowed to his assistance in a small punt which capsized when Svensen clutched it. (reference)

Application for Enlistment in the Imperial Forces December 28th, 1915 for fireman James Baines who lived at 64 East St: https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/NAAMedia/ShowImage.aspx?B=6536099&T=PDF

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