Church of the Immaculate Conception

ARCHITECTURE

This property is currently listed as a Category A on the Municipal Inventory.

HISTORY

1940 Roman Catholic Church. Tenders are invited for the erection of the first portion of the complete design of a Roman Catholic Church at the corner of Canning-highway and Preston Point-road, East Fremantle. Plans prepared by Messrs. Howard Bonner and Tracey provide for a brick building about 84ft. deep and 48ft. wide, which will include a nave with side aisles, a narthex, and a baptistry, with a choir gallery over the entrance. The church will accommodate 384 worshippers, but the complete design provides for 600. The exterior will be in plain brickwork except the entrance, which will be finished in cream cement. Internally the church will have a cream brick dado 5½ ft. high and plaster above. A flat-pitch asbestos roof will be constructed. (reference)
1940 Church Opening. The new Church of the Immaculate Conception erected at the corner of Canning-highway and Preston Point-road, East Fremantle, will be blessed by the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Perth Dr. Prendiville at 9 a.m. tomorrow. His Grace will preside at Solemn High Mass immediately after the Blessing. The new church has been built at a cost of £3500. (reference)
1952 Death on Dec. 13, of Kathleen Mary Reilly, cousin of Rev. Father J. J. O'Mahoney (Wagin), Mother M. Attracts (Loreto Convent, Nedlands), Gerard and Rev. Father K. O'Mahoney (Japan). (reference)
1953 They Were Wed. Evans — Corrigan. A wedding which created more than usual interest was solemnised at the Church of the Immaculate Conception at East Fremantle, on Friday afternoon last when Miss. Dorothy Margaret Corrigan married Mr. Robert Irwin Evans. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Father O'Callaghan, an old friend of the bride's family, who also later acted as Chairman at the reception. (reference)