Architecture
This property is currently listed as a Category B; on both the Municipal Inventory and the Heritage List under Local Planning Scheme No. 3.
HISTORY
158 Canning Highway was the home of Horace Hill Parker, the first Town Clerk of East Fremantle. Parker lived at this address until his death in 1944. Thereafter, his daughter Dorothea Laura Hill Parker lived at this residence. She was the first West Australian-born woman to practice as a doctor in WA. Read more about Horace and Dorothy in Notable people section.
1933 Mr. and Mrs. H. Parker, of Canning-road, East Fremantle, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Harold Camm, have returned from a delightful tour of the South-west. Mrs. Camm (Dr. Dorothea Parker) has completely recovered from her recent illness. (reference)
1938 Vehicle Registration: 37846, Harold Camm, 158, Canning-rd., E. Fremantle, Singer sedan. (reference)
RESIDENTS
1911 - 1927: Parker, Horace (JP, Town Clerk)
1928 - 1941: Parker, Dorothea (medical practitioner) & Parker, Horace.
1941 - 1949: Parker, Dorothea (medical practitioner) & husband Harold Camm.
