ARCHITECTURE
No 200 Canning Highway-’Templetonia’ is a single storey house constructed in limestone and brick with a hipped and gable corrugated iron roof. It is a very fine expression of the Federation Cottage Ornée style. It is asymmetrically composed with a gabled thrust bay and a part width return bull-nose roofed verandah. The verandah is supported on timber posts with brackets and a lacy carved frieze. The gable bay features a curved head window with double hung sash windows, sidelights and a fanlight. There is a central door and hopper light flanked by sidelights and double hung sash windows. Walls are random coursed limestone with brick quoins. The roofscape features tall render capped chimneys.
HISTORY
Richard Hooper Broomhall (1867-1929) married Ethel Eliza Bateman (1869-1954) and they had one child Ethel Rachael Broomhall ( 1896-1970)
1919 Death on August 1, at the residence of her sister, Mrs. F. Hollis, Redburn, Osborne-road, East Fremantle, Emma Bateman, eldest daughter of the late John Bateman, of Fremantle aged 66 years. (reference)
1919 F. G. Higham has received instructions from the Trustees of the Estate of the late Miss E. Bateman, to sell by Public Auction… (reference) See list of all the amazing furniture in the house in 1919
1921 Wanted. Cook-Laundress, wages 30s.; and Lady Help, 20s., for country. Apply Mrs. R. H. Broomhall, Templetonia, East Fremantle… (reference)
1924 Vehicle Registration. 2061: Douglas motorcycle, V. R. Broomhall, Canning-road, East Fremantle. (reference)
1929 Death on February 27, at his late residence, 200 Canning-road, East Fremantle, Richard Hooper Broomhall, dearly beloved husband of Ethel, and loving father of Beryl (Mrs. J. Winzar), Ethel, Vernon and Jane Broomhall; aged 62 years. (reference)
1946 Drunk Driver Fined £20. Manager George Bertram Thompson (49), of Canning Highway, East Fremantle, was fined £20, had his license suspended until December 31, in Fremantle Police Court… (reference)
“Richard Hooper Broomhall and Eliza Bateman are my Great Great Grandparents. They had four children. My Great Grandmother is their eldest daughter; Jessie Beryl "Beryl" Broomhall. I visited my grandmother at her home at 38 Bedford St, East Fremantle in 1982.” Deb Moseby, D <crinoline1850@gmail.com> Aug 27, 2024
RESIDENTS
1909 - 1911: Cross, George
1912: Fontaine, Ernest (Healy & Fo)
1913 - 1920: Bateman, Miss Emma
1922 - 1932: Broomhall, Richard H. "Templetonia"
1933 - 1949: Thompson, George J. B.
