38 Sewell Street / 78 George Street

ARCHITECTURE

Late Victorian / Early Federation - Georgian / Decorative Free Classical

38 Sewell Street (previously was no. 88) and 78 George St is a single-storey corner shop constructed in rendered masonry and limestone. There are low-pitched roofs behind a classically derived parapet wall. The shop is designed as a corner building, with its entrance set on the former and flanked by display windows. Over the opening is a bull-nosed roof verandah on timber posts. Above the shopfront there is an entablature with an elaborately decorative balustrade. The place is consistent with the pattern of development in Plympton and plays an important role in the pattern of development of a working class suburb and an example of the capacity for adaptation of the first generation of buildings.

HISTORY

The Black Angels

1912 - The Black Angels were a gang of young women who were often accused and arrested in the period 1906-1913- for prostitution in both Perth, and at an ‘immoral’ house or brothel at the corner of 38 Sewell and George Sts, in East Fremantle in 1912. Read the full account under Notable People, or specifically for this address: (reference)
1911 Recipe—First prize awarded to Miss M. Allbeury, 88 Sewell-street, East Fremantle, for Ginger Lemonade... (reference) Sultana Cake...Miss A. Allbeury, 88 Sewell-street, East Fremantle. (reference)
1914 Recipe—Coconut Ice...Miss A. Allbeury, 88 Sewell-street, East Fremantle. (reference)
1930 Funeral. The Friends of the late Mr. Oscar Frederick Flyman, late employee of the City Council, Fremantle and dearly beloved husband of Mrs. Mary Flyman, of No. 88 Sewell-street, East Fremantle, and fond father of Kathleen, Frederick, and Phillip... (reference)
1934 Death on March 18, at the Fremantle Hospital, Mary Ann Flyman, of 88 Sewell-street, East Fremantle, widow of the late Oscar Fredrick Flyman, and loving mother of Kathleen (Mrs. G. Connolly, East Fremantle), Frederick (Northam) and Phillip Flyman (Yarloop); aged 52 years. (reference)
1944 Fatal Fall Into Ash Dump. John Murray (12), of 38 Sewell street, East Fremantle, sustained fatal burns when he fell into a dump of hot ashes near the Anchorage Butchers works at Coogee at about 10.30 am yesterday. Unaware of the danger, he ran down a hill, stumbled and fell into the smouldering cinders. He was taken in a St John ambulance to the Fremantle Hospital where he died at about 7 pm. (reference) John Joseph, beloved son of James A. and Constance Murray, of 38 Sewell-street, East Fremantle; loved brother of Mary, Veronica, James, Noreen, Cecily and little Tom: loved grandson of Mrs J. E. Hannan (Bridgetown); loved nephew of Joseph Hannan, Florence (Mrs Bell), Evelyn (Mrs Pook), Dan Bell and Bill Pook; aged 12½ years. (reference)
1945 Men Gaoled For Fremantle Theft. Six men have been arrested on charges connected with recent robberies in seaside districts. The 6 men arrested were: Matthew Mark Luke John Vosloo, 30-a South African laborer, of Sewell-st., East Fremantle: James Archibald Murray (45), letter-carrier, of Sewell-st… (reference)

AIF 1916, James George Albury (Real spelling ALLBEURY) (Regimental number 3113) Occupation Printer's Devil, 38 Sewell Street, East Fremantle, Single, Age at embarkation 18. Next of kin Father: Spencer Charles Allbeury.