46 Sewell Street — Streets of East Freo

ARCHITECTURE

Federation / Domestic Carpenter Gable

HISTORY

1900 Police Courts Fremantle. The following parents were charged, on the information of Truant-Inspector Havill, with having neglected to send their children to school as required by the Education Act: Charles Podger… (reference)
1910 The funeral of the late Mrs. Annie Mary Podger, wife of Mr. Charles Podger, of Fremantle Goods Sheds, W.A. Government Railways, took place yesterday and was very largely attended. The cortege proceeded from her late residence, Dorothy-street, East Fremantle, to the Fremantle Cemetery... The chief mourners were Mr. Podger (widow), the Misses Elsie, Annie, and Alice Podger and Mrs. W. Sorrell (daughters), Messrs. Sam and Charles Podger (sons)... (reference) In loving memory of my dear wife, Annie, who departed this life after a long and painful illness at Fremantle, June 9, 1910.The midnight stars are gleaming upon a silent grave, For sleeping without dreaming, lies the one we could not save. Oh, for the touch of a vanished hand, And the sound of the voice that is still. Inserted by her loving husband, Charles Podger and family. (reference)
1917 Mr. Charles Podger, 179 King-street, East Fremantle, has received word from the Military Department that his son, Private Samuel Thomas Podger, was killed in action on February 13. Private Podger left Fremantle on February 15, 1916, with the 28th Battalion. He was three months in Egypt, and three months in the firing line in France... (reference)
1918 Fremantle Police Court. Illegally on Hotel Premises. Thomas Kavanagh was fined for having been, on May 5, illegally in the back premises of the Plympton Hotel, East Fremantle. (reference)
1934 The funeral of the late Mr. Charles Podger, of 28 Walker-street, South Fremantle, and formerly of the goods department, W.A. Government Railway at Fremantle, took place in the Church of England portion of the Fremantle Cemetery yesterday morning. The late Mr. Podger, who was born in Melbourne, Victoria, came to Western Australia in 1896, and had lived at Fremantle ever since. Before the construction of the Fremantle Harbour, Mr. Podger was for a brief period employed by the harbour authorities when the old jetty was in use. He joined the service of the W.A. Government Railways in the goods department at Fremantle 36 years ago, and remained there until his retirement in 1930. (reference)
1942 Engaged Vera Audrey, second eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Sims, of 46 Sewell-street, East Fremantle, to Roy Charles, second eldest son of Mr and Mrs C. Nugent, of 23 Preston Point-road, East Fremantle. (reference)