Architecture
Interwar Bungalow w Queen Anne Influences
No 63 Petra Street is a single storey house constructed in brick and rendered brick with a hipped and gable corrugated iron roof. It is a fine expression of the Federation Bungalow style. It is asymmetrically composed with a thrust gable bay and a full width return hip roofed verandah. The verandah is supported on turn timber posts with brackets. The north section of the return verandah has been enclosed. The half-timbered gable bay features a set of casement windows under a sunhood. There is a central door and hopper light flanked by side lights and a set of casement windows. There is a rendered string course and windows have decorative sills. The roofscape features a pair of brick chimneys.
History
1935 Lost Young Black Kelpie, answers name Whiskers. Reward returning 63 Petra-st., East Fremantle. (reference)
1937 Well-built Home, three brick rooms and one wood, villa front, side and back verandah enclosed with glass. New gas stove, bathroom, with p.e. bath and gas bath heater, washhouse, sewered, all conveniences. Home in good position, with lawns back and front, fruit trees and full quarter-acre block. A Snap — £700 Cash. Inspection invited. 63 Petra-st., Fremantle. (reference)
1943 Birth on January 14, at Woodside Hospital, to Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Marr, of Petra-street, East Fremantle—a son(Daryl James). (reference)
1954 Bernstein Piano. Beautiful walnut case. Reconditioned. 63 Petra-st., E. Fremantle. (reference)
1954 Austin 10 Sedan, 1940, nice appearance, lic. April, £300. 63 Petra-st., East Ftle. (reference)
Residents
1928 - 1940: Collins, Norman C.
1941 - 1949: Marr, Jason
