ARCHITECTURE
Interwar / Bungalow w Arts & Crafts Influences
No 70 Dalgety Street is a single storey house constructed in limestone and brick with a hipped and gabled tiled roof. It is a fine expression of the Federation Arts and Crafts style. The front elevation is symmetrically planned with a full width return broken back roofed verandah. The verandah is supported on timber posts with post brackets. The entrance is on the south elevation under the return verandah. There are multi-pane windows across the front façade and all quoins are brick.
HISTORY
1920 Sergeant Trumpeter Victor Edwards, of the original 10th Light Horse Regiment, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs Horace J. G. Edwards, of Cottesloe, has received from the Base Records, Melbourne, word of his having been mentioned in despatches by the commander in the field. He has also received two oak leaves as emblems to be worn after four and a half years' active service. (reference)
Victor H Edwards married Jean Knox in Fremantle in 1922. A son Ross was born in 1923.
1929 Birth on August 20, to Mr. and Mrs. V. H. Edwards, of 70 Dalgety-street, East Fremantle—a daughter. (reference)
1933 Funerals. The funeral of the late Mr. Horace J. Gomez Edwards, Printing Instructor of the Fremantle Prison, and of 22 Keane-street, Peppermint Grove, took place yesterday afternoon in the Presbyterian portion of the Karrakatta Cemetery... Born at Perth, the late Mr. Edwards was 60 years of age, and had always resided in this State. He learnt the printing trade at the City Press, Perth, later joining the Government Printing Office. After being there eight years he was transferred as Printing Instructor to the Fremantle Prison, where he had been up to the time of his death, a period of 23 years. He was the second son of the late Mrs. Margaret Glanville (formerly Dore), a well-known pioneer of this State. Joining the Volunteer Artillery he was Sergeant in No. 1 Battery and in 1897 was presented to Queen Victoria at her Diamond Jubilee. The deceased was one of the oldest and best known oarsmen of the State, commencing his rowing career in 1890 and winning his first race in 1891, the Swan River Trial Fours. He held the title of champion sculler of this State for 1900, 1901, 1903 and 1904. He took part in interstate racing in eights and sculls, and was the coach in 1910 and 1911 and joint coach in 1914, and has been honorary coach of the Fremantle Rowing Club for the past 15 years. In 1904 he won the only race that was ever rowed at Guildford, winning the Padbury Diamond Sculls. His loss will be keenly felt, especially in rowing circles, as his genial personality had won him many friends. The late Mr. Edwards is survived by a widow, two daughters and six sons. The chief mourners were Mrs. Edwards (widow), Mesdames S. Weatherall and S. Henderson (daughters), Victor, Herbert, Glanville, Edmund, Gomez and Louis (sons)... (reference)
1939 Jammed By Truck. Youth's Fatal Injuries. From internal injuries received when he was jammed between the wall of a lane and the side of a motor truck in Fremantle yesterday, a youth died shortly after admission to the Fremantle Hospital. The victim was Ross Edwards (16), of 70 Dalgety-street, East Fremantle, a messenger employed by Harris, Scarfe and Sandovers, Ltd., Fremantle. (reference)
RESIDENTS
1924 - 1949: Edwards, Victor Horace
